1. Recorded Information
  2. Timeline
    1. 1945 V. Bush
      1. Problem = Information Explosion
        1. World Wide Web
      2. Solution = Memex
  3. History
    1. Information Retrieval
    2. Relevance
      1. System
      2. Topical
      3. Cognitive
    3. Interaction
  4. Traditions
    1. Library
    2. Documentation
    3. Computation
  5. Subdivisions
    1. Information Analysis/Domain
    2. Retrieval Cluster/Applied
      1. User/Human-centered Approach
      2. System/Systems Approach
  6. Approaches
    1. Cognitive
    2. Objective
  7. Characteristics
    1. Information Society
    2. Information Technology
    3. Interdisciplinary
  8. Information
    1. Signal/Message
    2. Phenomena
      1. Investigate
        1. Manifestation
        2. Behavior
        3. Effects
    3. Value
    4. Improved Beliefs
    5. Cognitive Processing/Understanding
  9. Social Science
    1. Zin's Knowledge Map of Information Science
  10. Research
    1. User Studies
    2. Historical Studies
    3. Studies of Terminology
    4. Indexing and Retrieval Studies
    5. Other IS Studies
  11. Communication Chain
    1. Creation
    2. Dissemination
    3. Indexing and Retrieval
    4. Use
    5. Archiving or Disposal