I have been spinning my wheels this week trying to decide what to post. The article that started me in some sort of direction is "Information Seeking Behavior of Academic Scientists" a survey of science researchers by Hemminger, et al. We have been assigned the task of studying how our scientist seeks and uses information. And of course by spring we will all have a better idea of how we can guide someone in their quest for information. With web based electronic journals found to be the primary source of most scientists and 91% with internet access in the office or lab, it's no surprise that the trend of the past 10 years shows that researchers have become more accepting and dependent upon electronic resources. The top four types of resources used most frequently are: 1. Journals, 2. Web pages, 3. Databases and 4. Personal communications. The five most important individual tools used to seek out information are: 1. Bibliographic/citation database, 2. General Web search engine, 3. Full text digital library, 4. Personal search tool, 5. Knowledge base Web Portal. The top five articles retrieved from sources are: 1. (Electronic) library subscribed journal, 2. (Electronic) open (free) access journal or institutional depository or digital library, 3. (Print) library subscribed journal, 4. (Electronic) Web site (Author's Web site), 5. (Print) Personally subscribed journal. I plan on focusing on the three boldened areas as I do my research on Todd Jones.