Accidental Information Discovery

Index

Note: Page numbers followed by “f” refer to figures.

A

Academic situations, serendipity in

empirical inquiry, 33–36

problem-solving, 36–41

research from sources, 41–46

Accidental information discovery, 2, 3, 5, 6–7, 7, 17, 17, 54, 54–55, 55, 55–56, 57, 58, 59–60, 60, 60, 60–61, 61, 62, 62–63, 63, 65, 66, 66, 66–67, 69, 69

Accidental News Explorer, 62

AGRICOLA, 2

Amazon

search recommendations, 60

Analytical serendipity, 34, 39

Aquabrowser, 69–71, 71–72, 71f

Archimedes, 5

Arts, The (Hendrik Van Loon), 4

B

BananaSlug, 56, 56f

Banjo, 109

Barriers to serendipity

external, 23–25, 24, 25

internal, 22–23, 22, 22–23, 23

BEAM: A Rhetorical Vocabulary for Teaching Research-Based Writing, 43–44, 44

Bibliocommons, 73–74

Bisociation, 106, 108

Blended Shelf, ...