Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 EXPLORING THEORY DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING FROM DIVERSE MASTERS -- Part 1 BEHAVIOR OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS -- Chapter 2 MANY PATHS TO THEORY: THE CREATIVE PROCESS IN THE INFORMATION SCIENCES -- Chapter 3 REFLECTIONS ON THEORY CONSTRUCTION IN HUMAN INFORMATION BEHAVIOR: A THEORY OF BROWSING -- Chapter 4 REFLECTIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE -- Chapter 5 CONVERGING ON THEORY FROM FOUR SIDES -- Part 2 EVALUATION -- Chapter 6 DRAWING GRAPHS FOR THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN BIBLIOMETRICS AND RETRIEVAL -- Chapter 7 TWO VIEWS ON THEORY DEVELOPMENT FOR INTERACTIVE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL -- Chapter 8 RELEVANCE: IN SEARCH OF A THEORETICAL FOUNDATION -- Chapter 9 THE STORY OF A COLONY: THEORY DEVELOPMENT IN WEBOMETRIC RESEARCH -- Part 3 DESIGN -- Chapter 10 THEORIZING THE UNPRECEDENTED -- Chapter 11 APPROPRIATING THEORY -- Chapter 12 THEORY FOR DESIGN: THE CASE OF READING -- Part 4 CULTURAL AND SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE -- Chapter 13 THE POVERTY OF THEORY; OR, THE EDUCATION OF JEROME MCGANN -- Chapter 14 ILLUMINATING DAUGHTER-MOTHER NARRATIVES IN YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Chapter 15 THE NOBLEST PLEASURE: THEORIES OF UNDERSTANDING IN THE INFORMATION SCIENCES -- Chapter 16 APOLOGIA PRO THEORIA SUA -- Chapter 17 SUPPORTING FUTURE THEORY DEVELOPMENT -- Notes on the Contributors -- Index