information as a thing
that is, use of book, journal, and other "packages" of information.
So let us imagine another information seeker, this one called Leslie.
Among her questions are these: Had Mckinley favored war from the beginnings of his presidential campaign in 1896?
Was Mckinley reasonably well informed of the facts regarding unrest in Cuba and Spanish military weakness there and on the high seas?
The particular library she has chosen contains roughly 3 million books.