Gather, as information (5)
I believe the answer is:
glean
'gather as information' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for glean that I've seen before include "Gather; collect gradually" , "Gather (grains of information?)" , "Angle (anag.)" , "Gather (information) bit by bit" , "Learn by gathering bits" .)