I agree w/ Thee One. There are a lot of good betting/raising situations that could fall under the term "information bets." Even a cbet could be termed an information bet - after all, is it a value bet or a bluff or are you protecting your hand?

If your hand is good enough to call one more decent sized bet on the next street, but not 2 more bets or one big bet, then I am a big fan of just betting/raising right now with the intention of mucking to any more aggro. When I do this, I don't know if I'm bluffing or protecting or value betting or betting for information, but the easiest way to describe it is betting to see where I'm at. I think this is a lot better than calling bets on the next 2 streets in the dark or mucking what might be the best hand.