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Information needs and gathering patterns of academic social scientists, with special emphasis given to historians and their use of U.S. Government publications
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The paper suggests the need for further research, identifies factors to take into account in formulating appropriate research designs, and offers research models worthy of replication or further exploration.About:
This article is published in Government Information Quarterly.The article was published on 1984-01-01. It has received 30 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Information needs & Information seeking.read more
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Looking for Information: A Survey of Research on Information Seeking, Needs and Behavior
Donald O. Case,Lisa M. Given +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors introduce concepts relevant to Information Behavior Models, Paradigms, and Theories in the study of Information Behavior Methods for Studying Information Behavior Research Results and Reflections.
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Modeling the information-seeking behavior of social scientists: Ellis's study revisited
Lokman I. Meho,Helen R. Tibbo +1 more
TL;DR: A fuller description of the information-seeking process of social scientists studying stateless nations should include four additional features besides those identified by Ellis, and a new model is developed, which groups all the features into four interrelated stages: searching, accessing, processing, and ending.
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Historians and Their Information Sources
TL;DR: A survey of historians and a citation analysis undertaken to revisit the questions treated in Margaret F. Stieg's 1981 article published in College & Research Libraries as mentioned in this paper examines which materials historians consider to be the most important and how they discover them.
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Older Adults and Their Information Seeking
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the information-seeking behavior of older adults and ask whether the information sources used by participants vary with the role they are performing; whether "young" seniors just entering retirement seek information differently than the "oldest" old; and whether seniors living independently seek information different than those who live in an institutional setting.
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Information access issues for interdisciplinary scholars: Results of a Delphi study on women's studies research
TL;DR: Using the Delphi technique, the authors explored the information needs of faculty in a program long known to be transdisciplinary, namely women's studies, and discussed their implications for future research in collection development, instruction, and reference service.
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Information-seeking behavior: patterns and concepts
TL;DR: In this paper, an article de synthese examinant les divers elements des etudes d'utilisateurs and tentant de les integrer a un modele general de comportement de recherche d'information.
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What Economists Think of Their Journals
TL;DR: The authors identify, at least in a preliminary way, the profession's perceptions of its media as well as the apparent differences between the two frequently conflicting aspects involved in assessments of the merits of a publication, including the quality of the individual published article per se, which should be of determining importance in any legitimate evaluation of an economist's competence and contribution to his field.
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Scientific communication: Its role in the conduct of research and creation of knowledge.
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The measurement and evaluation of library services
TL;DR: The measurement and evaluation of library services as mentioned in this paper, the measurement of library service, and the evaluation of the library services, is an example of a library service measurement system that can be found in this paper.