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Main Authors: Feehan, Pat, And Others
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1985
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED277375
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And Others
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And Others
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contents Library and Information Science Research: An Analysis of the 1984 Core Journal Literature. Feehan, Pat And Others Authors Information Science Library Research Library Science Literature Reviews Periodicals Research Methodology Research Tools Statistical Analysis Tables (Data) This report examines the 1984 library and information science literature in order to characterize, analyze, and evaluate the published research of the field. The subjects and methods of research, types of libraries studied, and analytical techniques used are examined; a "core" journal group of 91 sources is established; and the amount and type of research published in the core are analyzed. Findings are presented for the characteristics of library and information science journals and articles and for the field of information science, and current research results are compared with those obtained in earlier studies. It is concluded that the range of subjects and types of libraries studied is wide, and that research is heavily concentrated in the historical, survey, and observation and description methods, with descriptive analytical techniques predominating over techniques that are predictive or inferential. Data are illustrated in 27 tables and 15 figures, and a bibliography is provided. (KM)
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spellingShingle Library and Information Science Research: An Analysis of the 1984 Core Journal Literature.
Feehan, Pat
And Others
Authors
Information Science
Library Research
Library Science
Literature Reviews
Periodicals
Research Methodology
Research Tools
Statistical Analysis
Tables (Data)
Library and Information Science Research: An Analysis of the 1984 Core Journal Literature. Feehan, Pat And Others Authors Information Science Library Research Library Science Literature Reviews Periodicals Research Methodology Research Tools Statistical Analysis Tables (Data) This report examines the 1984 library and information science literature in order to characterize, analyze, and evaluate the published research of the field. The subjects and methods of research, types of libraries studied, and analytical techniques used are examined; a "core" journal group of 91 sources is established; and the amount and type of research published in the core are analyzed. Findings are presented for the characteristics of library and information science journals and articles and for the field of information science, and current research results are compared with those obtained in earlier studies. It is concluded that the range of subjects and types of libraries studied is wide, and that research is heavily concentrated in the historical, survey, and observation and description methods, with descriptive analytical techniques predominating over techniques that are predictive or inferential. Data are illustrated in 27 tables and 15 figures, and a bibliography is provided. (KM)
title Library and Information Science Research: An Analysis of the 1984 Core Journal Literature.
topic Authors
Information Science
Library Research
Library Science
Literature Reviews
Periodicals
Research Methodology
Research Tools
Statistical Analysis
Tables (Data)
url https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED277375