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Main Author: Schrader, Alvin M.
Format: Recurso educativo Open Access
Language:en
Published: 1984
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Online Access:https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ308769
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  • In Search of a Name: Information Science and Its Conceptual Antecedents. Schrader, Alvin M. Conferences Definitions Documentation Fundamental Concepts History Information Retrieval Information Science Research Needs State of the Art Reviews Vocabulary This paper sets forth chronology of disciplinary names that have been used in scholarly literature over past 80 years to characterize information science and its antecedents--bibliography, documentation, scientific information, information retrieval, information science, informatics, bibliometrics. Future research needs are discussed. Related conferences (1948-1978) and 57 references are appended. (EJS)