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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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2006
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| author | Hartman, Karen A. |
| author_facet | Hartman, Karen A. Hartman, Karen A. |
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| contents | Grey Literature and the Internet Hartman, Karen A. Policy Formation College Libraries Internet Public Policy Social Work Literature Reviews Library Services Access to Information Social Problems Accreditation standards for professional schools offering social work degrees mandate curriculum content that provides students with skills to analyze, formulate, and influence social policies. An important source of analytical thinking about social policy is the "grey" literature issued by public policy organizations, think tanks, university-based research institutions, and professional organizations that is increasingly available via the Internet. This research surveys library social work subject pages for content and links related to the social policy grey literature. A coding scheme was developed that counted the number of paths to relevant grey literature from the libraries' subject guides. The results of the study suggest that there is a great deal of variance across institutions in how much help they provide users. Libraries must do a better job guiding users to the policy organizations that produce reports, briefs, and newsletters that are important to social policy problem solving and implementation. (Contains 2 figures and 3 notes.) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 2006 |
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| spellingShingle | Grey Literature and the Internet Hartman, Karen A. Policy Formation College Libraries Internet Public Policy Social Work Literature Reviews Library Services Access to Information Social Problems Grey Literature and the Internet Hartman, Karen A. Policy Formation College Libraries Internet Public Policy Social Work Literature Reviews Library Services Access to Information Social Problems Accreditation standards for professional schools offering social work degrees mandate curriculum content that provides students with skills to analyze, formulate, and influence social policies. An important source of analytical thinking about social policy is the "grey" literature issued by public policy organizations, think tanks, university-based research institutions, and professional organizations that is increasingly available via the Internet. This research surveys library social work subject pages for content and links related to the social policy grey literature. A coding scheme was developed that counted the number of paths to relevant grey literature from the libraries' subject guides. The results of the study suggest that there is a great deal of variance across institutions in how much help they provide users. Libraries must do a better job guiding users to the policy organizations that produce reports, briefs, and newsletters that are important to social policy problem solving and implementation. (Contains 2 figures and 3 notes.) |
| title | Grey Literature and the Internet |
| topic | Policy Formation College Libraries Internet Public Policy Social Work Literature Reviews Library Services Access to Information Social Problems |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ968963 |