How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources?
Information is at the heart of research. Every stage of the research cycle involves discovering, accessing, generating, manipulating, interpreting or presenting information, in order to advance knowledge. Researchers operate within a complex information environment, with needs that they themselves p...
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| description | Information is at the heart of research. Every stage of the research cycle involves discovering, accessing, generating, manipulating, interpreting or presenting information, in order to advance knowledge. Researchers operate within a complex information environment, with needs that they themselves perhaps do not always fully understand, and are dependent upon services which are fast-changing and affected by much wider social trends. This paper examines how researchers in the humanities currently access, use and share information, paying particular attention to the influence of new technologies in changing information — and consequently wider research — practices. It finds that researchers are adopting new technologies where this helps them to work more effectively, but that traditional practices still dominate in some areas. There is mixed evidence of new research questions emerging as a result of engagement with new technologies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-926ee0d5320c4e3c8252b7b1548790692024-01-11T16:06:03Zengopenjournals.nlLiber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries2213-056X2012-01-0121210.18352/lq.8017How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources?Ellen CollinsMichael JubbInformation is at the heart of research. Every stage of the research cycle involves discovering, accessing, generating, manipulating, interpreting or presenting information, in order to advance knowledge. Researchers operate within a complex information environment, with needs that they themselves perhaps do not always fully understand, and are dependent upon services which are fast-changing and affected by much wider social trends. This paper examines how researchers in the humanities currently access, use and share information, paying particular attention to the influence of new technologies in changing information — and consequently wider research — practices. It finds that researchers are adopting new technologies where this helps them to work more effectively, but that traditional practices still dominate in some areas. There is mixed evidence of new research questions emerging as a result of engagement with new technologies.https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10620information resourceshumanitiesnew technologiesresearch cycle |
| spellingShingle | Ellen Collins Michael Jubb How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? Liber Quarterly: The Journal of European Research Libraries information resources humanities new technologies research cycle |
| title | How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? |
| title_full | How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? |
| title_fullStr | How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? |
| title_full_unstemmed | How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? |
| title_short | How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources? |
| title_sort | how do researchers in the humanities use information resources |
| topic | information resources humanities new technologies research cycle |
| url | https://liberquarterly.eu/article/view/10620 |
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