Accessing information use by humanists and social scientists: A study at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Patterns and Problems of Information Use in the Production of Articles by Academics in the Humanities and Social Sciences in Thailand

“…This finding is in agreement with the following studies conducted in other parts of the world, in which academics in the humanities and social sciences indicated that they could not find the information that they wanted (Tahir & Mahmood, 2008), or that there were not enough information resources in book and journal format (De Tiratel, 2000), or that the quality of information was not sufficient (Marouf & Anwar, 2010). Running the t-test and F-test for analysis of the data relating to academics in the humanities and social sciences grouped by: gender, age, and education found that there were no statistically significant differences between the groups in any area of problems.…”

“…This result is noteworthy in that it is consistent with the results of many previous studies (Marouf & Anwar, 2010;Meho & Hass, 2001;Popoola, 2008;De Tiratel, 2000). Previous studies found that authors cited monographs and original sources (Meho & Hass, 2001;Rimmer, Warwick, Blandford, Gow, & Buchanan, 2006;Sherriff, 2010), along with abstracts and indexes, personal correspondence with colleagues, statistical documents, meeting documents, and textbooks (Popoola, 2008).…”

“…Humanities academics and social scientists have indicated that they are not always able to find the information they require (Tahir & Mahmood, 2008). They have also reported a lack of information resources in books and journals (De Tiratel, 2000) and struggled with poor-quality information (Marouf & Anwar, 2010 Single-author articles were cited most often (74.90%), followed by articles by two authors (13.20%), three or more authors (8.30%), and no details about the authors (3.50%) (see Table 4). This finding suggests that academics within the humanities and social sciences prefer to publish single-author articles.…”

Information-Seeking Behavior in the Digital Age: A Multidisciplinary Study of Academic Researchers

“…6 Susana Romanos de Tiratel investigated the informationseeking behavior of Argentine humanities and social sciences scholars in 2000, and found no substantial differences between them, concluding they share similar information-seeking behaviors. 7 Peiling Wang wrote about disciplinary and cultural differences among information seekers in the Internet age, concluding that there are differences across disciplines and cultures in terms of how they rank the importance of these resources and how much they use them. 8 In her 2007 paper about the information-seeking behaviors of academic researchers in the Internet age, a user study in the United States, China, and Greece, Wang further discussed the information needs, information-seeking behaviors, and resource use of selected special interest groups.…”

O uso da informação no âmbito acadêmico: o comportamento informacional de pós-graduandos da área de educação

“…Já as recomendações de P3 estão relacionadas a buscas em sistemas automatizados. Pode-se supor que os orientadores estão modificando o tipo de recomendação sobre os procedimentos do levantamento bibliográfico devido à crescente ampliação do uso da internet e da disponibilidade de fontes de informação especializadas eletrônicas, apesar da predominância das fontes de informação impressas para a área de Humanidades (ROMANOS DE TIRATEL, 2000 Nota-se que as recomendações quanto às fontes de informação mais relevantes a serem utilizadas no levantamento bibliográfico são relacionadas essencialmente as fontes de informação formais. Constata-se, desta forma, a influência do orientador no comportamento informacional dos pós-graduandos, já que este possui um papel importante no sentido de auxiliar todo o processo de busca e recuperação da informação para a construção da pesquisa.…”