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Peer reviewedGreen, Rebecca – Library Quarterly, 2000
Discussion of the information-seeking behavior of humanists focuses on a study that investigated the efficacy of following bibliographic references from documents already known. Topics include the nature of humanities research; vocabulary control and indexing; subject-based literature searches; seed documents; relevance; retrieval based on…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Citations (References), Humanities, Indexing
Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J.; And Others – Library Quarterly, 1993
Reports a study that analyzed natural language search statements constructed by 22 Getty Visiting Scholars as they researched humanities topics on DIALOG. Results show a greater use of names, geographical areas, chronological periods, and discipline terms than scientists use, with implications for the design of humanities online systems and…
Descriptors: Classification, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Geographic Regions
