Information as Process: The Difference between Corroborating Evidence and "Information" in Humanistic Research Domains.

Cole, Charles

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Publication Date: 1997

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Information as Process: The Difference between Corroborating Evidence and "Information" in Humanistic Research Domains.

Cole, Charles

Information Processing & Management, v33 n1 p55-67 Jan 1997

Reports the results of a non-randomized study of 45 history Ph.D. students in England and discusses the results in terms of the theory of knowledge structure and the modification of knowledge structure due to information. Topics include information as process; a model of stages of the information process; and grounded theory. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Doctoral Programs, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Higher Education, History, Humanities, Information Science, Information Seeking, Models, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)

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