Toms, Elaine G.; Duff, Wendy

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ERIC Number: EJ657907

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2002

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"I Spent 1-1/2 Hours Sifting through One Large Box...": Diaries as Information Behavior of the Archives User: Lessons Learned.

Toms, Elaine G.; Duff, Wendy

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, v53 n14 p1232-38 Dec 2002

This article describes how diaries were implemented in a study of the use of archives and archival finding aids by history graduate students. The issues concerning diary use as a data collection technique are discussed as well as the different types of diaries. (Author)

Descriptors: Archives, Data Collection, Diaries, Graduate Students, Graduate Study, Higher Education, History, Information Seeking, Information Sources, Primary Sources

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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