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ERIC Number: EJ659670
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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The Concept of Information.
Capurro, Rafael; Hjorland, Birger
Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), v37 p343-411 2003
Reviews the status of the concept of information in information science, with reference to interdisciplinary trends. Highlights include defining scientific terms; studies and sources of the word information; the concept of information in the natural sciences, and in the humanities and social sciences; librarianship; information retrieval; and the scientific division of labor. (Contains 197 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Humanities, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Interdisciplinary Approach, Literature Reviews, Natural Sciences, Scientific and Technical Information, Social Sciences
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Note: Section IV: Theorizing Information and Information Use.