Social Science

Information-seeking Behavior of Social Sciences and Humanities Researchers in the Internet Age

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This study focuses on how Internet technology influences and contributes to the
information-seeking process in the social sciences and humanities. The study examines
the information-seeking behavior of faculty and doctoral students in these fields and
observes and extends Ellis’s model of information-seeking behavior for social scientists,
which includes six characteristics: starting, chaining, browsing, differentiating,
monitoring, and extracting.
The study was conducted at Tennessee State University. Thirty active social
sciences and humanities faculty and doctoral students were interviewed about their use of
Internet resources, their perception of electronic and print materials, and their opinions
concerning the Ellis model and how it might be applicable to them. The research
confirmed all the continuing relevance of all characteristics of the Ellis model, and
theorized that an extended model could potentially include two additional characteristics:
preparation and planning and information management.
Based on the interview results, the researcher provides suggestions on how
current information services and products can be improved to better serve social sciences
and humanities researchers, discusses the implications of these new characteristics for
information-searching needs, and makes recommendations for improving library services
and technologies that will meet the needs of future social sciences and humanities
scholars.

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: ., December 2005

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1-92

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English

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Information-seeking Behavior of Social Sciences an

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