How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources?

Authors

  • Ellen Collins
  • Michael Jubb

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.8017

Keywords:

information resources, humanities, new technologies, research cycle

Abstract

Information is at the heart of research. Every stage of the research cycle involves discovering, accessing, generating, manipulating, interpreting or presenting information, in order to advance knowledge. Researchers operate within a complex information environment, with needs that they themselves perhaps do not always fully understand, and are dependent upon services which are fast-changing and affected by much wider social trends. This paper examines how researchers in the humanities currently access, use and share information, paying particular attention to the influence of new technologies in changing information — and consequently wider research — practices. It finds that researchers are adopting new technologies where this helps them to work more effectively, but that traditional practices still dominate in some areas. There is mixed evidence of new research questions emerging as a result of engagement with new technologies.

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Published

2012-01-13

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How to Cite

How do Researchers in the Humanities Use Information Resources?. (2012). LIBER Quarterly: The Journal of the Association of European Research Libraries, 21(2), 176-187. https://doi.org/10.18352/lq.8017