Ngah, Z.A.; Sze, G.S.: Information needs and use of humanities researchers : a bibliometric analysis and review of literature (1997)
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- Abstract
- Presents a quantitative anaylsis of 100 references retrieved on the information use and needs of humanities researchers, consisting of journal articles (57%), dissertations (26%), conference proceedings (11%) and books (6%). 3 journal titles were found to contribute more than a third of the articles on this subject. About 88% (23) of the dissertations are doctoral theses submitted to universities in the USA. about 51% of the retrieved items were published between 1980-1989 which form the peak of studies in this area and the situation stabilizes to an average of about 2 studies a year in the post 1990 years. The bulk of the studies is about characteirstics of information sources used and of these citation studies are predominant. Information needs and use in the field of literature, history and music (62%, 41) constitute the majority of studies in this area. The review studies come under 3 categories; the library and humanities scholars; research and information seeking behaviour of the humanities researchers and the characteristics of sources used
