Understanding the information needs of social scientists in Germany

被引：7
作者：
Kern D. [1 ]
Hienert D. [1 ]
机构：
[1] GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne
来源：
Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology | 2018年 / 55卷 / 01期
关键词：
Information needs; social science; user study;
D O I：
10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501026
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摘要：
The information needs of social science researchers are manifold and almost studied in every decade since the 1950s. With this paper, we contribute to this series and present the results of three studies. We asked 367 social science researchers in Germany for their information needs and identified needs in different categories: literature, research data, measurement instruments, support for data analysis, support for data collection, variables in research data, software support, networking/cooperation, and illustrative material. Thereby, the search for literature and research data is still the main information need with more than three-quarter of our participants expressing needs in these categories. With comprehensive lists of altogether 154 concrete information needs, even those that are only expressed by one participant, we contribute to the holistic understanding of the information needs of social science researchers of today. Copyright © 2018 by Association for Information Science and Technology
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