[PDF] Top 20 The information needs of contemporary academic researchers

... inclinations, capabilities The specific points to be looked into in this context: Does the researchercustomarily use traditional and/or novel information opportunities for research infor[r] ... See full document

... 4.2 First Insights into the Function/PurposeAspect of Researchers'Information Needs 69 4.2.1 The Key Purposesand Functions to which Information is Put in Research 69 4.2.2 Ways and Means[r] ... See full document

... health information, especially the issue of reconciling conflicting results from multiple published medical ...considered information from the Internet as being intrinsically less reliable than print ... See full document

... A large number of journals were available at Shiraz University during 2008–2010.The richness of the collections cannot be judged due to the lack of statistics about other national or abroad academic milieus. A ... See full document

... between researchers and information users (Wilkinson, Pollard, & Farquhar, ...a needs analysis on the population of knowledge consumers, including policy-makers, decision-makers, doctors, ... See full document

... of information retrieval, and there were areas of misunderstanding and confusion, as seen in the researchers’ assessment of the current publishing landscape and open ...in information science. ... See full document

... an academic advisor(s). Your academic advisor is available to you during his/her regularly scheduled office hours as well as by ...of academic deadlines and changes in academic policies, and ... See full document

... solid academic environment at the unit to which the researchers are affiliated can compensate for a lack of research experience and vice versa as far as producing quality research is ... See full document

... Societal needs are always changing due to trends in consumption due to economic and social factors, and the effect of evolving technology on the needs of ...the information gathered through education ... See full document

... Writing of IT fluency Herbert Lin (2002) draws a distinction between the navigational options available to residents of a city and to occasional visitors. While the visitor will tend to follow a predetermined path from ... See full document

... many academic staff that they have “lost touch with the library” is also ...with information or serials desk ...of academic staff and postgraduate students in order to counter this trend and to ... See full document

... Within the soft-applied category I will look at two research departments that com- bine knowledge from the field of educational sciences and psychology. Edu- cational sciences focus at “the design and evaluation of ... See full document

... of researchers, nearly four-fifths, dedicate more than half of their weekly working hours to research, while 16% all of their ...full-time academic research, teaching, tutoring and academic ... See full document

... depending on the needs of the instructor and the curriculum being covered. In most cases, MOOCs are made up of video instruction, sometimes including PowerPoint slides that take the place of in-class instruction. ... See full document

... Because Branzburg rejects an absolute privilege for newsmen, the courts recognizing a qualified privilege have stressed the underlying social interests served by maintainin[r] ... See full document

... 2009). Academic Social Networking Site (ASNS), is a product of Web ...technologies. Academic researchers use these tools for their research, such as sharing their work; collaborating and developing ... See full document

... accurate information and helpful advice regarding university-wide requirements, major and minor requirements, and career opportunities within the ...the Academic Advising & Resource Center ...Roadrunner ... See full document

... migrant academic such as the continuing professional development (CPD) workshops like those organised by Higher Education Academy’s (HEAs) ‘New to Teaching Workshops’, and the learning and teaching days organised ... See full document

... Our findings indicate that mitigating isolation requires the support of senior academics and field level institutions in cultivating polycentric academic fields. Robust polycentric fields can reduce isolation by ... See full document

... text. Academic text writers generally do not use the pronoun ‘I’, and ‘we’ is used more frequently than ‘I’ or the writers may choose not to include any ... See full document