Dalton, MS; Charnigo, L "Historians and their information sources" COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 65 (5): 400-425 SEP 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail :
Margaret Stieg DALTON : mdalton at slis.ua.edu
Laurie  CHARNIGO      : charnigo at jsucc.jsu.edu

Author(s)    : Dalton, MS; Charnigo, L

Title        : Historians and their information sources

Source       : COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 65 (5): 400-425 SEP 2004

Abstract:
This article reports on a survey of historians and a citation analysis
undertaken to revisit the questions treated in Margaret F. Stieg s 1981
article published in College & Research Libraries. It examines which
materials historians consider to be the most important and how they discover
them. Their attitudes toward and use of electronic materials were also
studied. Many characteristics of historians information needs and use have
not changed in a generation: informal means of discovery like book reviews
and browsing remain important, as does the need for comprehensive searches.
Print continues to be the principal format. What has changed is that the
advent of electronic resources has increased historians use of catalogs and
indexes in their efforts to identify appropriate primary and secondary
sources of information.

Addresses: Univ Alabama, Sch Lib & Informat Studies, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
USA; Jacksonville State Univ, Houston Cole Lib, Jacksonville, AL 36265 USA
Reprint Address: Dalton, MS, Univ Alabama, Sch Lib & Informat Studies,
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487 USA.

E-mail Address: mdalton at slis.ua.edu; charnigo at jsucc.jsu.edu

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