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Application of Overlapping Technique in Selection of Scientific Journals for a Particular Discipline--Methodological Approach.
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Pravdic, Nevenka; Oluic-Vukovic, Vesna – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Outlines procedures for selecting scientific journals for academic library collections and provides a model which ranks data sources according to their relative weights rather than ranking the journals themselves. Use of the model in scientifically less developed countries is discussed. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Information Needs and Gathering Patterns of Academic Social Scientists, with Special Emphasis Given to Historians and Their Use of U.S. Government Publications.
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Hernon, Peter – Government Information Quarterly, 1984
Results of this examination of the information needs and gathering behavior of social scientists, especially historians, suggests that existing library and information services may be based on a misunderstanding of their needs. Factors that need to be studied are identified, and research models are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty, Government Publications, Higher Education