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Thomas, Paul – College & Research Libraries, 2021
While many LIS publications have focused on Wikipedia, no LIS study has used intersectional class analysis to consider the site as a transmitter and reproducer of hegemonic ideology. Using both Antonio Gramsci and LIS theorist Michael Harris as starting points, this paper argues that Wikipedia is predicated on a philosophy of pluralism that serves…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Ideology
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Fitzgibbons, Megan; Meert, Deborah – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2010
The use of bibliographic management software and its internal search interfaces is now pervasive among researchers. This study compares the results between searches conducted in academic databases' search interfaces versus the EndNote search interface. The results show mixed search reliability, depending on the database and type of search…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Interfaces, Online Searching
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Marfleet, B. Gregory; Dille, Brian J. – Journal of Political Science Education, 2005
The "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" generated by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL 2000) provides a plausible set of pedagogical goals to guide the construction and implementation of an undergraduate research methods course. We argue that the context of the undergraduate methods…
Descriptors: Assignments, Courses, Political Science, Research Methodology