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Peer reviewedBates, Marcia J. – College & Research Libraries, 1996
The Getty Information Institute conducted a two-year study of online searching by 27 humanities scholars using DIALOG. Discusses results and recommends that library services: provide interdisciplinary information for humanities scholars; recognize that online searching in humanities may be harder than in sciences; expect wide preferences for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Faculty, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWiberley, Stephen E., Jr.; Jones, William G. – College & Research Libraries, 1994
Reports on a longitudinal study of the adoption of technology by 11 humanists. The study corroborates the tendency of humanists to adopt technology more slowly and provides insight into why. The distinctiveness of the primary evidence used by humanists--i.e., the documents and artifacts created by others--is emphasized. (32 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Mail, Humanities, Individual Differences
