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A Comparison of the Information Seeking Patterns of Researchers in the Physical and Social Sciences.

Ellis, David; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1993
Analyzes the information-seeking patterns of a group of research physicists and chemists and compares them with the information seeking activities of a group of social scientists obtained from a previous study. The impact of developments in information technology on the information or communication patterns of all of the researchers is considered.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Comparative Analysis, Experimenter Characteristics, Information Seeking