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Is Information Retrieval in the Arts and Humanities Inherently Different from That in Science? The Effect That ISI's Citation Index for the Arts and Humanities Is Expected to Have on Future Scholarship.
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Garfield, Eugene – Library Quarterly, 1980
Contrasts the nature of citation practices in the sciences and in the humanities, and details the workings of the Institute for Scientific Information's new Arts and Humanities Citation Index. Fifteen references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Fine Arts, Humanities, Information Retrieval
Recollections of Irving H. Sher 1924-1996: Polymath/Information Scientist Extraordinaire.
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Garfield, Eugene – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Provides an overview of the professional work of Irving Sher. Highlights include his role in the development and implementation of Science Citation Index; the development of the first selective dissemination of information system; development of the journal impact factor; a system of coding references; and citation-based historiography. (LRW)
Descriptors: Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Historiography, Information Scientists