"Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri

Considers the problems of defining 'information science' as a unitary discipline and suggests that the concept of integrative levels offers an explanation for the fragmentation of the field. 'Information' has different contexts at different integrative levels, and different disci...

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Main Author: Tom Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Üniversite ve Araştırma Kütüphanecileri Derneği 2004-10-01
Series:Bilgi Dünyası
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Online Access:http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TSOS&ano=38281_e4981d5028e11c2e392d6af1d07349d2
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"Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
Bilgi Dünyası
Information science
Researcgh method
author_facet Tom Wilson
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title "Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
title_short "Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
title_full "Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
title_fullStr "Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
title_full_unstemmed "Information Science" and Research Methods / Bilgi Bilim ve Araştırma Yöntemleri
title_sort "information science" and research methods / bilgi bilim ve araştırma yöntemleri
publisher Üniversite ve Araştırma Kütüphanecileri Derneği
series Bilgi Dünyası
issn 1302-3217
publishDate 2004-10-01
description Considers the problems of defining 'information science' as a unitary discipline and suggests that the concept of integrative levels offers an explanation for the fragmentation of the field. 'Information' has different contexts at different integrative levels, and different disciplines deal with these contexts. The paper then considers how information as a social phenomenon requires social scientific research methods to be applied to its investigation and sets out a new taxonomy for social research methods.
topic Information science
Researcgh method
url http://uvt.ulakbim.gov.tr/uvt/index.php?cwid=9&vtadi=TSOS&ano=38281_e4981d5028e11c2e392d6af1d07349d2
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