Research trends in information literacy : A bibliometric study

Nazim, Mohammad and Ahmad, Moin Research trends in information literacy : A bibliometric study. SRELS Journal of Information Management, 2007, vol. 44, n. 1, pp. 53-62. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Presents a bibliometric analysis of scientific output in the area of ‘Information Literacy’(IL), the aim being to offer an overview of research trends in this field and characterize its most important aspects and their evolution over the last quarter of the 20th century. The analysis makes use of LISA Plus database, the search being restricted to published journal articles and which contain the terms ‘Information Literacy’. The various analyses focus on the presentation of publications, frequencies and percentages, as well as the application of Bradford’s law of scattering and Lotka’s law.

Item type:	Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords:	Information Literacy, Bibliometric Study
Subjects:	B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
Depositing user:	Dr. Mohammad Nazim
Date deposited:	28 Jul 2008
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:12
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/11918