‘Information Science’ and Research Methods

Wilson, Tom ‘Information Science’ and Research Methods. Bilgi Dünyası, 2004, vol. 5, n. 2, pp. 212-222. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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English abstract

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.

Turkish abstract

Bilgi, bilgibilimin başlıbaşına bir bilim dalı olarak tanımına ilişkin sorunlarda ve bu kavramın açıkladığı bilgi alanı bütününün alt bölümlenmesine ilişkin olarak getirdiği açıklamalarda, değişik birleştirici düzeylere göre farklı içeriklere sahiptir. Dolayısıyla bu makale, bilginin, bir sosyal olgu olarak incelenmesinde sosyal bilim yöntemlerinin nasıl uygulamalar gereksindireceğini belirterek, sosyal bilim araştırma yöntemleri için yeni bir taksonomi ortaya koymaktadır.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: information science, research methods, bilgi bilim, araştırma yöntemleri
Subjects: A. Theoretical and general aspects of libraries and information.
Depositing user: Kamil Comlekci
Date deposited: 28 Mar 2006
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:02
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/7367

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