dc.contributor.author | Bøyum, Idunn | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Aabø, Svanhild | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-01-12T13:06:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-01-12T13:06:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Bøyum, I., & Aabø, S. (2015). The information practices of Business PhD students. New Library World, 116(3/4), 187-200. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0307-4803 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | FRIDAID 1234862 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/2902 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to investigate how PhD students discover, choose and use
information and literature for their research.
Design/methodology/approach – Eight PhD students at the Norwegian Business School (BI) were
interviewed. The interviews were based on a phenomenological approach.
Findings – The use of both library databases and Google Scholar is frequent and contextual. The
informants ranked the library databases as more useful than Google Scholar. Methods for keeping up to
date varied and were contextual. Although formal information seeking in library databases was seen as
more academic than the tracking of references, this latter method was more widespread. Students felt
they mastered the tools associated with formal information seeking, which constituted a continuous
activity in their research practices. Wilson’s (1983) theory on cognitive authority may give a better
understanding of the findings.
Practical implications – Acquiring knowledge about the information practices of PhD students in a
specific discipline will help libraries to improve their services and acquire relevant resources for their
users.
Originality/value – This paper examines PhD students’ ranking of information resources, identifies
preferred methods for keeping up to date and reveals in which contexts the informants use either formal
or social information-seeking practices. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Emerald | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | New Library World;116(3/4) | en_US |
dc.subject | Google scholar | en_US |
dc.subject | PhD students | en_US |
dc.subject | Norway | en_US |
dc.subject | Library databases | en_US |
dc.subject | Business discipline | en_US |
dc.subject | Information practices | en_US |
dc.subject | VDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Biblioteks- og informasjonsvitenskap: 320::Kunnskapsgjenfinning og organisering: 323 | en_US |
dc.title | The information practices of business PhD students | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
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dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/NLW-06-2014-0073 | |