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School of Library and Information Science
Indiana University

L625: Literature of the Social Sciences
Fall 1996
Tuesday, 5:45-8:15 PM
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Find out about the challenge to basic civil rights in the electronic world.

Instructor: Howard Rosenbaum
Office: 019 School of Library and Information Science
Office Hours: 11:00-1:00 PM M, W
Telephone: 855-3250
hrosenba@indiana.edu

Topic Outline, Reading Schedule and Assignment Due Dates

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Schedule of classes

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to see readings,
assignments,
and due dates		 August 27 September 3 September 10 September 17
September 24 October 1 October 8 October 15
October 22 October 29 November 5 November 12
November 19 November 26 December 3

[R] Required reading
[S] Suggested or background reading

August 27

Introduction: Exploring the literature of the social sciences

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September 3

History of the social sciences: What is a social science? Social science methodology: How do social scientists do their work?

Readings:

Brittain, J.M. (1989). Knowledge in the social sciences. International Journal of Information and Library Research. 1(2). 93-105

Folster, M.B. (1989). A study of the use of Information sources by social science researchers. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 15(1). 7-11.

Garfield, E. (1979). Citation Indexing - Its Theory and Application in Science, Technology, and Humanities. NY: John Wiley and Sons. (Ch. 5)

Hurych, J. (1986). After Bath: Scientists, social scientists, and humanists in the context of online searching. The Journal of Academic Librarianship. 12(3). 158-165.

Preschel, B.M. and Woods, L.J. (1989). Social science information. In Williams. M. (ed.) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 24: 267-292.

Simmons, J.L. and McCall, G.J. (1985). Social Research: The Craft of Finding Out . New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

Slater, M. (1988). Social scientists' information needs in the 1980s. Journal of Documentation. 44(3). 226-237.

Taylor, Robert S. (1991). Information use environments. In Dervin, B. and M.J. Voight, Progress in Communication Sciences, Vol. 10. Norwood, NJ: Ablex Publishing Corp. p. 217 255.

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September 10

Information needs and uses in the social sciences

Readings:

Dervin, B. and Nilan, M. (1986). Information needs and uses. In Williams. M. (ed.) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 21: 3-33.

Ellis, D, Cox, D, and Hall, K. (1993). A comparison of the information seeking patterns of researchers in the physical and social sciences. Journal of Documentation. 49(4). 356-369.

Hewins, E.T. (1990). Information need and use studies. In Williams. M. (ed.) Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 25: 145-172.

Holbrook, A. (1984). The subject librarian and social scientists: Liaison in a university setting. Aslib Proceedings. 36: 269-275.

Langerman, S. (199X). Non-utilization of information technology by social scientists and ways to cope with it. In __. 20-22.

MacMullin, S.E. and Taylor, R.S. (1984). Problem dimensions and information traits. The Information Society. 3(1): 91-111.

O'Connor, B.C. (1993). Browsing: A framework for seeking functional information. Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization. 15(2). 211-232.

Sandstrom, P.E. (1994). An optimal foraging approach to information seeking and use. Library Quarterly. 64(4). 414-449.

Slater, J. (1989). Information needs and communication problems of social scientists: The United Kingdom situation. International Journal of Information and Library Research. 1(2). 131-144.

Stoan, S.K. (1991, Winter). Research and information retrieval among academic researchers: Implications for library instruction. Library Trends. 39(3). 238-257.

Assignments:

Sign-up sheet for discipline discussion

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September 17

Scholarly communication: Communication and information exchange in the social sciences

Readings:

*Cicchetti, D.V. (1991). The reliability of peer review for manuscript and grant submissions: A cross-disciplinary investigation. Behavioral and Brain Science. 14. 119-135.

Cronin, B. (1982). Invisible colleges and information transfer: A review and commentary with particular reference to the social sciences. Journal of Documentation. 38(3): 212-236.

Garvey, W.D. (1979). Communication: The Essence of Science. New York: Pergamon.

*Hogeweg-De Haart, H.P. (1983). Characteristics of social science information: A selective review of the literature. Part I. Social Science Information Studies. 3. 147-164.

*Hogeweg-De Haart, H.P. (1983). Social science and the characteristics of social science information and it users. International Forum on Information and Documentation. 8(1). 11-15

*Roberts, S.A. (1984). The management and development of information and library provision in the social sciences. Journal of Documentation. 40(2). 94-119.

*Schwartz, C.A. (1994). Scholarly communication as a loosely coupled system: Reassessing prospects for structural reform. College and Research Libraries. 55(2). 101-117.

Assignments:

Description of problem area and discipline due

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September 24

Literature and bibliography in the social sciences: Journals, indexes, and other basic reference sources

Readings:

Adam, R. (1983). Putting the "social" into social science information. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 3, Fall: 3-17.

Freides, T. (1973). Literature and Bibliography of the Social Sciences. Los Angeles: Melville. (Ch.3, 7, 8)

Li, T. (1990). Social Science Reference Sources: A Practical Guide. Westport, CT: Greenwood. (Ch. 5)

Pierce, S. (1992). On the origin and meaning of bibliometric indicators: Journals in the social sciences, 1886-1985. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 43(7). 477-487.

Robert, N. (1977). Communication and the bibliographic system of the social sciences. In Robert, N. (Ed.), Use of Social Science Literature. Butterworths.

Webb, W.H. (1986). Sources of Information in the Social Sciences. Chicago: American Library Association.

Whittington, C.A. (1996). General Social Sciences. (In Herron). 3-39.

Assignments:

Social Science Citation Index exercise due

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October 1 Data resources in the social sciences

Readings:

Adams, M. (198X). Online numerical data-base systems: A resource for the traditional. Library Trends. 33, Winter: 435-452.

Bernard, H.R. and Jones, JR. (1984). Machine-readable data files in the social sciences: An anthropologist and a librarian look at the issues. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 3(4). 15-23.

Robbin, A. (1981). Strategies for improving utilization of computerized statistical data by the social science community. Social Science Information Studies. 1: 89-109.

Rowe, J.S. (1982). Expanding social science reference service to meet the needs of patrons more adequately. Library Trends. 33. 327-334.

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October 8

Library and information Science

Readings:

Carmichael, J.V. (1991). Ahistoricity and the library profession: Perceptions of biographical researchers in LIS concerning research problems, practices, and barriers. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science. 31(4). 329-356.

Cronin, B. (1990). The export of ideas from information science. Journal of Information Science. 16. 381-391.

Davenport, E. (1992). What do we look at when we do information science? In Vakkari, P. and Cronin, B. (Eds.). Conceptions of Library and Information Science. London: Taylor Graham. 286-298.

Harter, S. (1992). Psychological relevance and information science. Journal of the American Society for Information Science. 43(9). 602-615.

Miksa, F.L. (1992). Library and information science: Two paradigms. In Vakkari, P. and Cronin, B. (Eds.). Conceptions of Library and Information Science. London: Taylor Graham. 229-252.

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October 15

Sociology

Readings:

Adam, R. (198). Can the transmission of sociological knowledge be made more effective? International Social Science Journal. 34(2). 329-345.

Devin, R.B. (1984). Evaluating the sociology collection. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 4(2/3): 1-7.

Hicks, D. And Potter, J. Sociology of scientific knowledge: A reflexive citation analysis or science disciplines and disciplining science. Social Studies of Science. 21. 459-501.

Ward, K.B., Gast, J., and Grant, L. (1992). Visibility and dissemination of women's and men's sociological scholarship. Social Problems. 39(3). 291-298.

Wepsiec, J. (1983). Secondary information services for sociological literature . Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 2(4). 13-28.

Zabel, D. (1996). Sociology. (in Herron). 187-207.

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October 22

Anthropology, Psychology

Readings:

Hartmann, J. (1995). Information needs of anthropologists. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 13(2). 13-34.

Ogburn, J.L. (1996). Anthropology. (In Herron). 169-186.

Schontz, D. (1992). The serial/monograph ratio in psychology: Application at the local level. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 11(2). 91-105.

Sutton, E.D. and Bingham, K.H. (1992). Psychology serial usage: A faculty survey revisited. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 11(2). 59-90.

Zabel, D. (1996). Psychology. (in Herron). 243-264.

Assignments:

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October 29

Readings

Cheney, D. (1996). Political Science. (in Herron). 43-72.

Lester, J.P. (1993). The utilization of policy analysis by state agency officials . Knowledge: Creation, Diffusion, Utilization. 14(3). 267-290.

Nagel, S.S. (1993). Institutionalizing improved policy analysis. American Journal of Public Administration. 52(2). 241-247.

Nagel, S.S. (1985). Overview of the policy studies literature: 1970-1985. Behavioral and Social Sciences Librarian. 4, Summer: 49-60.

Wright, M. (1977). The literature and sources of public administration. In Uses of Social Science Literature. 192-218.

Assignments:

Term project progress report due

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November 5

History, Geography

Readings:

Case, D.O. (1991). Conceptual organization and retrieval of text by historians: The role of memory and metaphor. Journal of the american Society for Information Science. 42(9). 657 668.

Case, D.O. (1991). The collection of information by some American historians. Library Quarterly. 61(1): 61-82.

Faires, C. (1996). History. (in Herron). 116-137.

Gilmore, M.B. And Case, D.O. (1992). Historians, Books, Computers, and the Library. Library Trends. 40(4). 667-686.

Hernon, P. (1984). Information needs and gathering patterns of academic social scientists, with special emphasis given to historians and their use of government publications. Government Information Quarterly. 1(4): 401-29.

McCrank, L.J. (1995). History, archives, and information science. In Williams, M. (Ed.). Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 30. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 218-382.

Proehl, K.H. (1996). Geography. (in Herron). 267-287.

Steig, M.F. (1981). The information needs of historians. College and Research Libraries. 42. 549-560.

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November 12

Economics, Business, Management

Readings:

Allen, F.R. (1993). Essential business reference sources: A survey of seven bibliographic guidebooks. RQ. 1. 77-84.

Avery, C. (1996). Business. (in Herron). 96-115.

Cronin, B. and Davenport, E. (1993). Social intelligence. In Williams, M. (Ed.). Annual Review of Information Science and Technology. 28. Medford, NJ: Information Today. 3-44

Dorban, M, and Vandevenne, A.F. (1992). Bibliometric Analysis of bibliographic behaviors in economic sciences. Scientometrics. 25(1). 149-165.

Kalin, S. (1996). Economics. (in Herron). 73-95.

Katzer, J. and Fletcher, P.T. (1993). The information environment of managers . In Williams, M.E. (Ed.). Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, v 27. Medford, NJ: Learned Information. 227-263.

Stigler, G.J., Stigler, S.M., and Friedland, C. (1995). The journals of economics. Journal of Political Economy. 103(2) 331-359.

Assignments:

Web site reviews due

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November 19

Education, Communication

Readings:

Harvey, K. (1996). Education. (in Herron). 211-242.

Itoga, M. (1992). Seeking understanding beneath the unspecifiable: An alternative framework for mapping information needs in communication. Libri. 42(4). 330-344.

Rose, R. (1996). Communication. (in Herron). 286-299.

Assignments:

Critical review of article due

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November 26

Presentations

Readings:

Presentations of final projects

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December 3

Presentations (cont.), summary, and conclusions

Presentations of final projects

Assignments:

Final Project due

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