Searching Data: A Review of Observational Data Retrieval Practices in Selected Disciplines

TY - JOUR

T1 - Searching Data: A Review of Observational Data Retrieval Practices in Selected Disciplines

AU - Gregory, Kathleen

AU - Groth, Paul

AU - Cousijn, Helena

AU - Scharnhorst, Andrea

AU - Wyatt, Sally

N1 - © 2019 The Authors. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of ASIS&T.

PY - 2019/5/1

Y1 - 2019/5/1

N2 - A cross-disciplinary examination of the user behaviours involved in seeking and evaluating data is surprisingly absent from the research data discussion. This review explores the data retrieval literature to identify commonalities in how users search for and evaluate observational research data. Two analytical frameworks rooted in information retrieval and science technology studies are used to identify key similarities in practices as a first step toward developing a model describing data retrieval.

AB - A cross-disciplinary examination of the user behaviours involved in seeking and evaluating data is surprisingly absent from the research data discussion. This review explores the data retrieval literature to identify commonalities in how users search for and evaluate observational research data. Two analytical frameworks rooted in information retrieval and science technology studies are used to identify key similarities in practices as a first step toward developing a model describing data retrieval.

UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/searching-data-review-observational-data-retrieval-practices-selected-disciplines

U2 - 10.1002/asi.24165

DO - 10.1002/asi.24165

M3 - Article

C2 - 31763358

SN - 2330-1635

VL - 70

SP - 419

EP - 432

JO - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

JF - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

IS - 5

ER -