| dc.contributor.author | Perryman, Carol L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lu, Dihui | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-02T14:46:40Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-06-02T14:46:40Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | This is the pre-print version of an article that is available at http://eprints.rclis.org/12817/. Recommended citation: Perryman, C. L., & Lu, D. (2006). Finding our foundation: Analysis of the LISA database for research retrievability [preprint]. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11274/7948 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://eprints.rclis.org/12817/ | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: The primary objective of this study is to examine the Library and Information
Science Abstracts (LISA) database to determine if research literature can consistently be
retrieved by using keywords identifying the research methodologies used. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Question: For the journals named, are articles identified as ‘research’ able to be
consistently retrieved by using keywords related to research methodology?
Methods: Citations from the top 10 Library and Information Science journals for 2001 as
identified by Koufogiannakis, Slater & Crumley (2004) were obtained, then a filter
developed by Catherine Beverley (2004) was used independently to identify research
articles. The resulting sets of citations were compared, then the two datasets were
analyzed in order to consider retrievability and fit for assigned keywords from the LISA
database. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Results: Although it would need to be tested against a random set of citations rather than
the purposive sample tested here, our analysis suggests that retrieval using the descriptor
terms alone may succeed in only 31.5% ± 5.2% of attempts, with a 95% confidence
interval. | |
| dc.description.abstract | Conclusions: The LISA thesaurus is not consistent or sufficiently comprehensive to
serve the needs of researchers. Recommendations for the improved retrievability of LIS
research literature from the database are made. | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | e-LIS | en_US |
| dc.subject | Librarians | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research | |
| dc.subject | Evidence-based library and information practice | |
| dc.subject | Bibliographic databases | |
| dc.title | Finding our foundation: Analysis of the LISA database for research retrievability | en_US |
| dc.type | Pre-Print | en_US |
| dc.rights.license | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | |
| dc.creator.orcid | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7492-5944 | |
