Cross-references in back-of-book Indexes

1991 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 178-184
Author(s):  
Virgil Diodato
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Class Membership ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Major Subject ◽  
The Social ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Average Index

An analysis of 447 books in arts/humanities, science/technology, the social sciences, and generalities determined how frequently and for what purpose cross-references were used in back-of-book indexes. Of 376 indexes examined, 300 included cross-references. The average index had 32 cross-references per index or 96 cross-references per 1,000 text pages. Of the three major subject areas, cross-references most commonly occurred in science/technology indexes. ‘See’ references were surprisingly dominant over ‘see also’, especially in science/technology and the social sciences. The references made many kinds of links, most often to show synonomy, class membership, and agent/activity relationships. It is encouraging that many indexes have cross-references, but name indexes could have more.

scholarly journals Supporting students' learning on 'short project' placements.

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-57
Author(s):  
David Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Subject

Much of the research into higher education and its role in work-based learning (WBL), and especially in supporting undergraduate students on placements, has focussed on longer term internships and sandwich courses. Research has also focussed on subject areas that have traditionally been associated with the above; for example, Business, Health, and Engineering. By contrast, the aim of this study was to gather data from students on a much shorter period of placement, categorised as a ‘short project’ (Brennan & Little, 1996). Furthermore, the data recovered was from students studying within the social sciences paradigm, undertaking an undergraduate degree in Education Studies (not teacher education). The social sciences and humanities more generally have not been discussed to any great extent within the context of research on placement or work-based learning (see Smith, Clegg, Lawrence, & Todd, 2007); the subject of Education Studies is not covered at all by previous research. This paper considers the different ways practitioners might blend learning and support university students’ experiential and academic learning in this short project format. The results suggest that even a relatively short period of structured placement can be of significant benefit to students although for many respondents, face-to-face contact in the form of lectures and tutorials is still an important component of a blended approach to WBL.

scholarly journals What Cost and Usage Data Reveals About E-Book Acquisitions: Ramifications for Collection Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven B. Carrico ◽  
Tara T. Cataldo ◽  
Cecilia Botero ◽  
Trey Shelton
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Collection Management ◽  
Collection Development ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Engineering Mathematics ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The University ◽  
Usage Data

To better determine how e-book acquisitions might affect future collection development decisions, a team of librarians from the University of Florida (UF) launched a project to assess cost and usage of e-books purchased using three different acquisitions methods: e-books acquired in large publisher packages; single-title e-books selected through firm orders; and e-books purchased through two patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) plans. The cost-usage data were then sorted into three broad areas of subject disciplines—humanities and social sciences (HSS); science-technology-engineering-mathematics (STEM); and medicine (MED)—and the results were reviewed and summarized. The authors compared the cost-usage data of e-books acquired by the acquisitions methods across the three subject areas and describe how the findings are affecting current and future acquisitions, traditional collection management, and budgeting at UF.

scholarly journals The Case of the Disappearing E-Book: Academic Libraries and Subscription Packages

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 883-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Georgas
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
The Social ◽  
Language And Literature ◽  
University Presses ◽  
Subject Areas ◽  
Standard Models ◽  
Broad Subject ◽  
One Year

One of the standard models for e-book licensing in academic libraries is the subscription package. This study is a one-year analysis of “disappeared” titles from ebrary’s Academic Complete™ collection. During 2013, 3462 titles were deleted. Deleted titles were mainly recent publications (published within the last ten years), with a high number of deletions within the broad subject areas of the social sciences (H), language and literature (P), and history (C, D, E, F). Deleted titles were evenly divided between monographs published by popular presses, and monographs published by scholarly or university presses. It is recommended that deleted titles be closely monitored by subject librarians. Efficient library processes for handling deleted titles must also be implemented. Implications for libraries of changing e-book content are also discussed.

scholarly journals Cancer, COVID-19, and the need for critique

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Cinzia Greco ◽  
Ignacia Arteaga ◽  
Clara Fabian-Therond ◽  
Henry Llewellyn ◽  
Julia Swallow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cancer Research ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk

In this open letter we examine the implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for cancer research and care from the point of view of the social studies of science, technology, and medicine. We discuss how the pandemic has disrupted several aspects of cancer care, underscoring the fragmentation of institutional arrangements, the malleable priorities in cancer research, and the changing promises of therapeutic innovation. We argue for the critical relevance of qualitative social sciences in cancer research during the pandemic despite the difficulties of immersive kinds of fieldwork. Social science research can help understand the ongoing, situated and lived impact of the pandemic, as well as fully underline its socially stratified consequences. We outline the risk that limiting and prioritising research activities according to their immediate clinical outcomes might have in the relational and longitudinal understanding of cancer practices in the UK. Finally, we alert against potential distortions that a “covidization” of cancer research might entail, arguing for the need to maintain a critical point of view on the pandemic.

scholarly journals Current Research Evaluation Topics in Social Sciences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zehra Taskin
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Peer Review ◽  
Research Evaluation ◽  
Evaluation Studies ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Need To Evaluate ◽  
Different Characteristics

The social sciences, as a collection of scholarly fields, have quite different characteristics compared to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and medicine) fields. Still, researchers in the social sciences have been evaluated similarly to researchers in STEM for many years. However, many studies have been published regarding the need to evaluate social sciences differently. This chapter examines research evaluation studies published in social sciences and presents the advantages and disadvantages of current research evaluation topics including altmetrics, content-based citation analysis, peer-review, and scientific visualization

scholarly journals Cancer, COVID-19, and the need for critique

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 280
Author(s):  
Cinzia Greco ◽  
Ignacia Arteaga ◽  
Clara Fabian-Therond ◽  
Henry Llewellyn ◽  
Julia Swallow ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Cancer Research ◽  
Social Science Research ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Studies Of Science ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Uk

In this open letter we examine the implications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic for cancer research and care from the point of view of the social studies of science, technology, and medicine. We discuss how the pandemic has disrupted several aspects of cancer care, underscoring the fragmentation of institutional arrangements, the malleable priorities in cancer research, and the changing promises of therapeutic innovation. We argue for the critical relevance of qualitative social sciences in cancer research during the pandemic despite the difficulties of immersive kinds of fieldwork. Social science research can help understand the ongoing, situated and lived impact of the pandemic, as well as fully underline its socially stratified consequences. We outline the risk that limiting and prioritising research activities according to their immediate clinical outcomes might have in the relational and longitudinal understanding of cancer practices in the UK. Finally, we alert against potential distortions that a “covidization” of cancer research might entail, arguing for the need to maintain a critical point of view on the pandemic.

What Can We Learn From Factorial Surveys About Human Behavior?

Methodology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut Petzold ◽  
Tobias Wolbring
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Behavioral Intentions ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Factorial Survey ◽  
Survey Experiment ◽  
Intended Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Experiments ◽  
High Level

Abstract. Factorial survey experiments are increasingly used in the social sciences to investigate behavioral intentions. The measurement of self-reported behavioral intentions with factorial survey experiments frequently assumes that the determinants of intended behavior affect actual behavior in a similar way. We critically investigate this fundamental assumption using the misdirected email technique. Student participants of a survey were randomly assigned to a field experiment or a survey experiment. The email informs the recipient about the reception of a scholarship with varying stakes (full-time vs. book) and recipient’s names (German vs. Arabic). In the survey experiment, respondents saw an image of the same email. This validation design ensured a high level of correspondence between units, settings, and treatments across both studies. Results reveal that while the frequencies of self-reported intentions and actual behavior deviate, treatments show similar relative effects. Hence, although further research on this topic is needed, this study suggests that determinants of behavior might be inferred from behavioral intentions measured with survey experiments.

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