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The Information-Seeking Strategies Of Humanities Scholars Using Resources In Languages Other Than English, Carol Sabbar
The Information-Seeking Strategies Of Humanities Scholars Using Resources In Languages Other Than English, Carol Sabbar
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THE INFORMATION-SEEKING STRATEGIES OF HUMANITIES SCHOLARS
USING RESOURCES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH
by
Carol Sabbar
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016
Under the Supervision of Dr. Iris Xie
This dissertation explores the information-seeking strategies used by scholars in the humanities who rely on resources in languages other than English. It investigates not only the strategies they choose but also the shifts that they make among strategies and the role that language, culture, and geography play in the information-seeking context. The study used purposive sampling to engage 40 human subjects, all of whom are post-doctoral humanities scholars based in the …