{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,7]],"date-time":"2026-02-07T16:21:13Z","timestamp":1770481273598,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":29,"publisher":"Emerald","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[1988,3,1]],"date-time":"1988-03-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":573177600000},"content-version":"tdm","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/site-policies"}],"content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[1988,3,1]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Some results of a recent study of the information needs of social scientists are selectively summarised and commented upon. Where relevant, to monitor change, this is set in the context of earlier research, notably during the peak period of the 1970s. This paper is not, however, in any sense intended as a balanced state of the art review of research and system design progress since 1970. Instead, it concentrates on the fresh evidence provided by a small\u2010scale qualitative study by depth interview amongst social scientists, broadly defined, and intermediaries in the social science area.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1108\/eb026827","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2008,1,19]],"date-time":"2008-01-19T07:41:46Z","timestamp":1200728506000},"page":"226-237","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":26,"title":["SOCIAL SCIENTISTS' INFORMATION NEEDS IN THE 1980s"],"prefix":"10.1108","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"MARGARET","family":"SLATER","sequence":"first","affiliation":[]}],"member":"140","reference":[{"key":"p_1","volume-title":"Investigation into the information requirements of the socialsciences, research report no. 1: information requirements ofresearchers in the social sciences. 2 v","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1971"},{"key":"p_2","volume-title":"andMCRANMER,F.A.Investigation into the information requirements of the social sciences, research report no. 2: information requirements of social scientists in government departments","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1971"},{"key":"p_3","volume-title":"research report no. 3: information requirements of college of education lecturers and school teachers","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1971"},{"key":"p_4","volume-title":"research report no. 4: the information needs of social workers","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1971"},{"key":"p_5","volume-title":"Investigation into the information requirements of the social sciences, report no. 5: the research procedures of social scientists","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1971"},{"key":"p_6","volume-title":"Experimental information service in the social sciences. Report on work carried out","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1970"},{"key":"p_7","volume-title":"Experimental information service in the social sciences","author":"LINE M.B.","year":"1969"},{"key":"p_8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1177\/096100066900100101"},{"key":"p_9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/eb050298"},{"key":"p_10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1300\/J103v01n03_04"},{"key":"p_11","volume-title":"The vital link","author":"STREATFIELD D.","year":"1980"},{"key":"p_12","volume-title":"In:MANN,P.Methods ofsociological enquiry","author":"MANN P.","year":"1968"},{"key":"p_13","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0020-7837(71)90047-1"},{"key":"p_14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/eb026468"},{"key":"p_15","volume-title":"Information and its users: a review with special reference to the social sciences","author":"BRITTAIN J.M.","year":"1970"},{"key":"p_16","volume-title":"Family studies-information needs andresources: the report ofthe review panel onfamily studies","author":"WEEKS J.","year":"1986"},{"key":"p_17","volume-title":"Family directory: information resources on thefamily","author":"WEEKS J.","year":"1986"},{"key":"p_18","volume-title":"Information servicesfor trade unionists","author":"BACKHOUSE R.","year":"1982"},{"key":"p_19","volume-title":"Libraries and trade unionists: a report on needs andprovision in public libraries and elsewhere","author":"CLINTON A.","year":"1983"},{"key":"p_20","volume-title":"So you want to be a Prestel information provider?","author":"OLIVER D.","year":"1982"},{"key":"p_21","volume-title":"Impact of Prestel on public library branch services","author":"SULLIVAN C.","year":"1982"},{"key":"p_22","volume-title":"Impact of Prestel on public library reference activities","author":"SULLIVAN C.","year":"1981"},{"key":"p_23","volume-title":"andOLIVER,D.Local community information on Prestel","author":"SULLIVAN C.","year":"1982"},{"key":"p_24","volume-title":"Information for industry: a study of the information needs of small firms and the relevance of public information services","author":"TROTT F.","year":"1986"},{"key":"p_25","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1108\/eb050997"},{"key":"p_26","volume-title":"Experimental information officer in the social sciences: report to OSTI on work carried out","author":"BATH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.","year":"1969"},{"key":"p_27","volume-title":"User evaluation of an information service in social welfare: report of an interview and questionnaire study of the Wiltshire Social Services Staff Digest","author":"BATH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.","year":"1973"},{"key":"p_28","volume-title":"Towards the improvement of social science information systems: overview of research carried out in 1970-1975","author":"BATH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY.","year":"1980"},{"key":"p_29","volume-title":"andFINCH,H.Research collections under constraint: the effect on researchers","author":"POCKLINGTON K.","year":"1987"}],"container-title":["Journal of Documentation"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/eb026827\/full\/xml","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.emerald.com\/insight\/content\/doi\/10.1108\/eb026827\/full\/html","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,24]],"date-time":"2025-07-24T23:11:26Z","timestamp":1753398686000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"http:\/\/www.emerald.com\/jd\/article\/44\/3\/226-237\/204069"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[1988,3,1]]},"references-count":29,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[1988,3,1]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1108\/eb026827"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1108\/eb026827","relation":{},"ISSN":["0022-0418"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0022-0418","type":"print"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[1988,3,1]]}}}