...Sukjin You; Soohyung Joo; Marie Katsurai Purpose The purpose of this study is to explore to which extent data mining research would be associated with the library and information science (LIS) discipline. This study aims to identify data mining related subject terms and topics in representative...

...B. Niveditha; Mallinath Kumbar; B.T. Sampath Kumar Purpose The present study compares the use of web citations as references in leading scholarly journals in Library and Information Science (LIS) and Communication and Media Studies (CMS). A total of 20 journals (each 10 from LIS and CMS) were...

...Tariq Ahmad Shah; Sumeer Gul; Ramesh C Gaur Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the author self-citation behavior in the field of Library and Information Science. Various factors governing the author self-citation behavior have also been studied. Design/methodology/approach...

... for it but not without testing your ability as a moderator first, and not without immersing yourself in the topic and being very clear about why you are there” (p. 243). I would recommend Research methods in information for all masters and doctoral students in Library and Information Science, as well...

..., for a hardback book of this kind. It deserves to be widely read by advanced students and researchers in the library/information sciences, and by the more reflective kind of information practitioner. References Bawden, D. and Robinson, L. (2012...

...Ángel Borrego; Francesc Garcia Purpose – This study seeks to analyse the policies of library and information science (LIS) journals regarding the publication of supplementary materials, the number of journals and articles that include this feature, the kind of supplementary materials published...