Research Assessment in the Humanities
Research Assessment in the Humanities

Author: Michael Ochsner

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-19

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13: 3319290169

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This book analyses and discusses the recent developments for assessing research quality in the humanities and related fields in the social sciences. Research assessments in the humanities are highly controversial and the evaluation of humanities research is delicate. While citation-based research performance indicators are widely used in the natural and life sciences, quantitative measures for research performance meet strong opposition in the humanities. This volume combines the presentation of state-of-the-art projects on research assessments in the humanities by humanities scholars themselves with a description of the evaluation of humanities research in practice presented by research funders. Bibliometric issues concerning humanities research complete the exhaustive analysis of humanities research assessment. The selection of authors is well-balanced between humanities scholars, research funders, and researchers on higher education. Hence, the edited volume succeeds in painting a comprehensive picture of research evaluation in the humanities. This book is valuable to university and science policy makers, university administrators, research evaluators, bibliometricians as well as humanities scholars who seek expert knowledge in research evaluation in the humanities.

Index of American Periodical Verse 1999
Index of American Periodical Verse 1999

Author: Rafael Català

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 9780810841093

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The Index of American Periodical Verse is an important resource for contemporary poetry research, serving as a continuing record of trends in the output of famous and lesser-known poets and the cultural influences they represent. The index includes contemporary poets from the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean, as well as other lands, cultures, and times. Continuing the tradition of this helpful reference source, this twenty-ninth annual volume of the Index was produced with the cooperation of 291 participating periodicals; nearly 7,000 entries (6,977) for individual poets and translators and more than 20,000 entries (20,410) for individual poems. A separate index provides access by title or first line.

Literary Research and the American Modernist Era
Literary Research and the American Modernist Era

Author: Robert N. Matuozzi

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008-07-31

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0810862379

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Characterized by its move away from Romanticism and toward mundane, every day subjects, as well as incorporating such ideas as metanarrative, stream of consciousness, and disjointed timelines, the American Modernist Era was at its heyday during the years 1914-1949. It produced such great authors as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and memorable works like As I Lay Dying and The Great Gatsby. Literary Research and the American Modernist Era offers the scholar and researcher a clear introduction to the best contemporary library resources and practices for researching American modernist writing. Graduate students, advanced undergraduates, researchers, and scholars specializing in American modernist writing will improve their information skills and fluency, whether in the real or the virtual library. Even those lacking access to some of the resources described here can profit from this overview of literary research because it will help them frame questions, indicate where to go for answers, and demonstrate useful connections between many of the secondary scholarly sources. This guide offers a coherent account of how contemporary research skills and resources can complement one another in helping the scholar effectively deal with typical challenges they encounter in their work

Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users
Serving LGBTIQ Library and Archives Users

Author: Ellen Greenblatt

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2014-01-10

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0786461845

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Building upon the legacy of Gay and Lesbian Library Service (1990, "invaluable"--Library Journal; "recommended"--Booklist), this current anthology brings the discussion into a 21st century context by broadening the community base served and by examining the role of the Internet and Web 2.0 in libraries and archives. Many chapters include personal accounts of individuals' experiences to illustrate the importance of library services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer/questioning users. Specific topics include: library services provided to LGBTIQ youth; collection assessment and the process of gauging user satisfaction; the classification of LGBTIQ resources in the Dewey Decimal Classification system; attempts to restrict access to LGBTIQ resources through challenges, censorship, and Internet filtering; and workplace concerns of LGBTIQ library workers. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era
Scholarly Publishing in an Electronic Era

Author: G. E. Gorman

Publisher: Facet Publishing

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1856045366

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The International Yearbook of Library and Information Management is a thematic, refereed annual publication in the field of library science and information management worldwide. Each volume contains substantive chapters covering current issues, emerging debates and trends, and models of best practice and likely future developments, contributed by an internationally respected panel of researchers, practitioners and academics. The theme for Volume 5, 'scholarly publishing in an electronic era', has been chosen in view of significant recent changes in the publishing world and the impacts that these changes are having on the management of information provision and on access to information in specific communities. The first part of the book offers an overview of current trends in scholarly publishing, and the book is divided into a further six parts each covering an area of core interest: institutional perspectives on scholarly publishing; open access initiatives technical issues in scholarly publishing; use of scholarly publications; economics and logistics of scholarly publishing; international issues. Readership: The International Yearbook is essential reading for information professionals wishing to keep up-to-date with recent developments in library science and information management on a global basis.

Literary Research and the American Realism and Naturalism Period
Literary Research and the American Realism and Naturalism Period

Author: Linda L. Stein

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 2008-12-12

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 9780810862425

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Literary Research and the American Realism and Naturalism Period: Strategies and Sources will help those interested in researching this era. Authors Linda L. Stein and Peter J. Lehu emphasize research methodology and outline the best practices for the research process, paying attention to the unique challenges inherent in conducting studies of national literature.