| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 382 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; World Wide Research : An Introduction; I Foundations; 1 Reconfiguring Access in Research; 2 The Developing Conception of e-Research; II State of the Practice; 3 Digital Resources and the Future of Libraries; 4 Key Digital Technologies to Deal with Data; 5 Embedding e-Research Applications; III Social Shaping of Infrastructures and Practices; 6 Enabling or Mediating the Social Sciences?; 7 Institutional Infrastructures for Global Research Networks in the Public Sector; 8 The Politics of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Ethics |
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IV Implications for Research9 The Changing Disciplinary Landscapes of Research; 10 Reshaping Research Collaboration; 11 Will e-Science Be Open Science?; 12 Shaping Research in Developing Areas; Coda: The Ends and Means of World Wide Research; Glossary; Abbreviations; Index |
| Summary |
Here, experts examine ways in which the use of increasingly powerful and versatile digital information and communication technologies are transforming research activities across all disciplines |
| Analysis |
Electronic books |
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INFORMATION SCIENCE/Internet Studies |
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INFORMATION SCIENCE/General |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Research -- Methodology.
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Research -- Technological innovations
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Information technology.
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information technology.
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SCIENCE -- Research & Methodology.
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Information technology
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Research -- Methodology
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Research -- Technological innovations
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dutton, William H., 1947-
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Jeffreys, Paul W., 1954-
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| LC no. |
2009032003 |
| ISBN |
9780262272087 |
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0262272083 |
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1282638327 |
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9781282638327 |
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