Este trabajo constituye una parte de la investigación que se desarrolla en el Programa de Formación de Grado de Estudios Jurídicos de la Universidad Bolivariana de Venezuela, cuyo propósito fundamental se orienta al diseño, aplicación y evaluación de un sistema…

De la tradición humanista Gadamer recupera de una manera original los aportes del escritor y pedagogo Baltasar Gracián, lo que indica la relevancia del pensamiento español en la filosofía alemana, especialmente, en la construcción de la filosofía hermenéutica, que tiene…

Objective – To investigate whether African American students’ computer attitudes predict levels of library anxiety.

Design – A user study in which two instruments were administered to a group of graduate students to measure computer attitudes and library anxiety.

Objective – To describe critical care nurses’ on-duty information-seeking behavior.

Design – Participatory action research using ethnographic methods.

Setting – A twenty-bed critical care unit in a 275-bed community (non-teaching) hospital.

Subjects – A purposive sample of…

It is with great pleasure that the Research in the Workplace Award (RIWA)* assessment panel announces the winning proposal in 2006/2007 to be for a multi-site randomised controlled trial to determine the impact of providing a virtual reference service (Access…

Objective – This study reports on research into the information and support needs of practitioners in the museum, archive, and library sectors, who are undergoing an impact evaluation.

Design – Qualitative survey.

Setting – Web-based questionnaire.

Subjects…

Make the IRG pre-conference workshop part of your annual HTAi (Health Technology Assessment International) meeting plans! Join us in Barcelona on Sunday, June 17th for a full day of training and lively discussions. Our workshop includes a mixture of presentations…

Objective – To determine whether a newly developed interactive, Web-based tutorial on OVID MEDLINE was acceptable to students, and to identify whether the tutorial improved students’ information skills.

Design – Objective and subjective assessment within a small cohort study.

In this text a look at the research is presented as to the importance of the edaphic-environmental knowledge and monitoring of the soil-water management and natural resources conservtion practices, seeking to the water recharge. Furthermore, this chapter contains preliminary results…

La aparición de la teoría de las revoluciones científicas de Thomas S. Kuhn supuso una intensa alteración para la didáctica de las ideas del pensamiento de las ciencias —entre ellas, la geografía—; desde entonces éste se presenta como una sucesión…