Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model
Introduction. Much of humanities data are existing materials. Yet there are few works examining humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviours. The study aims to address this gap building upon Ellis’ model. Method. We recruited 27 humanities scholars with diverse academic backgrounds and conducted...
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| description | Introduction. Much of humanities data are existing materials. Yet there are few works examining humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviours. The study aims to address this gap building upon Ellis’ model.
Method. We recruited 27 humanities scholars with diverse academic backgrounds and conducted in-depth interviews.
Analysis. A preliminary codebook was developed from existing literature. Researchers combined deductive and inductive coding to analyse the interview transcripts.
Results. Humanities scholars’ data interactions fall into two approaches: data-driven and structure-driven, each involving three phases – exploratory seeking, focused seeking, and supplementary seeking. We identified eleven characteristics of data seeking behaviours operating at different levels and revealed their variations across research approaches and seeking phases.
Conclusion. The study contributes to the conceptual growth of Ellis' model and expands its utility beyond the original information seeking contexts, indicating its potential applicability to data seeking. It also provides practical implications for system design and humanities data curation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-985e827924334fab94744f57c90901792025-02-03T10:10:34ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132024-06-0129240141810.47989/ir292835832Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' modelWenqi Li0Pengyi Zhang1Jun Wang2Peking UniversityPeking UniversityPeking UniversityIntroduction. Much of humanities data are existing materials. Yet there are few works examining humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviours. The study aims to address this gap building upon Ellis’ model. Method. We recruited 27 humanities scholars with diverse academic backgrounds and conducted in-depth interviews. Analysis. A preliminary codebook was developed from existing literature. Researchers combined deductive and inductive coding to analyse the interview transcripts. Results. Humanities scholars’ data interactions fall into two approaches: data-driven and structure-driven, each involving three phases – exploratory seeking, focused seeking, and supplementary seeking. We identified eleven characteristics of data seeking behaviours operating at different levels and revealed their variations across research approaches and seeking phases. Conclusion. The study contributes to the conceptual growth of Ellis' model and expands its utility beyond the original information seeking contexts, indicating its potential applicability to data seeking. It also provides practical implications for system design and humanities data curation.https://informationr.net/infres/article/view/835data behaviourinformation seekinghumanities scholarsellis' model |
| spellingShingle | Wenqi Li Pengyi Zhang Jun Wang Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model Information Research: An International Electronic Journal data behaviour information seeking humanities scholars ellis' model |
| title | Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model |
| title_full | Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model |
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| title_short | Analysing humanities scholars’ data seeking behaviour patterns using Ellis' model |
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