Evaluation of an Information Source Illustrated by a Case Study: Effect of Screening for Breast Cancer
Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Standard
Evaluation of an Information Source Illustrated by a Case Study : Effect of Screening for Breast Cancer. / Hjørland, Birger.
I: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Bind 62, Nr. 10, 15.09.2011, s. 1892–1898.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
Harvard
APA
Vancouver
Author
Bibtex
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of an Information Source Illustrated by a Case Study
T2 - Effect of Screening for Breast Cancer
AU - Hjørland, Birger
PY - 2011/9/15
Y1 - 2011/9/15
N2 - It is argued that to evaluate an information source (e.g., a Wikipedia article), it is necessary to relate the content of that source to an interpretation of the state of knowledge at the research front (which is typically developing dynamically). In the research literature, there is a controversy about the effect of screening programs for breast cancer. This controversy is used to compare the value of Wikipedia with Encyclopedia Britannica and two Danish encyclopedias as information sources. It is argued that this method of examining information sources is preferable to other methods which have been suggested in the literature.
AB - It is argued that to evaluate an information source (e.g., a Wikipedia article), it is necessary to relate the content of that source to an interpretation of the state of knowledge at the research front (which is typically developing dynamically). In the research literature, there is a controversy about the effect of screening programs for breast cancer. This controversy is used to compare the value of Wikipedia with Encyclopedia Britannica and two Danish encyclopedias as information sources. It is argued that this method of examining information sources is preferable to other methods which have been suggested in the literature.
U2 - 10.1002/asi.21606
DO - 10.1002/asi.21606
M3 - Journal article
VL - 62
SP - 1892
EP - 1898
JO - American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal
JF - American Society for Information Science and Technology. Journal
SN - 2330-1635
IS - 10
ER -
ID: 47033522