E-book use and attitudes in the humanities, social sciences, and education

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Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 255-286

  Corlett Rivera, Kelsey ^a   Hackman, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84897941241     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: 15307131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2014.0008     Document Type: Article

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2. The humanities and social sciences librarians also serve the Robert H. Smith School of Business, Philip Merrill College of Journalism, School of Public Policy, and College of Information Studies. The latter two units were considered but rejected because they are graduate-only programs. There was also a concern that library science students from the College of Information Studies would skew the survey results. Journalism and Business, along with colleges in the sciences and engineering, are under consideration for a future expansion of this study.
3. Robert Slater, "Why Aren't E-Books Gaining More Ground in Academic Libraries? E-Book Use and Perceptions: A Review of Published Literature and Research," Journal of Web Librarianship 4, 4 (2010): 305-31.
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11. Levine-Clark, "Electronic Book Usage," 285-99.
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13. Levine-Clark, "Electronic Book Usage," 285.
14. Levine-Clark, "Electronic Books and the Humanities."
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24. Rowlands, Nicholas, Jamali, and Huntington, "What Do Faculty and Students Really Think About E-Books?" 492.
25. When possible, responses under "Other (please specify)" were tallied under the other options. For example, two respondents each named iBooks and iTunes, which we coded as commercial Web sites. Four responses could not be recoded and were left as "Other:" (1) scanned books [2 responses], (2) Calibre software [1 response]; (3) iPhone [1 response]; and (4) borrowed from family member [1 response].
26. Percentages for questions 12 and 13 reflect the proportion of the total number of responses to this question, not the proportion of respondents, because respondents could check more than one answer.
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28. In questions 17 and 18, some comments included more than one concept and were therefore coded as multiple responses. See Appendix B for code definitions.
29. Levine-Clark, "Electronic Book Usage," 297.