The Social Science Information Gateway: putting theory into practice

The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) was established in 1994 to provide access to networked resources for social science researchers, academics and librarians. This paper discusses issues of quality, access, resource identification and description, that SOSIG has faced in the four years si...

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Main Author:	Debra Hiom
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Borås 1998-01-01
Series:	Information Research: An International Electronic Journal
Subjects:	Social Science Information Gateway SOSIG networked resources social sciences researchers academics librarians. quality resource identification description DESIRE
Online Access:	http://informationr.net/ir/4-1/paper48.html

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title	The Social Science Information Gateway: putting theory into practice
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description	The Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) was established in 1994 to provide access to networked resources for social science researchers, academics and librarians. This paper discusses issues of quality, access, resource identification and description, that SOSIG has faced in the four years since its establishment. It also reviews the involvement of SOSIG in the European Union's DESIRE project.
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The Social Science Information Gateway: putting theory into practice

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