Information analysis
The concept "information analysis" is used in different senses. The INSPEC-thesaurus uses the concept as synonymous with subject analysis, i.e., an analysis of documents for classification or indexing.
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?e(information analysis)
Ref Items Type RT Index-term
R01 867 14 *INFORMATION ANALYSIS (July 1973)
R02 42 F 1 CITATION ANALYSIS
R03 1438 O 23 INFORMATION SCIENCE (January 1969)
R04 771 T 29 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS (January 1969)
R05 473 N 4 ABSTRACTING (July 1972)
R06 1681 N 6 CATALOGUING (July 1978)
R07 23415 N 3 CLASSIFICATION (January 1969)
R08 3080 N 4 INDEXING (January 1969)
R09 2480 N 10 VOCABULARY (January 1969)
R10 932 R 9 INFORMATION CENTRES (January 1971)
R11 7283 R 19 INFORMATION RETRIEVAL (January 1969)
R12 7642 R 20 INFORMATION SERVICES (January 1969)
R13 1530 R 8 INFORMATION STORAGE (July 1973)
R14 651 R 5 INFORMATION USE (January 1969)
R15 3470 R 8 CC=C7240 Information analysis & indexing
Galliers (1987) uses the concept related to "analysis of
information needs". There seems thus not to
be a need for the term "information analysis".
"Data-analysis" is often understood as statistical analysis of
numerical data, cf., Flynn, 1987, chapter 3, pp. 55-81. Analyses of "data
needs" is also used (cf., Rockart, 1979).
Literature:
Dym, E. D. (Ed.). (1985). Subject and Information Analysis. New York: Marcel Dekker.
Flynn, R. R. (1987). An Introduction to Information Science. New York: Marcell Dekker, Inc.
Galliers, Robert (ed.). (1987). Information analysis. Selected Readings. Amsterdam:
Addison-Wesley.
Huber, P. et al. (1989). Informations analyse. København: Teknisk Forlag.
Klinefelter, P. M. (1991). Centers for analysis of scientific and technical
information (Information Analysis Centers). Government Information Quarterly,
8(2), 175-182.
Rockart, J. F. (1979). Chief executives define their own data needs. Harvard
Business Review, 57 (2), 238-241.
Sutcliffe, A. (1997). Task-related information analysis. International
Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 47(2), 223-257.
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 08-04-2006