Exploratory and directed search strategies at a social science data archive

• Published in: IASSIST quarterly Vol. 48; no. 1
• Main Authors: Lafia, Sara, Million, A.J., Hemphill, Libby
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: International Association for Social Science Information Service and Technology 28.03.2024
• Subjects: information search; query log analysis; research data; user behavior; web analytics

Researchers need to be able to find, access, and use data to participate in open science. To understand how users search for research data, we analyzed textual queries issued at a large social science data archive, the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). We collect...