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  • World Wide Research: Reshaping the Sciences and Humanities
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  • Edited by William H. Dutton and Paul W. Jeffreys
  • 2010
  • Published by: The MIT Press
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Experts examine ways in which the use of increasingly powerful and versatile digital information and communication technologies are transforming research activities across all disciplines.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. xi-xii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xiii-xiv
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. xv-xix
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  1. World Wide Research: An Introduction
  2. pp. 1-17
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  1. I. Foundations
  1. 1. Reconfiguring Access in Research: Information, Expertise, and Experience
  2. pp. 21-50
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  1. 2. The Developing Conception of e-Research
  2. pp. 51-78
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  1. II. State of the Practice
  2. pp. 79-81
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  1. 3. Digital Resources and the Future of Libraries
  2. pp. 83-106
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  1. 4. Key Digital Technologies to Deal with Data
  2. pp. 107-133
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  1. 5. Embedding e-Research Applications: Designing for Usability
  2. pp. 135-159
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  1. III. Social Shaping of Infrastructures and Practices
  2. pp. 161-163
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  1. 6. Enabling or Mediating the Social Sciences? The Opportunities and Risks of Bottom-up Innovation
  2. pp. 165-190
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  1. 7. Institutional Infrastructures for Global Research Networks in the Public Sector
  2. pp. 191-221
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  1. 8. The Politics of Privacy, Confidentiality, and Ethics: Opening Research Methods
  2. pp. 223-252
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  1. IV. Implications for Research
  2. pp. 253-255
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  1. 9. The Changing Disciplinary Landscapes of Research
  2. pp. 257-275
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  1. 10. Reshaping Research Collaboration: The Case of Virtual Research Environments
  2. pp. 277-298
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  1. 11. Will e-Science Be Open Science?
  2. pp. 299-324
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  1. 12. Shaping Research in Developing Areas
  2. pp. 325-342
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  1. Coda: The Ends and Means of World Wide Research
  2. pp. 343-347
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  1. Glossary
  2. pp. 349-354
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  1. Abbreviations
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 357-382
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