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ERIC Number: ED577823
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017
Pages: 290
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: 978-0-3551-1156-9
ISSN: EISSN-
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Finding Family Facts in the Digital Age: Family History Research and Production Literacies
Willever-Farr, Heather Lynn
ProQuest LLC, Ph.D. Dissertation, Drexel University
This study examines the online information behaviors of experienced and novice family history researchers, though the lens of accuracy and an increasingly digital research and production environment. It presents a model of the information behaviors of family history researchers, as well as a literacies framework, which visualizes the skills and knowledge needed to conduct accurate family history research and produce accurate family histories in the digital age. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]
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Publication Type: Dissertations/Theses - Doctoral Dissertations
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Language: English
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