Web Archives for Researchers: Representations, Expectations and Potential Uses

Web Archives for Researchers: Representations, Expectations and Potential Uses

Web archiving

In their online article for D-Lib magazine, authors Stirling, Chevallier, and Illien cover issues important to researchers using the web from problems of legitimacy to the functionality of search engines. The authors discuss the changing perceptions to research on the web and focus particular attention to the use of web archiving as a means of legitimate and practical academic research. Guidelines and suggestions regarding content and selection policy of digital archives are of particular use as well as suggestions on providing adequate and useful descriptions of the archives themselves.

Stirling, Peter

Chevallier, Philippe

Illien, Gildas

D-Lib Magazine

2012

Polk, Victoria

Peter Stirling, Philippe Chevallier and Gildas Illien

Online Journal

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/march12/stirling/03stirling.html

Stirling, Peter, Philippe Chevallier, and Gildas Illien. "Web Archives for Researchers: Representations, Expectations and Potential Uses." D-Lib Magazine 18.3/4 (2012): n. pag. Web. 27 Apr. 2015.