How Researchers Search for Manuscript
and Archival Collections :Susan Hamburger
ABSTRACT. By conducting a survey of a cross-section of researchers
at six major research libraries, the author sought to determine the usefulness
of specific online resources to find primary sources, to ascertain researchers’
awareness of these sources, and to uncover their discovery
methodology. The survey results demonstrate that the majority of researchers
continue to utilize traditional methods of uncovering primary
sources and do not take full advantage of online resources. The author
offers four recommendations that archivists can implement to assist researchers
with online discovery.
