Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of empirical research and focus on specific aspects of the data that relate to the concept of the “information rich and information poor”. Design/methodology/approach – Exploratory in nature and as such utilises an...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to report on research undertaken into the use made of library and information science (LIS) journals in dissertations written by students undertaking the Master's course in Information and Library Studies at the University of Wales Aberystwyth....