英文摘要 |
Since 1998, Taiwan has launched the digital archives program, and consequently there came some graduate theses that focus on this topic. The purpose of this study is, therefore, to analyze those research topics on digital archives subject matter, their methodology, attributes and citation in order to understand how graduate school researchers use data of digital archives program and quote literature in their thesis writing process. The theses are scrutinized with content analysis and citation analysis methods. The findings are as followed: (1) the thesis researchers are inclined to utilize technological applications, focusing their attention on websites and data base related to the digital archives; (2) the thesis researchers prefer adopting multiple qualitative methods;the internet is the main tool and data source; (3) there are 7285 citations in 102 theses, most of which were published within 6-10 years prior to the thesis composition. Finally this study presents a framework of digital archives development and points to some possibilities for further research. |