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This paper reports on a systematic literature review of CAIS/ACSI and ASIS&T conference proceedings to identify, analyze, and map the application of feminist theories, methods, and epistemologies across a sample of LIS research. We seek a better understanding of feminist theories in LIS to a) identify how/where it has been taken up (and not taken up); b) identify feminist research themes and influence over time and across subdomains; and c) to consider how to build on intersectional feminist theories and praxis in LIS to move toward a critical intersectional femiLISt movement that is embraced and embedded within our field. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article reports on an investigation of temporal patterns of searching within the Edmonton Public Library discovery system to identify the temporal trends and aspects of public searching. The specific objective of this study was to examine the temporal patterns of public searching on weekdays and weekends in the months of summer and fall. The findings show that there are hourly, daily, weekday, and weekend patterns associated with the public searching of a discovery system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A wide variety of treatment options for depressives have been developed by both the conventional and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) sectors. Using data collected from three online newsgroups as well as in-depth interviews, I analyse how people use information when making or justifying claims, or making decisions, about treatments for depression. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]