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Approaches to Exploring the Information Worlds of Women Engineering Students

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Information Experience and Information Literacy (ECIL 2023)

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This paper explores the application of two theoretical approaches within Library and Information Science (LIS) literature, and critically reviews them for inclusion within a proposed PhD study. The two approaches are Women’s Ways of Knowing, a model of women’s epistemological development; and intersectional feminism, an inclusive and holistic approach to feminist research. The paper outlines both concepts, presents a critical literature review of their application in LIS research, and identifies their potential future use both within the proposed PhD study, and within LIS research more broadly.

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    The authors’ full names are listed here in respect of their wishes that they receive equal credit, reflecting the collaborative nature of the work, rather than being grouped as “Belenky et al.” [10].

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Woods, L. (2024). Approaches to Exploring the Information Worlds of Women Engineering Students. In: Kurbanoğlu, S., et al. Information Experience and Information Literacy. ECIL 2023. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 2042. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53001-2_16

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