The UK Research Information Network (RIN) has released "Collaborative yet Independent: Information Practices in the Physical Sciences", the third in its series of reports covering information practices in scholarly disciplines  (earlier reports have covered life sciences and humanities). The report is available at

http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/using-and-accessing-information-resources/physical-sciences-case-studies-use-and-discovery-


Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI