Title

A microscope or a mirror?: A question of study validity regarding the use of dissertation citation analysis for evaluating research collections

Authors

Authors

P. M. Beile; D. N. Boote;E. K. Killingsworth

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Acad. Librariansh.

Keywords

BEHAVIOR; WEB; Information Science & Library Science

Abstract

Use of dissertation citation analysis for collection evaluation was investigated. Analysis of 1842 education dissertation citations from three institutions suggests the assumption of doctoral student expertise in their use of the scholarly literature may be overstated. For purposes of developing research collections, dependence on dissertation citation analyses should proceed cautiously.

Journal Title

Journal of Academic Librarianship

Volume

30

Issue/Number

5

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2004.06.001

Language

English

First Page

347

Last Page

353

WOS Identifier

WOS:000224997800002

ISSN

0099-1333

Recommended Citation

"A microscope or a mirror?: A question of study validity regarding the use of dissertation citation analysis for evaluating research collections" (2004). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 4200.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/4200