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

    Authors

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

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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

    Language

    English

    First Page

    347

    Last Page

    353

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000224997800002

    ISSN

    0099-1333

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