A Microscope or a Mirror?: A Question of Study Validity Regarding the Use of Dissertation Citation Analysis for Evaluating Research Collections (in Education)

Beile, Penny and Boote, David and Killingsworth, Elizabeth A Microscope or a Mirror?: A Question of Study Validity Regarding the Use of Dissertation Citation Analysis for Evaluating Research Collections (in Education). Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2004, vol. 30, n. 5, pp. 347-353. [Journal article (Paginated)]

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Use of dissertation citation analysis for collection building 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.

Item type: Journal article (Paginated)
Keywords: Study validity, collection development, citation analysis, collection building
Subjects: B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information.
B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods
C. Users, literacy and reading. > CA. Use studies.
D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries.
Depositing user: Penny Beile
Date deposited: 07 May 2012
Last modified: 02 Oct 2014 12:22
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/16922

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