Jacobs, Neil, Woodfield, Julie and Morris, Anne Using local citation data to relate the use of journal articles by academic researchers to the coverage of full-text document access systems. Journal of Documentation, 2000, vol. 56, n. 4, pp. 563-581. [Journal article (Paginated)]
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The methodology and findings are presented of an empirical study comparing local citation patterns with the holdings lists of a number of sources of journal articles. These sources were the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) and the BL 'inside' service, library holdings, ProQuest Direct, SearchBank, EiText and a linking system including both the Geobase database and the BLDSC. The value of local citation figures is discussed, as is the concept of a 'core' of journal titles, from both theoretical and practical perspectives. Using these figures to represent the local use of journal articles, the coverage of the document sources was found to vary widely. Unsurprisingly, the BLDSC was found to offer the widest coverage. Newer, electronic systems generally fared less well, but may offer other advantages.
Item type: | Journal article (Paginated) |
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Keywords: | citation analysis, bibliometrics, usage data, journals, demand |
Subjects: | D. Libraries as physical collections. > DD. Academic libraries. J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JJ. Document delivery. B. Information use and sociology of information > BB. Bibliometric methods |
Depositing user: | Neil Jacobs |
Date deposited: | 01 Nov 2005 |
Last modified: | 02 Oct 2014 12:01 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/6809 |
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