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The Use of Research Libraries: A Comment about the Pittsburgh Study and Its Critics.

Peer reviewed

Peat, W. Leslie – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1981

Reviews the controversy surrounding the Pittsburgh study of library circulation and collection usage and proposes the use of citation analysis techniques as an acceptable method for measuring research use of a research library which will complement circulation studies. Five references are listed. (RAA)

Descriptors: Citations (References), Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Acquisition

The Use of Government Publications: A Twelve-Year Perspective.

Peer reviewed

Postema, Beth; Weech, Terry L. – Government Publications Review, 1991

Reviews the literature of government document use from mid-1977 through December 1989. The literature is identified and analyzed in terms of 6 library surveys, 3 citation studies, and 13 user surveys. Research findings indicate that social scientists are the heaviest users of documents. (Author/MAB)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Analysis, Depository Libraries, Government Publications