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Peer reviewedLopez, Manuel D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes a study that established criteria for judging the scholarly value of dissertations and disproved the assumption that good dissertations will be published. Bibliographic access to dissertations is reviewed, and the need for librarians to reevaluate their attitudes toward policies governing dissertation acquisition is discussed. (27…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Academic Libraries, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedKushkowski, Jeffrey D.; Gerhard, Kristin H.; Dobson, Cynthia – Journal of Documentation, 1998
The Simple Index Method overcomes the difficulties in building a core list for serials in interdisciplinary fields by using multiple indexes which cover various aspects of the subject. Collection-development librarians can develop a core list when standard bibliographies or specific indexing and abstracting tools are lacking and can tailor that…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Bibliographic Databases, Indexes
