Although cited reference studies are common in the library and information science literature, they are rarely performed in nonacademic institutions or in the atmospheric and oceanic sciences. In this paper, we analyze more than 400,000 cited references made by authors affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration between…

The Fall, 1975, edition of "Books and Libraries at the University of Kansas" contains three informative articles. The first is a description of a bibliographer's book buying trip in Latin America, the bargains she struck, and the finds she made. In the second article a law librarian discusses "The Old Yellow Book," a 1975…

Presents literature review posing hypothesis: pattern of usage of library materials may be function of social stratification of scholarly activity. Concentration of scholarly productivity, articles on a subject in journals, citations, and library usage and citations as indicators of quality and library usage are discussed. A 115-item bibliography…