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Peer reviewedBrill, Margaret S. – Government Information Quarterly, 1990
Describes a study that used citation analysis to identify the government publications cited in international relations journals for 1964, 1974, and 1984. U.S. government, foreign government, and international organization publications and documents are compared by citation rate; implications for collection development in libraries are discussed;…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedChrzastowski, Tina E.; Schmidt, Karen A. – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Describes a longitudinal study of serial cancellations that was conducted by analyzing the cancellation lists between 1987 and 1990 from five midwestern member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries. Highlights include serial cancellation prices, language and place of publication, Library of Congress subject analysis, and collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Decision Making, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBrownson, Charles W. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1988
Defines mechanical and expert selection of library materials and investigates the usefulness of mechanical selection in three test cases involving popular novels, German literature, and contemporary poetry. The cost of mechanical selection is examined and more quantification in selection practice is recommended. Data are presented in eight tables,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedHarter, Stephen P.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Describes a study that investigated semantic relationships between citing and cited documents for a sample of document pairs in three journals in library and information science. Highlights include comparisons of Library of Congress classification numbers and subject descriptors; implications for collection development and relevance; and…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Information Retrieval
