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Joswick, Kathleen E.; Stierman, Jeanne Koekkoek – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Faculty at Western Illinois University were asked to share in the library's journal deselection responsibility by ranking the library's journals by importance. These rankings were then compared to student use of the same journals. Results indicate that journals that were frequently cited or retrieved by students were highly ranked by the faculty.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
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Joswick, Kathleen E.; Stierman, Jeanne Koekkoek – College & Research Libraries, 1997
Citation analysis of freshman papers and faculty publications provided ranked order lists of journals: (1) retrieved from InfoTrac stations; (2) cited in freshman papers; (3) in which faculty publish; (4) cited in faculty articles; and (5) most frequently cited in published articles worldwide. Results emphasized the importance of recognizing…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Faculty
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Joswick, Kathleen E. – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1994
Reports on a use study of citations from college freshman composition papers at Western Illinois University (Illinois) that indicated the need for library instruction and library collection building. Tables and graphs indicate the number of citations per bibliography; the number and types of format sources; publication dates; and distribution of…
Descriptors: Citations (References), College Freshmen, Higher Education, Information Retrieval