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Greene, Robert J.; Spornick, Charles D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
A periodical database was searched to investigate the occurrence of favorable and unfavorable book reviews to determine the role of reviews in library selection. Compares book reviews with other types of reviews, examines relationships between review evaluations and other review characteristics, and compares the number of favorable and unfavorable…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Library Material Selection
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Cameron, Brian D. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
Librarians rely on the Institute for Scientific Information's journal impact factor as a tool for selecting periodicals, primarily in scientific disciplines. A current trend is to use this data as a means for evaluating the performance of departments, institutions, and even researchers in academic institutions--a process that is now being tied to…
Descriptors: Trend Analysis, Bibliometrics, Item Analysis, Construct Validity