ABS&Comment:Sylvia,Psych Thesis citations

[Gretchen Whitney]

Comment (Abstract follows):

In 1995 Sylvia and Lesher published the following article which in turn was
cited in 1997 by Joswick and Stierman in the same journal . I just came
across their paper  and  recalled a more recent paper on  the same general
theme. So I did a cited reference search on the WebofScience on the Sylvia
reference and found  additional papers, including the   one by Kreider
published in April which came to a very different conclusion.
(JANICE.KREIDER at ubc. }

Joswick and Stierman( joswick at ccmail.wiu.edu and
jeanne_stierman at ccmail.wiu.edu) "examined the journals cited by students in
term papers."They agree with Sylvia that it is "one of the best ways to
measure past use of an academic library."
They performed a similar exercise for faculty publications by using
SciSearch and SocialSciSearch on Dialog, where they first retrieved faculty
papers and then, using the RANK command in Dialog, sorted 4,26 cited
references in 473 articles. Not surprisingly the lists of "core" journals
for undergraduates were quite different than those identified for faculty.
On this basis they reasonably concluded that "subscribing only to what
students use would do a disservice to faculty " and I presume vice versa.
The journals cited by the Western Illinois University faculty was, in my
opinion, atypical. Not a single chemistry journal or leading biomed journal
was mentioned. The  abstract follows after the citing article  Summary for
Sylvia and Lesher, as does the one for Kreider.
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Citing Articles--Summary
WHAT JOURNALS DO PSYCHOLOGY GRADUATE-STUDENTS NEED - A CITATION ANALYSIS OF
THESIS REFERENCES
SYLVIA M, LESHER M
COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES
56: (4) 313-318 JUL 1995
These documents in the database cite the above article:  <<...>>
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Kreider J
        The correlation of local citation data with citation data from
Journal Citation Reports
        LIBR RESOUR TECH SER 43: (2) 67-77 APR 1999 :
        University librarians continue to face the difficult task of
determining which journals remain crucial for their collections during these
times of statistical resources and escalating journal costs. One evaluative
tool, Journal Citation Reports (JCR), recently has become available on
CD-ROM, making it simpler for librarians to use its citation data as input
for making journals. But many librarians remain unconvinced that the global
citation data from the JCR bears enough correspondence to their local
situation to be useful. In this project, I explore the correlation between
global citation data available from JCR with local citation data generated
specifically for the University of British Columbia,for 20 subject fields in
the sciences and social sciences. The significant correlations obtained in
this study suggest that large research-oriented university libraries could
consider substituting global citation data for local citation data when
evaluating their journals, with certain cautions.
Kuyper-Rushing L
        Identifying uniform core journal titles for music libraries: A
dissertation citation study
        COLL RES LIBR 60: (2) 153-163 MAR 1999
        Black S
        Journal collection analysis at a liberal arts college
        LIBR RESOUR TECH SER 41: (4) 283-294 OCT 1997
        Quinn B
        Adapting service quality concepts to academic libraries
        J ACAD LIBR 23: (5) 359-369 SEP 1997
        Zipp LS
        Thesis and dissertation citations as indicators of faculty research
use of university library journal collections
        LIBR RESOUR TECH SER 40: (4) 335-342 OCT 1996
        Joswick KE, Stierman JK
        The core list mirage: A comparison of the journals frequently
consulted by faculty and students
        COLL RES LIBR 58: (1) 48-55 JAN 1997

Cited References for
The core list mirage: A comparison of the journals frequently consulted by
faculty and students
Joswick KE, Stierman JK
COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES
58: (1) 48-55 JAN 1997     Abstract:
By employing a combination of electronic and manual methods, the authors of
this study compiled separate lists of the journals most frequently used by
Western Illinois University faculty and students. These lists of popular
journals, although interesting in themselves, also reveal that journal
consultation habits vary considerably between constituencies, even within
one academic library. Thus, the ultimate ''core list'' remains illusory The
dissimilarity of the lists emphasizes the importance of using local data and
recognizing the distinctive needs of both ends of the user spectrum when
making journal-collection decisions.
Addresses:
Joswick KE, WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIV LIB, REFERENCE UNIT, MACOMB, IL 61455.


 Cited Author            Cited Work                Volume      Page
Year

  <<...>> BANE AF               COMPUTERS LIB                 15        54
1995
  <<...>> BROADUS RN            COLL RES LIBR                 46        30
1985
  <<...>> HAAS SC               COLLECT BUILD                 11        23
1991
  <<...>> METZ P                J ACAD LIBR                   18        76
1992
  <<...>> SWIGGER K             SERIALS REV                   17        41
1991
  <<...>> SYLVIA M              COLL RES LIBR                 56       313
1995

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The correlation of local citation data with citation data from Journal
Citation Reports
Kreider J
LIBRARY RESOURCES & TECHNICAL SERVICES
43: (2) 67-77 APR 1999
Document type: Article  Language: English       Cited References: 21
Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
University librarians continue to face the difficult task of determining
which journals remain crucial for their collections during these times of
statistical resources and escalating journal costs. One evaluative tool,
Journal Citation Reports (JCR), recently has become available on CD-ROM,
making it simpler for librarians to use its citation data as input for
making journals. But many librarians remain unconvinced that the global
citation data from the JCR bears enough correspondence to their local
situation to be useful. In this project, I explore the correlation between
global citation data available from JCR with local citation data generated
specifically for the University of British Columbia,for 20 subject fields in
the sciences and social sciences. The significant correlations obtained in
this study suggest that large research-oriented university libraries could
consider substituting global citation data for local citation data when
evaluating their journals, with certain cautions.
KeyWords Plus:
UNIVERSITY-LIBRARY, CORE LIST, FACULTY, STUDENTS, SERIALS, IMPACT, THESIS
Addresses:
Kreider J, Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Univ British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Publisher:
AMER LIBRARY ASSOC, CHICAGO
IDS Number:
192KP





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