Davis, PM "Effect of the web on undergraduate citation behavior: Guiding student scholarship in a networked age" Portal-Libraries and the Academy 3(1):January 2003. p.41-51 Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

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Philip M. Davis          -  E-Mail : pmd8 at cornell.edu
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Title     Effect of the web on undergraduate citation behavior: Guiding
          student scholarship in a networked age

Author    Davis, PM

Source    Portal-Libraries and the Academy 3(1):January 2003.
          p.41-51 Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore

Abstract
This article provides the last update to a longitudinal study tracking the
research behavior of a multi-college undergraduate course in microeconomics
from 1996 to 2001. Student term paper bibliographies grew between 1996 and
2000 but included fewer scholarly resources. In 2001, a return to citing
scholarly sources was demonstrated when the professor provided clear and
enforceable guidelines in his class assignment. The accuracy and persistency
of cited Web documents also increased as a result.

The following items are covered in this paper:

Citation Guidelines
Citation Analysis
Verifying the Accuracy and Persistence of Internet Citations
Observations
Composition of Citations
Distribution of Citations
Bibliographies Getting Bigger
Returning to Scholarly Bibliographies
Web Citations
Persistency of URLs
Why is it important that professors provide research parameters in their
assignments?
Why are bibliographies getting bigger
Why did Web Citations get more accurate, and why is accuracy important in
scholarly research?