Casserly MF, Bird JE "Web citation availability: Analysis and implications for scholarship" COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 64 (4): 300-317 JUL 2003

[Eugene Garfield]

Mary Casserly : mcasserly at uamail.albany.edu
James E. Bird : jim.bird at umit.maine.edu


TITLE:     Web citation availability: Analysis and implications
           for scholarship
AUTHOR:    Casserly MF, Bird JE

JOURNAL:   COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 64 (4): 300-317 JUL 2003


 Document type: Article  Language: English
 Cited References: 32    Times Cited: 0

Abstract:
Five hundred citations to Internet resources from articles published in
library and information science journals in 1999 and 2000 were profiled and
searched on the Web. The majority contained partial bibliographic
information and no date viewed. Most URLs pointed to content pages with
"edu" or "org" domains and did not include a tilde. More than half (56.4%)
were permanent, 81.4 percent were available on the Web, and searching the
Internet Archive increased the availability rate to 89.2 percent. Content,
domain, and directory depth were associated with availability Few of the
journals provided instruction on citing digital resources. Eight
suggestions for improving scholarly communication citation conventions are
presented.

KeyWords Plus:
LIBRARY-SCIENCE JOURNALS, ELECTRONIC RESOURCES, PAGE, PERSISTENCE,
REFERENCES, PERMANENCE, BEHAVIOR, LIFE

Addresses:
Casserly MF, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA
SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA
Univ Maine, Raymond H Fogler Lib, Sci & Engn Ctr, Orono, ME 04469 USA

Publisher:
ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 USA

IDS Number:
705UZ

ISSN:
0010-0870


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Eugene Garfield, PhD.  email: garfield at codex.cis.upenn.edu
home page: www.eugenegarfield.org
Tel: 215-243-2205 Fax 215-387-1266
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Chairman Emeritus, ISI www.isinet.com
Past President, American Society for Information Science and Technology
(ASIS&T)  www.asis.org
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