Bakkalbasi N, Goodman D. "Do science researchers use books?" Charleston Conference Proceedings 2004: 55-62, 2006.

[Eugene Garfield]

Nisa Bakkalbasi : Nisa.Bakkalbasi at purchase.edu

David Goodman   : david.goodman at liu.edu
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Title: Do science researchers use books?

Author(s): Bakkalbasi N, Goodman D

Source: CHARLESTON CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 2004 : 55-62, 2006
Editor(s): Bazirjian R, Speck V, Bernhardt BR

Document Type: Article          Language: English
Cited References: 7

Conference Information: 24th Annual Charleston Conference
Charleston, SC, NOV 03-06, 2004

Abstract:
Books, as well as journals, are cited in scientists' journal articles. We
examined the books cited in the journal articles that were published by
authors at a large university during 1981-2001. We found that (1) the
citation data conform to Zipf's Law, (2) most citations are to recent
titles, and (3) there are differences between different disciplines that
appear to conform to traditional assumptions about user practices in
different scientific disciplines.

Addresses: SUNY Coll Purchase, New York, NY USA
Publisher: LIBRARIES UNLIMITED INC, PO BOX 3988, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80155 USA
IDS Number: BDK24

ISBN: 1-59158-339-X

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