Fuchs BE, Thomsen CM, Bias RG, Davis DG "Behavioral citation analysis: Toward collection enhancement for users " COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 67 (4): 304-324 JUL 2006

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: 
fuchsb at moravian.edu
thomsen at swau.edu
rbias at ischool.utexas.edu
dgdavis at ischool.utexas.edu 


Title: Behavioral citation analysis: Toward collection enhancement for 
users 

Author(s): Fuchs BE, Thomsen CM, Bias RG, Davis DG 

Source: COLLEGE & RESEARCH LIBRARIES 67 (4): 304-324 JUL 2006 

Document Type: Article 
Language: English 
Cited References: 28      Times Cited: 0    
    
Abstract: A pilot study was developed to determine use of the University of 
Texas at Austin General Libraries' research collections in the fields of 
civil engineering and educational psychology and to investigate the 
research behavior of graduate students. First, the authors sampled 
bibliographic citations from dissertations completed during the years 1997 
and 2002 in the above-named fields. Then, a survey was sent to the 
dissertation writers to gain insight into use and opinions of library 
services for their graduate research. Analysis of information provided by 
both collection-and user-centered data-gathering techniques serves to 
underscore the value of the merged evaluation methods.
 
KeyWords Plus: INFORMATION-SEEKING; UNIVERSITY-LIBRARY; SOCIAL-SCIENTISTS; 
DOCTORAL RESEARCH; GRADUATE; STUDENTS; RESOURCES; JOURNALS; NEEDS 

Addresses: Fuchs BE (reprint author), Moravian Coll, Elect Resources 
Librarian Reeves Lib, Bethlehem, PA 18018 USA
Moravian Coll, Elect Resources Librarian Reeves Lib, Bethlehem, PA 18018 USA
Univ Texas, Sch Informat, Austin, TX USA
Univ Texas, Informat Experience Lab, Austin, TX USA 

E-mail Addresses: fuchsb at moravian.edu, thomsen at swau.edu, 
rbias at ischool.utexas.edu, dgdavis at ischool.utexas.edu 

Publisher: ASSOC COLL RESEARCH LIBRARIES, 50 E HURON ST, CHICAGO, IL 60611 
USA 
Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE 
IDS Number: 068NF 

ISSN: 0010-0870 

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