The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior 1996-1999
| dc.contributor.author | Davis, Philip M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cohen, Suzanne | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2005-12-22T15:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2005-12-22T15:23:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001-02-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A citation analysis of undergraduate term papers in microeconomics revealed a significant decrease in the frequency of scholarly resources cited between 1996 and 1999. Book citations decreased from 30% to 19%, newspaper citations increased from 7% to 19%, and Web citations increased from 9% to 21%. Web citations checked in 2000 revealed that only 18% of URLs cited in 1996 led to the correct Internet document. For 1999 bibliographies, only 55% of URLs led to the correct document. The authors recommend 1) setting stricter guidelines for acceptable citations in course assignments; 2) creating and maintaining scholarly portals for authoritative Web sites with a commitment to long term access; and 3) continuing to instruct students how to critically evaluate resources. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 77869 bytes | |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier.citation | JASIST, 52(4):2001, p.309-314 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1813/2557 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en_US |
| dc.subject | citation analysis | en_US |
| dc.subject | URL permanence | en_US |
| dc.subject | undergraduates | en_US |
| dc.title | The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior 1996-1999 | en_US |
| dc.type | article | en_US |
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