A citation study of American Literature:​ implications for collection management

Budd, John

Affiliations

¹Library, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, 70402

Abstract

A total of 7,149 references appearing in 253 source items (including books, book articles, journal articles and dissertations) in the field of American literature were analyzed. From the analysis lists of the most frequently cited periodical titles and book titles (both primary and secondary) were formulated. Since such a large number of titles is cited, the lists reveal relatively small clusters of frequently-cited materials and do not identify fringe areas. The results do point to areas for retrospective development of collectsion and indicate possibilities for cooperative collection and study of citation data.

Links

DOI: 10.1300/J105v08n02_04

History

Online: 2008-10-18

Cited Works (2)

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Cited By (1)

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2012	Lievers WB, Pilkey AK. Characterizing the frequency of repeated citations: the effects of journal, subject area, and self-citation. Inf Process Manag. November 2012;48(6):1116-1123.