The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior 1996-1999
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Davis, P.M. & Cohen, S.A. (2001). “The Effect of the Web on Undergraduate Citation Behavior 1996-1999”. In
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 52 (4), 309-314. Indianapolis: Wiley Periodicals. Retrieved June 30, 2006 from http://people.cornell.edu/pages/pmd8/52.4davis.pdf [13] [e]
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Information Society | Knowledge Management | Open AccessAbstract:
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.
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