Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
This article reports the results of a longitudinal study of over 9100 citations from 629 master’s and doctoral theses written between 1973 and 1992 at a large mid-western landgrant university. The results of this study suggest that graduate students writing theses favor current research regardless of disciplinary affiliation. The length of theses increased over time and the number of citations in thesis bibliographies varied by discipline. Implications of the results for collection development and scholarship as well as areas for future research are discussed.
Copyright Owner
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Copyright Date
2003
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Kushkowski, Jeffrey D.; Parsons, Kathy A.; and Wiese, William H., "Master's and Doctoral Thesis Citations: Analysis and Trends of a Longitudinal Study" (2003). Reference and Instruction Publications and Papers. 30.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/refinst_pubs/30
Comments
This is a post-print of an article from portal: Libraries and the Academy, 3, no. 3 (2003): 259–276, doi: