Abstract
In this paper we examine the statistical relationship between citation counts to books referenced in SCOPUS humanities journals and library holding counts ('libcitations') retrieved from WorldCat®. Our focus is on books (with ISBN numbers) published between 2001-2006, which received citations in History and Literature & Literary Theory journals during the period of 2007-2011. A Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used, and our test resulted in significant correlations between the citations and 'libcitations'. We present and discuss the details of our dataset (extracted from a much larger, newly constructed database), and comment on why the 'perceived cultural benefit' of holding a book in a research library can lead to, but may not necessarily lead to use (i.e., a citation) of that book in new humanities research.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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| Titel | Proceedings of ISSI 2013 - 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference |
| Antal sider | 8 |
| Vol/bind | 1 |
| Publikationsdato | 1 dec. 2013 |
| Sider | 353-360 |
| ISBN (Trykt) | 9783200031357 |
| Status | Udgivet - 1 dec. 2013 |
| Begivenhed | 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, ISSI 2013 - Vienna, Østrig Varighed: 15 jul. 2013 → 20 jul. 2013 |
Konference
| Konference | 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference, ISSI 2013 |
|---|---|
| Land/Område | Østrig |
| By | Vienna |
| Periode | 15/07/2013 → 20/07/2013 |
| Sponsor | ASIS and T, USA, Elsevier B.V., EBSCO Information Services, USA, Federal Ministry for Science and Research, Austria, Federal Ministry for Trans., Innov. and Technol., Austria, et al |