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Web citation availability: Analysis and implications for scholarship
College & Research Libraries (2003)
  • Mary F Casserly
  • James E Bird, University of Maine - Main
Abstract

Five hundred citations to Internet resources from articles published in library and information science journals in 1999 and 2000 were profiled and searched on the Web. The majority contained partial bibliographic information and no date viewed. Most URLs pointed to content pages with “edu” or “org” domains and did not include a tilde. More than half (56.4%) were permanent, 81.4 percent were available on the Web, and searching the Internet Archive increased the availability rate to 89.2 percent. Content, domain, and directory depth were associated with availability. Few of the journals provided instruction on citing digital resources. Eight suggestions for improving scholarly communication citation conventions are presented.

Publication Date
2003
Citation Information
Mary F Casserly and James E Bird. "Web citation availability: Analysis and implications for scholarship" College & Research Libraries Vol. 64 Iss. 4 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/james_bird/11/