Web citation by graduate students: A comparison of print and electronic theses

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Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-276

  Kushkowski, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18744408840     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2005.0028     Document Type: Article

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46. Examples of OAI projects include: University of Michigan's OAIster, http://www.OAIster.org (accessed January 11, 2005);
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67. .gov: National Agricultural Statistics Service, http:// www.usda.gov/nass/ (accessed January 11, 2005);
68. .org: Federal Reserve Bank of New York, http://www.ny.frb.org/ (accessed January 11, 2005).
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72. Google Scholar, http://scholar.google.com (accessed January 11, 2005), is a new search engine designed for academic markets. The product is still in beta-test as of November 2004, and its impact on students' library research is as yet unknown.
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