A longitudinal investigation into the changing citing behavior of geomatics postgraduate students at Wuhan University, China, 1988-2004: Implications for collection development

Library Collections, Acquisition and Technical Services

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-57

  Gao, Shi Jian ^a   Yu, Wang Zhi ^a   Webster, Berenika M ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

China; Citation analysis; Collection development; Geomatics; Theses

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148857080     PISSN: 14649055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lcats.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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