Expanded assessment study examining the citation patterns from traditional and nontraditional institutions and their effect upon the quality of doctoral dissertation reference lists

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 49, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 137-159

  Tunon, Johanna ^a   Brydges, Bruce ^b  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Dissertations; Distance education; Doctoral students; Reference lists; Research skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349150033     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930820802312912     Document Type: Article

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