SLIS Connecting Volume 1 | Issue 1 Article 9 2012 Citation Analysis of Journal and Format Preferences from Master’s Projects at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science from 2004-2005 Karen Boney Rowell Follow this and additional works at: http://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting Part of the Library and Information Science Commons Recommended Citation Boney Rowell, Karen (2012) "Citation Analysis of Journal and Format Preferences from Master’s Projects at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science from 2004-2005," SLIS Connecting: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 9. DOI: 10.18785/slis.0101.08 Available at: http://aquila.usm.edu/slisconnecting/vol1/iss1/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by The Aquila Digital Community. It has been accepted for inclusion in SLIS Connecting by an authorized administrator of The Aquila Digital Community. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Citation Analysis of Journal and Format Preferences from Master’s Projects at the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science from 2004‐2005 By Karen Boney Rowell Master’s Research Project, May 2007 Readers: Dr. M.J. Norton Dr. Teresa S. Welsh Introduction Statement of the Problem A citation analysis can provide useful data for Because libraries are moving towards digitization of collection development in libraries. It can be used to information and the price of scientific journals is on determine collection usage and to make decisions the constant rise, it is important that librarians know such as which items to discontinue and which to add which materials are most used.