Citation Patterns of Advanced Undergraduate Students in Biology, 2000-2002 Joseph R. Kraus SUMMARY. Thirty-three undergraduate student papers in biology that were presented at an annual symposium of undergraduate research at the University of Denver from 2000 through 2002 were evaluated. There were a total of 770 citations with an average of 23.3 citations per paper. It was determined that 76.2% of the citations came from journal articles, 16.4% came from books or book chapters, 6.4% were to other miscellaneous sources, and only 1.0% were to Web sites. Other findings include the top cited journals, the oldest cited journal articles, the average age and range of books and journals, the types of miscellaneous sources cited, and the stabil- ity of the cited Web sites. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworth press.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress.com> © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.] KEYWORDS. Biology literature, life science literature, information- seeking patterns, bibliometric analysis, undergraduate students Joseph R. Kraus, MLS, is Science Librarian, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80208 (E-mail:
[email protected]). The author would like to thank Jil Dawicki and the rest of the ILL staff for getting some of the obscure references in preparation for this research. [Haworth co-indexing entry note]: “Citation Patterns of Advanced Undergraduate Students in Biology, 2000-2002.” Kraus, Joseph R. Co-published simultaneously in Science & Technology Libraries (The Haworth Information Press, an imprint of The Haworth Press, Inc.) Vol.