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ERIC Number: EJ251313
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Sep
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The Use of Research Libraries: A Comment about the Pittsburgh Study and Its Critics.
Peat, W. Leslie
Journal of Academic Librarianship, v7 n4 p229-31 Sep 1981
Reviews the controversy surrounding the Pittsburgh study of library circulation and collection usage and proposes the use of citation analysis techniques as an acceptable method for measuring research use of a research library which will complement circulation studies. Five references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Citations (References), Higher Education, Information Seeking, Library Acquisition, Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Expenditures, Research Libraries, Research Methodology, Use Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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