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Master's and Doctoral Thesis Citations: Analysis and
Trends of a Longitudinal Study
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2003-01-01
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Parsons, Kathy
Kushkowski, Jeffrey
Parsons, Kathy
Kushkowski, Jeffrey
Wiese, William
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Abstract
This article reports the results of a longitudinal study of over 9100 citations from 629 master’s
and doctoral theses written between 1973 and 1992 at a large mid-western landgrant university.
The results of this study suggest that graduate students writing theses favor current research
regardless of disciplinary affiliation. The length of theses increased over time and the number of
citations in thesis bibliographies varied by discipline. Implications of the results for collection
development and scholarship as well as areas for future research are discussed.
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