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The Impact of Subject Heading Assignment on Circulation of Dissertations at Virginia Tech

Creator:

Sapon-White, Richard and Hansbrough, Mary

Abstract:

Some academic libraries no longer assign subject headings to bibliographic records for dissertations, but have not evaluated the impact this might have on dissertation usage. In this study, bibliographic and circulation records for a sample of 248 academic dissertations were examined to determine the effect of controlled subject headings in...

Resource Type:

Article