Citation errors in library literature: a study of five library science journals
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...Most of the research on inaccurate bibliographic citations has examined professional refereed journals (Bell and Speer, 1988; Budd et al., 1998; Faunce and Job, 2001; Hernandez and White, 1989; Hernon and Metoyer-Duran, 1992; Johns and Strand, 2000; Pandit, 1993; Sassen, 1992; Spivey and Wilks, 2004; Sweetland, 1989)....
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...While many researchers report the primary function of bibliographies as providing the reader with retrieval information (Hernon and Metoyer-Duran, 1992; Pandit, 1993), Sweetland (1989) identifies document LR 55,3...
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...While little is known about the causes and significance of research practices that fall short of the ideals set for the responsible practice of research, a few researchers suggest author carelessness, editorial style misunderstanding (Pandit, 1993; Sweetland, 1989), and even misconduct (Budd et al....
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...This finding is extremely disturbing considering the fact that the potential consequences of authors making citation errors with respect to document retrieval, authenticating data, social factors, and credibility of the author (Faunce and Job, 2001; Hernon and Metoyer-Duran, 1992; Pandit, 1993; Spivey and Wilks, 2004; Sweetland, 1989)....
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