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Estabrook, Leigh S. Zhang, Yin 2015-09-25T20:17:19Z 2015-09-25T20:17:19Z 10000-01-01 1999 1999 The longitudinal analysis of e-source citations shows that there has been a notable increase in the number and proportion of authors who cite e-sources in their research papers over the past eight years, although at the time of this study, e-sources were still cited much less frequently than print sources. This result provides empirical evidence that e-sources are increasingly used among scholars. Complementing the citation data, the results from the author survey show that e-sources are becoming an important component in scholars' research and are serving a wide range of purposes and functions. The number of access points and self-perceived overall ability to use the Internet are identified as the two significant variables affecting frequency of e-source use. Scholars with more access points to e-sources or with a higher self-perceived overall ability to use the Internet tend to use e-sources more frequently. The results of this study also suggest that a limited number of criteria can be implemented in practice for scholars to evaluate electronic sources and systems. When citing e-sources, scholars consider some factors that are unique to e-sources in addition to the factors they consider for print sources. While the advantages of e-sources promote citing, some drawbacks of e-sources at this stage serve as a barrier. The survey of editors reveals a lack of clearly stated editorial policies regarding citing e-sources. The major problems and concerns reported by scholars regarding using e-sources are summarized. The theoretical implications and practical applications of the findings are discussed. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:17:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9953186.pdf: 7397710 bytes, checksum: 23a98a2b6badfabec555cf792d67c28b (MD5) Previous issue date: 1999 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 82848 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 181 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/81567 (MiAaPQ)AAI9953186 eng Information Science Scholarly Use of Internet-Based Electronic Resources text Library and Information Science Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.