| Scope and method of study. The purpose of the study was to ascertain the usage of Internet citations being utilized within the doctoral students' research. The population of the study were dissertations available at Oklahoma State University's library which were produced by students in the following five colleges: Agriculture; Arts and Sciences; Education; Engineering and Human Environmental Sciences. Approximately 830 dissertation bibliographies were examined for evidence of citation usage.; Findings and conclusions. The number of dissertations with Internet citations was unexpectedly and remarkably low at 18. Overall, 1998 can be considered the baseline year for dissertations with citation usage. There were 12 dissertations published in 1998 with citations. Students in technical fields were more likely to use the Internet for information. Because the number of dissertations with citations was low, a post-hoc analysis was performed on the 83 citations found. These results indicate the sources of information most cited were from .gov and .edu websites. |
