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What’s the use?: analysing student citations to provide new insights into e-book usage
This article reports on a small-scale user-focused piece of research carried out at the University of Sussex. In an attempt to better understand the impact of e-books on student outputs, citation analysis was performed on coursework to identify the e-books that had been used. Of the students surveyed, 11.6% cited an e-book in their work and, for this particular group, EBL was found to be the most popular collection. However, cross reference with the Library discovery tool and Google revealed that e-books available from the web were cited more than those from library collections. Interviews uncovered a spectrum of usage, leading to the conclusion that a comprehensive e-book strategy is required that makes students aware of their benefits, equips them with the skills needed for effective use and increases the number of e-books available.
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Insights: the UKSG journalISSN
2048-7754Publisher
UKSGExternal DOI
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2Volume
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198-204Full text available
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2014-07-08First Open Access (FOA) Date
2014-07-08First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2014-07-08Usage metrics
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