References & tools

Print references

Christine Borgman's (1990) edited volume titled Scholarly Communication and Bibliometrics is one of the few print resources devoted to this topic.

Online references

A basic introduction to bibliometrics is available online at: http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/~palmquis/courses/biblio.html.

Another overview of the subject is available at: http://www.du.edu/~jtwining/LIS4326/bibliometrics.htm.

Papers specifically related to bibliometrics and digital libraries available online include: Bollen, J., & Luce, R. (2002). Evaluation of digital library impact and user communities by analysis of usage patterns, D-Lib Magazine, 8 (6). Available at: (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/june02/bollen/06bollen.html).

Bollen, J., Luce, R., Vemulapalli, S. S., & Xu, W. (2002). Usage analysis for the identification of research trends in digital libraries, D-Lib Magazine, 9(5). Available at: (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may03/bollen/05bollen.html).

Online instruments, tools, guidelines, etc.

A freeware bibliometrics tool is available at: http://www.umu.se/inforsk/Bibexcel/index.html.

Information and tools related to a related concept, “Bibliomining,” can be found at: http://www.bibliomining.com/.