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Dissertation
Bibliometric patterns in an historical medical index: using the newly digitized Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States Army
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Drexel University
Aug 2004
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-487
Abstract
The newly digitized Index Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army (IndexCat) provides powerful opportunities for the application of bibliometric techniques to support research in the history of medicine. It far exceeds any other medical bibliographic tool in its total number of documents indexed, span of decades represented in the publication dates of the indexed documents, international inclusiveness, and breadth of subject indexing. The work presented here will explore the viability of the IndexCat as a dataset for bibliometric research and as an adjunct to contemporary, qualitative research on the history of medicine. A bibliometric analysis of the subject headings and title words within the IndexCat demonstrates that they can be combined to link developing theories of disease causation with developing understandings of specific diseases. Furthermore, these bibliometric patterns compliment and enrich contemporary, historical accounts of the research on specific diseases.
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- Title
- Bibliometric patterns in an historical medical index
- Creators
- Joan Patricia Lussky - DU
- Contributors
- M. Carl Drott (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Resource Type
- Dissertation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Information Science and Technology (1995-2013); Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 487; 991014632387004721