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Periodical Use In A University Music Library: A Citation Study Of Theses And Dissertations Submitted To The Indiana University School Of Music From 1975-1980, Richard Griscom
Richard Griscom
In an effort to measure in-house use of music periodicals, a citation study based on bibliographies in theses and dissertations was conducted at the Indiana University Music Library. A total of 256 titles were cited, but only 30% were cited more than once. While the periodical literature cited by musicologists has a low rate of obsolescence, the periodicals cited by theorists and educators becomes obsolete at a rapid rate, making the rate of obsolescence for the field as a whole, fairly high, unlike other subject areas in the humanities.