South American Authors In Major Bibliographic Databases

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  • Gretchen Whitney University of Arizona

Abstract

South American authorship patterns in 16 major scientific and technical bibliographic databases of the DIALOG Information Services were examined, for the period 1970-1990. Where trends could be identified, it was found that there was an increasing number of records with South American authors during the 1970's, then a decline in the 1980's. Some steady increases of South American authorship were found in BIOSIS, INSPEC, and MEDLINE. The most heavily represented countries in the 16 databases studied were Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, and Chile.

Author Biography

Gretchen Whitney, University of Arizona

Gretchen Whitney is an Assistant Professor in the Graduate Library School, University of Arizona.

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