Author Retains CopyrightClarkson, Denise Marie2013-03-252022-11-022013-03-252022-11-0220022002https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28591A citation analysis was carried out on selected New Zealand print journals of a scholarly nature to determine the extent to which New Zealand scholars are influenced by electronically published information. Over 16,000 citations, from 1997-2001, were analysed in an effort to determine the ratio of e-sources to print sources as cited in the literature. This was combined with a reference study to determine how accessible e-citations are over time, and whether they were still locatable as per cited. Trends and patterns were also charted. Results showed that the impact of e-sources on the scholarly communication process in New Zealand is so small as to be insignificant when compared to citation numbers to print sources. 60% of electronic sources were still able to be located as per citation data. Although e-sources are becoming increasingly obsolete over time, this too was not at a statistically significant level. Therefore the New Zealand scholarly community still has time to think about the issues involved and to start thinking of archival solutions.pdfen-NZhttps://www.wgtn.ac.nz/library/about-us/policies-and-strategies/copyright-for-the-researcharchiveScholarly communicationCitation analysisArchiving of electronic sourcesTextAll rights, except those explicitly waived, are held by the Author