Library Research: A Domain Comparison of Two Library Journals

Abstract

Research articles published by the Community & Junior College Libraries journal and the College & Undergraduate Libraries journal were analyzed to determine their domain. The discussion includes a comparison of past domain studies with the current research. The researchers found the majority of articles (52%) in the College & Undergraduate Libraries journal were in the Education domain, while the Community & Junior College Libraries journal had a similar percentage divided between Education (27%) and Management (31%). Both journals had comparable domain percentages in Information Access/Retrieval, Professional Issues and Marketing/Promotion domains.

KEYWORDS:

• content analysis
• domains
• evidence based practice
• research

Notes

The data from this research was analyzed into domains by Lewis and Cotter (2007).