St. Jerome, Patron Saint of Librarians

Teresa Smith Welsh, Ph.D. Associate Professor University of Southern Mississippi School of Library and Information Science E-mail: drtwelsh@yahoo.com Home Page: ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w146169/ Faculty Page: www.usm.edu/slis/FacWelsh.htm

Beavers, Colleen, "A Citation Analysis of Articles on Hittite Religion in the Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Fall 2011.

Published in Synergy 2(3): 53-59 (Fall 2011).

Bradley, Amy, "A Comparison of Google Scholar and Library Literature and Information Science Full Text." Paper completed in LIS656 class, Spring 2009.

Published in Current Studies In Librarianship 30(1/2): 37-48 (Spring 2011).

Ballard, Donna S., "Documentation of Library Compliance in Regional Accreditation Standards: A Survey of Accreditation Liaisons and Librarians of Level-One Institutions of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools." Master's Research Project, Spring 2008.

Published in New Trends in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the 2nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010, edited by Anthi Katsirikou & Christos Skiadas, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2011, pp. 205-08.

Ballard, Donna S., "Publishing Patterns and Authorship in the Scholarly Literature of Digital Object Identifiers: A Bibliometric Analysis." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Spring 2007.

Published in New Trends in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the 2nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010, edited by Anthi Katsirikou & Christos Skiadas, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2011, pp. 209-12.

Brissett, Marilyn M. "Characters of Color: A Content Analysis of Picture Books in a Virgin Islands Elementary School Library." Master's Research Project, Summer 2008.

Published in New Trends in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the 2nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010, edited by Anthi Katsirikou & Christos Skiadas, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2011, pp. 213-18.

Shedd, Julie D., "Anthropological Literature on Social Phobia: An Examination of Publishing and Indexing Patterns." Master's Anthropology/LIS Thesis, Spring 2009.

Published in New Trends in Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries: Selected Papers Presented at the 2nd Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Libraries, Proceedings of the International Conference on QQML2010, edited by Anthi Katsirikou & Christos Skiadas, World Scientific Publishing Co., 2011, pp. 219-24.

Hand, Shane "A History of Reference Librarianship and User Instruction in the Twentieth Century." Paper inspired by LIS631 class, Summer 2010.

Published in Synergy 1(3):75-84 (Fall 2010).

Boswell, Janet, "Information Literacy Assessment Trial Study of Students in the Eleventh Grade in Mississippi." LIS Specialist Research Project, August 2007.

Published in Information Literacy in the Digital Age: An Evidence-Based Approach, by Teresa S. Welsh and Melissa S. Wright, Neal-Schuman/Chandos Publishing, 2010, pp. 151-177.

Ford, Glenda, "An Examination of the Scholarly Literature Related to School Libraries and Their Impact on Student Achievement." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Fall 2009.

Published in Information Literacy in the Digital Age: An Evidence-Based Approach, by Teresa S. Welsh and Melissa S. Wright, Neal-Schuman/Chandos Publishing, 2010, pp. 179-196.

Matthews, Linda, "A Bibliometric Analysis of Scholarly Literature Related to Information Literacy and Critical Thinking." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Fall 2009.

Published in Information Literacy in the Digital Age: An Evidence-Based Approach, by Teresa S. Welsh and Melissa S. Wright, Neal-Schuman/Chandos Publishing, 2010, pp. 197-213.

Finch, Kristin, "A Comparative Analysis of Education Databases." Paper completed in LIS656 class, Spring 2010.

Published in Mississippi Libraries 74(1): 9-13 (Spring 2010).

Reece-Evans, Linsay, "Gender and Citation in LIS E-Journals: A Bibliometric Analysis of LIBRES and Information Research." Master's Research Project, Summer 2009.

Published in LIBRES Research Electronic Journal 20(1) (March 2010).

Matthews, Linda, "A Brief History of the Lamar County Library System." Master's Research Project, Summer 2010.

Published in Mississippi Libraries 73(4): 99-103 (Winter 2009).

Finch, Kristin, "Bibliographic Authorship Study of The American Archivist, 2004 - 2008." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Spring 2009.

Published in Mississippi Libraries 73(3): 54-57 (Fall 2009).

Bankson, Heather, "Health Literacy: An Exploratory Bibliometric Analysis, 1997 - 2007." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Summer 2008.

Published in Journal of the Medical Library Association 97(2): 148-150 (April 2009).

Zuber, Peter, "Publishing Patterns on Institutional Repositories by LIS Journals." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Fall 2006.

Published in Current Studies in Librarianship 29(1/2):37-62 (Spring/Fall 2005 edition published in 2009).

Zuber, Peter, "A Study of Institutional Repository Holdings by Academic Discipline." Master's Research Project, Spring 2007.

Published in D-Lib Magazine 14(11/12) (November/December 2008).

Iovino, Leigh Allison, "The Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi: A Bibliometric Study on this Topic in Scholarly Journals." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Fall 2007.

Published in Library Student Journal (Fall 2008).

Lewin, Heather S., "Diabetes Mellitus Publication Patterns, 1984 - 2005." Master's Research Project, Fall 2005.

Published in Journal of the Medical Library Association 96(2): 155-158 (April 2008).

Dalton, Julie, "Scholarly Articles Featuring Projects Using Dublin Core." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Spring 2005.

Published in Journal of Internet Cataloging, 7(3/4): 59-84 (September 2007).

Michalec, Mychaelyn, "A Content Analysis of Art Library Web Sites." Master's Research Project, Fall 2005.

Edited version published in Art Documentation 25(2): 46-54 (Fall 2006).

Michalec, Mychaelyn and Teresa S. Welsh, "Quantity and Authorship of GIS Articles in Library and Information Science Literature, 1990 - 2005." Expanded research article based on a paper completed in LIS651, Summer 2005.

Published in Science & Technology Libraries, 27(3) (March 2007).

Wirkus, Kelly, "School Library Media Research: An Analysis of Articles Found in School Library Media Research and the ERIC Database." Master's Research Project, Fall 2005.

Published as a "Best of ERIC" article in School Library Media Research 9 (2006).

Robertson, Lea Ann, "Laura N. Gasaway: Defining an Expert." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Summer 2005.

Published in North Carolina Libraries 64(1/2): 23-28 (Spring/Summer 2006).

Beebe, Barbara, "State Public-Access Online Offender Databases: A Content Analysis." Master's Research Project, Summer 2004.

Published in Current Studies in Librarianship 26:5-37 (2002 edition, published in 2006)).

Barkley, Paulette, "A Bibliometric Study: Authorship in the Community College Review, 2002 - 2003." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Summer 2004.

Winner, MLA 2004 Student Research Paper Competition

Presented at the Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Natchez, October 2004.

Hofacre, Marta Jean, "Bibliometric Study: Descriptive Authorship Statistics in The American Archivist, 1993 - 2003." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Summer 2004.

Winner, MLA 2004 Student Research Paper Competition

Presented at the Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Natchez, October 2004.

Published in Mississippi Libraries 68(4): 97-102 (Winter 2004).

Beebe, Barbara, "A Content Analysis of LIBRES Research Electronic Journal." Paper completed in LIS651 class, Summer 2003.

Winner, MLA 2003 Student Research Paper Competition

Published in Mississippi Libraries 67(4): 101-104 (Winter 2003).

Ginn, Linda, "Citation Analysis of Authored Articles in Library and Information Science Research." Paper completed in LIS 651 class, Fall 2003.

Winner, MLA 2003 Student Research Paper Competition

Published in Mississippi Libraries 67(4): 106-108 (Winter 2003).

Liu, Jingjing, "A Bibliometric Study: Multifaceted Characteristics of JASIST." Master's Research Project, Fall 2003.

Winner, MLA 2003 Student Research Paper Competition

Edited version, "A Bibliometric Study: Author Productivity and Co-Authorship" published in Mississippi Libraries 67(4): 110-112 (Winter 2003).

Mentored Students' Presentations

Cork, Sheila and Jessica Herr, "Interns, Internships, and Special Libraries." Based on a student practicum in LIS 689, Summer 2011, at the New Orleans Museum of Art Library

Poster presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Jackson, October 2011.

Jennie Russell, "The Cartoon Museum in London: Supporting British Comic History." Paper completed in British Studies LIS587, Summer 2010

Presentation, Michigan Museums Association Annual Conference, Harbor Springs, Michigan, October 17, 2011.

Barnard, Brianna, "Digitizing and Cataloguing Archives at the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art." Based on a paper completed in LIS489, Fall 2010

Presentation, Society of Mississippi Archivists, Starkville, April 21, 2011.

Trier-Rourke, Madeline, "The Discourse of France and Islam in Scholarly Publications 1998 - 2008: A Bibliometric Study." Based on a paper completed in LIS651, Spring 2009.

Poster presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Hattiesburg, October 2009.

Paschal, Sara Sunshine, "Authorship of Academic Articles Pertaining to the Topic of Accelerated Reader: A Bibliometric Study." Based on a paper completed in LIS 651, Spring 2006.

Presentation, Cook Library Research Forum 2006.

Smith, Kimberly, "Recommended Videos for Young Adults and Children, 1997 - 2004." Based on a paper completed in LIS651, Summer 2004.

Poster presentation, Mississippi Library Association Annual Conference, Natchez, October 2004.
Abstract published in MLA 2004 Annual Conference Program, p. 10.