การใช้วารสารวิชาการภาษาต่างประเทศในสำนักหอสมุด มหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ / นภา สัจจะพิทักษ์จิตติ = The use of foreign language journals in Kasetsart University main library / Napa Satjapitakjit
The purpose of this research was to study the use of foreign language journals at Kasetsart University Main Library in the following aspects: the frequency use, the publication date and the subject fields of the used journals. Results from the research can be used as guideline information for the Main Library in considering more effectively the acquisition policy and the appropriate storage of the Periodicals Section. Journals selected as samples of this study were 367 currently subscribed titles (excluded those available at the branch libraries). Data was collected through the internal use of journals stored at both the open and the closed shelves, through their circulation and their photocopying. The research was conducted during the second semester of 1984 for two consecutive periods of fifteen days each. Findings revealed that 1) for that first period of study, 248 titles (67.57%) were used for 4,069 times while 216 titles (58.86%) were used for 3,770 times for the second research period and 290 titles (79.02%) were used in both periods. 2) the first 30 titles of the most frequently used journals from both periods were used for a Spearman Rank-Order Correlation Coefficient. The Coefficient obtained was 0.21 which meant that the correlation between the most frequently used journals was significantly low, 3) the most frequently used journals which frequency 80.34% in the first period accounted for 17.44% of the samples and the most frequently used journals which frequency 80.08% in the second period accounted for 16.89% of the samples. For both periods, the most frequently used journals which frequency 80.25% accounted for 20.71% of the samples, 4) the most used journals were the ones published within the last 6 years (1984-1979), 5) the subject field of the most used journals was agriculture. The Main Library of Kasetsart University should take the findings of this thesis as the basic data in considering the selection and acquisition policies. In addition, research result can be used in the appropriate storage of journals according to their use and the storage area. For further studies, a replication of this research is needed to be conducted at the branch libraries and longer time of data collection is needed, thus the result from this research can be convinced.