Patricia Elaine Kirkwood
Associate Librarian
Also affiliated: Pacific Lutheran University (2002)
Research Areas
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Patricia Elaine Kirkwood's research has explored various aspects of library science and engineering education. Her work includes investigating methods to inform collection development decisions, particularly in engineering disciplines, by analyzing theses and dissertations. She has also examined the effectiveness of different database search engines compared to web search engines for faculty publication tracking and has studied student perceptions of industrial engineering. Kirkwood has been involved in projects focused on library resources for curriculum shaping and has contributed to programs aimed at recruiting and retaining underrepresented engineering students. Her publications also include historical analyses related to U.S. air defense attrition and target damage estimates from the mid-1950s, as well as radar cumulative detection probabilities.
Metrics
- h-index: 3
- Publications: 36
- Citations: 42
Positions
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Associate Librarian publications 2008–2020University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Faculty Publication Checklists: A Quantitative Method to Compare Traditional Databases to Web Search Engines (2020)
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Ecap: A Recruitment To Graduation Program For Underrepresented Engineering Students (2020)
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Rounding Up The Collection: The Story Of Trail Digital Content Collection (2020)
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Using Engineering Theses And Dissertations To Inform Collection Development Decisions, Especially In Civil Engineering (2020)
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Perceptions and Misconceptions of Industrial Engineering from First-year Engineering Students (2015)
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Governmental Resources (2013)
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Traditional Resources (2013)
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Information Basics (2013)
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Case Study 1: Finding a More Ecologically Friendly Plastic for Our Product (2013)
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Introduction (2013)
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Case Study 2: Biofuels: Using (Mainly) Governmental Resources to Inform Your Decisions (2013)
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Informing Chemical Engineering Decisions with Data, Research, and Government Resources (2013)
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Finding Articles: Traditional and Web-based Search Options (2013)
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Conclusion (2013)
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Informing Chemical Engineering Decisions with Data, Research, and Government Resources (2013)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
- Informing Chemical Engineering Decisions with Data, Research, and Government Resources
- Conclusion
- Finding Articles: Traditional and Web-based Search Options
- Informing Chemical Engineering Decisions with Data, Research, and Government Resources
- Case Study 2: Biofuels: Using (Mainly) Governmental Resources to Inform Your Decisions
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
- A Purchase-on-Demand Pilot Project at the University of Arkansas, for the Proceedings of the Materials Research Society Symposiums
- Perceptions and Misconceptions of Industrial Engineering from First-year Engineering Students
- Perceptions and Misconceptions of Industrial Engineering from First-year Engineering Students
- Rounding Up The Collection: The Story Of Trail Digital Content Collection
- Rounding Up The Collection: The Story Of Trail Digital Content Collection
- Ecap: A Recruitment To Graduation Program For Underrepresented Engineering Students
- Ecap: A Recruitment To Graduation Program For Underrepresented Engineering Students
- Ecap: A Recruitment To Graduation Program For Underrepresented Engineering Students
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