Analysis of the citation of Web-based information resources by UNISA academic researchers.

The Web is a powerful, dynamic and flexible information resource interface that fundamentally alters the academic’s research practices and interaction with information due to the additional avenues available to retrieve research and scholarly information. There is a surge in global knowledge production and a massive expansion in scholarly research output. The growth in the availability of fee- and free-based Web information resources, and the ease of access, has led to a phenomenal increase in the use of these information resources. Today’s researcher has virtually unlimited access to a greater number and variety of information resources than ever before (Noam 1997)