Citation Analysis of Grey literature reflected in Ph.D Thesis submitted to Visvesvaraya Technology University Belagavi
Keywords:
Citation Analysis, Grey Literature, Library and Information Science, Ph. D.Theses, VTUAbstract
This Study made an attempt to analyse, the citations reflected inPh. D Theses submitted to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, analysed for citing Grey Literature and Grey Literature form and subject wise distribution of articles cited from periodicals, Frequency and percentage distributions and measures of central tendency used to analyse data, and authorship pattern. Findings replicate that, Grey Literature is the most utilized reference material in the Theses, such as, Engineering and Technology, library science, in general, had the highest number of theses Submitted in the year 2014, with 136 and lowest number of thesessubmitted in the year 2009, with 23. The findings from this study could serve as a user study with implications for collection, development and user services designing in libraries.
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