Bibliometric Citations in Ph.D. Theses in LIS

The present study analyses the preferences and usage of different types of information resources used by the research scholars to write PhD theses in the discipline of Library and Information Science. The citations examined different type of literatures cited such as journal articles, books, databases, theses and reference sources. The results indicate that researchers have cited nearly 69 % of journals used for their research; the researchers have cited more foreign journals.

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O Dr. M. Ravichandran completou o seu BLIS e MLIS na Universidade de Annamalai, Chidambaram. Fez o seu M.Phil na Universidade de Alagappa, Karaikudi. Trabalha como bibliotecário no Prathyusha Engineering College, em Chennai, desde 2002. A sua área de interesse é o Estudo de Citação Bibliométrica de Revisões de Literatura a partir de Bibliografias, etc.