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Accuracy of references in the doctoral theses in library and information science submitted to Banasthali Vidyapith

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Title Statement Accuracy of references in the doctoral theses in library and information science submitted to Banasthali Vidyapith
 
Added Entry - Uncontrolled Name Gupta, Vishnu Kumar; University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
 
Uncontrolled Index Term Library Science; Information Science
Reference Accuracy; Citation Errors; Reference Lists; Doctoral Theses; LIS Theses
 
Summary, etc. The study was carried out to investigate the accuracy of references in the fourteen Ph.D. theses in Library and Information Science (LIS) submitted to Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan, India. One thousand seven hundred and twenty-one (1721) journal references were checked thoroughly dividing them into seven bibliographic elements, i.e. name of the author(s), article title, journal title, year, volume number, issue number, and pages (both first and last page). These components were checked from the original journal articles. Results show that 22.08% (380) references in LIS theses had no errors, while 77.92% (1341) references contained errors. In 1341 faulty references, a sum of 2869 errors was observed, out of which 1231 were major and 1638 were minor errors. The reference accuracy rate for LIS theses ranged from 0% to 42.77%. The average number of errors in references was 1.67. The research findings indicate that citation instruction in Pre-PhD. Programme is strongly required to promote better citation behaviour.
 
Publication, Distribution, Etc. Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS)
2020-10-14 18:12:19
 
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http://op.niscair.res.in/index.php/ALIS/article/view/37856
 
Data Source Entry Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS); ##issue.vol## 67, ##issue.no## 3 (2020): Annals of Library and Information Studies
 
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