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Reference Accuracy in Indian Library and Information Science Theses

Arshiya Kousar

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This study examines the accuracy of references in the library and information science theses. Five randomly chosen theses formed the study sample from the Shodhganga repository of east zone universities. The references found in the theses were categorized into verified references and unverifiable references. The referencing errors were categorized into 3 groups such as major bibliographic error, minor bibliographic error, and format errors.  There were 915 references, out of which 628 (68.63%) references were verified. There were 1116 (72.94%) errors that correspond to journals. The remaining 27.06% errors were covered in other sources viz., books, book chapters, conference proceedings, websites, theses, social networking sites, etc. The researcher found 1530 errors in five errors in five theses, of which 40.98% errors were major, 12.74% minor, and 46.27% format errors.RE


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