Information Sources Used by Postgraduate Students in General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University: A Citation Analysis of Theses
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2014-11Author
Ranawella, T.C.
Hiruni Kanchana, U. D.
Rajapaksha, M. P.
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This study is based on 2627 citations, appended in sixty five M.Sc. theses
submitted to the General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU)
during the time period from 2008 to 2013. The objectives of the study were
to identify the bibliographic form of the used information sources by
postgraduate students in KDU; determine types of information sources
such as primary, secondary and tertiary used by them and determine
subject-wise distribution of citations. The study revealed that books were
the most cited bibliographic form of information source sused by
postgraduate students at KDU. Thirteen (13) different bibliographic forms
were identified among the citations. Secondary sources were the most
preferred information source type (64%) used by them. According to the
study, management is the most favored subject discipline among the cited
books.
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