CITATION ANALYSIS OF GREY LITERATURE, REFLECTED IN DISSERTATIONS OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE

The Study analysis the citations in Master's degree dissertations submitted to the Department of Library and Information Science, Rani Channamma University, Belagavi during the period 2012-13 to 2015-16, were analyzed for citing Grey Literature and Grey Literature forms. Frequency and percentage distributions (presented in charts, tables) and measures of central tendency were used to analyze data. Findings show that Grey Literature was the most utilized reference materials in the dissertations. Also, library science, in general, had the highest number of Grey Literature cited in the year 2016, 237(26.99%) and lowest number of Grey Literature cited in the year 2012-2013, 207(23.57%). The findings from this study could serve as a user study with implications for collection, development and user services designing in libraries.