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| Title: | A study of citation accuracy in psychology theses submitted to the University of Mysore |
| Authors: | Harinarayana, N. S.
Chikkamanju
Vasantha, Raju N |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2011 |
| Publisher: | NISCAIR-CSIR, India |
| Abstract: | This
paper is an attempt to examine the accuracy of references in five psychology
theses submitted to the University
of Mysore. Nine hundred
and twenty three references were verified for their accuracy. Seventy seven
percent of the references had citation errors. The errors were classified as
major and minor errors. The major errors included incorrect journal names,
articles titles, author and citations such as wrong volumes, issues, years and
page numbers. Minor errors included: punctuations, incomplete article titles,
and incomplete author names. The study found that 39.54 percent of the
references contained major errors. Misspelling author(s) name (21.77%),
misspelling of titles (37.93%), mistakes in volume (5.76%) and issue numbers
(1.15%), mistakes in year (37.66%) and page numbers (62.33%) were kinds of
major errors found in the study. Lack of awareness about referencing techniques
and lack of diligence in compilation of bibliography are the reasons for such
errors. This study suggest for imparting training for young researcher to
follow appropriate reference styles and maintain the accuracy of the
references. |
| Page(s): | 326-334 |
| CC License: |  CC Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 India |
| ISSN: | 0975-2404 (Online); 0972-5423 (Print) |
| Source: | ALIS Vol.58(4) [December 2011]
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