Information resource preference of postgraduate students . at Sokoine University of Agriculture: a citation analysis

Sife, A. S.

dc.creator	Sife, A. S.
dc.date	2019-01-07T05:47:57Z
dc.date	2019-01-07T05:47:57Z
dc.date	2014-06
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-25T08:51:29Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-25T08:51:29Z
dc.identifier	0856-4094
dc.identifier	https://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2716
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/91441
dc.description	Journal of Continuing Education and Extension, 2014; 5(2):641-655
dc.description	A study was conducted to understand the nature of information resources used by postgraduate students in the course of their research at Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. This was achieved through a citation analysis of master dissertations and doctoral theses that were deposited at Sokoine National Agricultural Library between 2002 and 2012. Specifically, the study identified the type and form of information resources cited by postgraduate students, established the obsolescence of the literature cited, and examined the students' preference for e-resources. A total of 118 master degree dissertations and 74 doctoral theses were included in the study. Theses and dissertations were manually examined to extract citations and collect the required data, which were then analyzed using Microsoft Excel. The findings revealed that postgraduate students at SUA prefer journal articles to other resources. E-resources and e-journals in particular were poorly cited in postgraduate students' works. The . findings also revealed that most cited resources were old although many cited e-resources were relatively newer. Based on these findings, it is recommended that universities should sensitize postgraduate students to use quality scholarly e-resources particularly ejournals. Libraries should take steps to overcome factors that constrain effective access and retrieval of e-resources. Emphasis should also be placed to ensure that students adhere to using correct citation methods and equipping instructors with skills to detect incorrect citations. It is important that information literacy courses are incorporated in the universities' curricula.
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	en
dc.subject	Citation analysis
dc.subject	Resource preference
dc.subject	Postgraduate students
dc.subject	Sokoine University of Agriculture
dc.title	Information resource preference of postgraduate students . at Sokoine University of Agriculture: a citation analysis
dc.type	Article