Citation Analysis of Library and Information Science Undergraduates’ Projects in Kwara State University, Malete
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2023
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Journal of Library Science and Islamic Information
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Citation analysis of Library and Information Science undergraduates’
research projects in Kwara State University, Malete (2013-2018). The
population of the study consists of all the submitted undergraduates’
projects to the Department of Library and Information Science, Kwara
State University, Malete from 2013-2018. From this population, a total of
thirty-seven (37) final-year students’ projects of the Department were
selected as the sample size of the study using the systematic sampling
technique. Coding sheet was used to collect data. The frequency counts
and simple percentages were used for the statistical analysis. The
findings revealed that more than half of the citations in the projects were
journal articles, one-third of the citations were conference papers, few of
the citations were recent, there were no citations without author, and the
highest number is seventy-seven (77) while the lowest citation in a project
is eighteen (18). The following recommendations were made based on the
findings. Final year students should be encouraged to consider more
recent research for their projects, students should be advised cautioned
against low citation as eighteen (18) in a research project, the university
library should consider the acquisition and subscription to journals so as
to aid the research of the students.
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Citation Analysis Information Material Cited Highest and Lowest Citation Authorship Pattern Recency of Information Material Cited