Pearl : A Journal of Library and Information Science
  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue: 1

Bibliographic control of Ph. D. theses in India

Librarian, Badrinarayan Barwale Mahavidyalaya, Aurangabad Road, Jalna-431203, India

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Online published on 30 May, 2021.

Abstract

This Study has analyzed Shodhganga Electronic Theses and Dissertation (ETD) as bibliographic control of Indian Theses. Author has analyzed the uploaded Ph. D. theses growth and state wise universities contribution in Shodhganga. It discusses the objectives, benefits, process and various steps in development of this online database. Present paper analyzes the ETDs contributed by Indian universities to Shodhganga. It was found that 234591 full-text theses were contributed by 397 Indian universities to Shodhganga ETD repository. The study has recognized top 10 universities, which have contributed highest number of ETDs to the repository.

Keywords

Bibliographic control ETD, Shodhganga ETD repository, INFLIBNET Theses and Dissertation repository