*Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana, Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, 577 451, Karnataka, India.
**Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shankaraghatta, 577 451, Karnataka, India.
Study is based on 3401 references appended to the 61 M.D. Pediatric dissertations submitted to the J.J.M. Medical College, Davanagere. Authors have attempted to determine the average number of reference per dissertation, forms of documents, authorship pattern, obsolescence of literature and percentage of cited periodicals available in the library. Results indicates that periodicals (79.12%) are the highly utilised source. Three authors (25.3%) write major percentages of articles. 25.98% and 76.70% cited journals and journal articles respectively are available in the J.J.M. Medical College Library, Davanagere, Karnataka.
Paediatric dissertations, Bibliometric study, Information use pattern
