Book Description

Knowledge is power, and new achievements are daily made in the every growing universes of knowledge. Unless we relate the new to old, no one is going to accept the newness of the work that is why the theses or statement citations have to face server criticism. Taylor believes that the citation pattern in the area of library science is much less clear and definite than that to many scientific disciplines. A relationship is always maintained between the growth of literature and the growth of knowledge.1 “Information process and information handling in libraries and information centers by quantitatively analyzing the characteristics and behavior of document library staff and library users” Bibliometric has established itself as a viable and distinctive research technique for studying science based on citation date. Citation analysis is one of the most important bibliometrics techniques involving analysis of the references forming part of communication. The last two decades have been marked by several studies on the application of bibliometrics techniques to various disciplines. There is phenomenal growth of literature. Bibliometries which is evident from the bibliographies of Pritchard and Writing2 Bibliometries is the study of and measurement of the publication pattern of all from of written communication and their authors. It is interesting to note that twenty-percent of the recent literature is related to bibliometrics.