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Evaluation of Web Based Information Sources: an Analytical Study with Particular Reference to Physics Reference Sources


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1 Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
     

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The objective of this study is to identify and to evaluate Physics reference sources available on web. Result of the study shows that 52% of Web based sources contain the author's name and remaining 48% of Web based sources have no author's name. Among 404 Web based sources, 27% of them belong to commercial domains (.com) followed by educational domain (19.6%) and organisational (8.4%). Study also reports that 86.9% of dictionary and glossary's content is arranged in alphabetical order followed by subjectwise arrangement (13.1%). In case of encyclopedia 71.4% of source's content is organised in alphabetical order and only 28.6% is subjectwise arrangement.

Keywords

Internet, Web Sources, Evaluation, Reference Sources, Physics.
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About The Authors

B. S. Biradar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka
India

B. T. Sampath Kumar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka
India


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Authors

B. S. Biradar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, India
B. T. Sampath Kumar
Department of Library and Information Science, Kuvempu University, Jnana Sahyadri, Shimoga, Karnataka, India

Abstract


The objective of this study is to identify and to evaluate Physics reference sources available on web. Result of the study shows that 52% of Web based sources contain the author's name and remaining 48% of Web based sources have no author's name. Among 404 Web based sources, 27% of them belong to commercial domains (.com) followed by educational domain (19.6%) and organisational (8.4%). Study also reports that 86.9% of dictionary and glossary's content is arranged in alphabetical order followed by subjectwise arrangement (13.1%). In case of encyclopedia 71.4% of source's content is organised in alphabetical order and only 28.6% is subjectwise arrangement.

Keywords


Internet, Web Sources, Evaluation, Reference Sources, Physics.

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