M.L.I.S DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2016
Second Semester
Library and Information Science
BIBLIOMETRICS
(2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A (10 2 20)
Answer all the questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. Define scientometrics.
2. State Bred fords law of scattering.
3. What is a citation?
4. Differentiate bibliometry and webometry.
5. What is impact factor?
6. Who coined the term 'librametry' and in which year?
7. What is Bibliographic coupling?
8. What is coword analysis?
9. Name two statistical software package.
10. What is the significance of H-index?
Sub. Code
932502
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Part B 5 25)
Answer all the questions, choosing either or
All questions carry equal marks.
11. Write about the contributions of Garfield in citation
analysis.
Or
What are the advantages of correspondence
analysis?
12. Explain the salient features and use of
Scientometrics.
Or
Write about cluster analysis.
13. Explain the forms and age of citation.
Or
Discuss the significance of media and audience
analysis.
14. Critically evaluate Zipf law.
Or
Explain Lotka's law.
15. Write about circulation theory.
Or
How do you rank citations?
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Part C 10 30)
Answer any three questions.
16. Trace the evolution of the concept bibliometrics.
17. Write about the different qualitative and quantitative
techniques used in bibliometrics.
18. Define citation analysis. Write about the theory of citing.
19. Explain the significance of journal impact factor in
measuring scholanty output.
20. Write in detail the contribution of de solla price.