Abstract:
To study journal titles, frequency, subjects, time span and languages of cited journals in master's theses in Library and Information Science, Chulalongkorn University, academic years 1990-2002; and to compare the cited journals with the journals available at The Central Library, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University. The result of the research shows that from 178 theses there were 9,763 citations and there were 2,785 citations (28.53%) from journals, of which are 821 citations (29.48%) from Thai journals and 1,964 citations from English journals. The most cited Thai journal was "Library Journal" and English journals was "College & Research Libraries". The subject most frequently cited was "services and activities". The most frequently cited journals were those published within 1-5 years. In comparing the cited journals to the journals available at The Central Library, Center of Academic Resources, Chulalongkorn University, it was found that from 603 journals there were 287 journals (47.60%).