Volume 19, No. 4, 2022
Availability And Persistency Of Web Resources On Assam Movement: A Study Of Scopus Indexed Research Articles
Nilakshi Sharma , Dr. Ashutosh Agarahari , Prof. S. N. Singh
Abstract
History claims that since ancient period that foreign nationals were improperly immigrated and added to electoral rolls of Assam which leads to the rapid population growth in the state. Assam movement is a well-known movement in assam history during post-colonial period started by All Assam Students Union(AASU) in 1979 to demand thorough revised of electoral rolls in Assam by boycotting1980 Lok Sabha election. Research and study of historical events can open up new dimensions and offer better understanding about present. Present study focuses on understanding referencing behaviours of researchers in the field related to Assam Movement and accessibility of web references added on research articles related to this scope. Results shows that out of total 576 references, 369 are web references and 15% web references are inaccessible with 0.1695460259 correlation coefficient of missing references with time. However, archiving rate of missing links of web references related to this movement are not satisfactory which can be a great loss for the present and future society, especially the research community.
Pages: 57-73
Keywords: Web References, Web Availability, URL persistency, DOI persistency, Assam Movement.