Performance of search engines in harvesting grey literature

Fayaz Ahmad Loan (fayazlib@yahoo.co.in) is based at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He is Sr. Documentation Officer at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir (India). He has also served as Assistant Librarian at the Panjab University Chandigarh and the Central University of Kashmir. He has completed his Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctor’s degrees in Library and Information Science (LIS) from the University of Kashmir and qualified for the National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), India. His current research interests include bibliometrics, scientometrics, Webometrics and citation analysis. So far, he has published more than 65 research papers in reputed journals and twenty-four chapters in books and proceedings. He has presented many papers in national and international conferences and seminars, besides chairing a good number of sessions. He has also completed two research projects as well.

Umer Yousuf Parray (umerparray68@gmail.com) is based at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. She is a PhD Scholar at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, (India). He has completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in LIS from the University of Kashmir and qualified for the NET conducted by the UGC, India.

Aasif Mohammad Khan (aasiflis@yahoo.com) is based at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. He is a PhD Scholar at the Centre of Central Asian Studies, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, (India). He has completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in LIS from the University of Kashmir and qualified for the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and NET conducted by the UGC, India.