This study was done to observe the accuracy of references found in ten M.Sc dissertations submitted to College of Agriculture Vijayapur affiliated to University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad during the year 2006 to 2015. A total of one thousand six hundred and eighty six references is randomly selected and verified for their accuracy and types of sources such as books journals conference proceedings theses dissertations and other sources are considered. Each dissertation has been identified and given numbers such as from D1…. D2…. and D10. On an average of 893 (53.00%) of the reference had citations errors. The errors were classified into two types i.e. 421 (24.97%) as major errors and 472 (28.00%) as minor errors. The major errors include incorrect title of journals the title of books titles of articles author name and citations such as wrong volume number (Mean= 05.48 and SD=02.77) and issues (Mean=05.20 and SD=02.69) years and page numbers. Minor errors include punctuations incomplete articles (mean=05.49 and SD being 02.99) misspelling of the author's name misspelling of titles mistakes in volume and issue number mistakes in year and page number are kinds of major errors found in the study. The reason behind errors or lack of awareness about citation techniques like APA MLA Chicago style format and lack of compilation of the bibliography are the main reasons for such error. This study suggests for imparting training for young researchers to follow appropriate reference styles and maintain the accuracy of the references.