Bibliographic utility networks are providing access to bibliographic databases by pooling catalogue records from different libraries. INDCAT is an important bibliographic database of books, journals, and Doctoral Theses of Indian Universities and major Institutions of higher education, hosted by INFLIBNET. In this article an effort has been made to study the research contribution of the Departments of social science, Karnatak University, Dharwad (KUD) based on the Doctoral Theses records available in INDCAT.