Objective Take a particular Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University as an example,collecting data on dissertation document collection of master students graduated in recent five years for comprehensive analysis,to provide empirical evidence for enhancing the research capacity of future graduate students.Methods Review master dissertations during 2011-2015 of this hospital,collecting citation data of references on both Chinese and foreign language literatures to conduct de scriptive analysis.Results The total average literature citation of master dissertations increased 4.18 ％ during the period of 2011-2015.This five-year data shows negative growth of Chinese literature citation,while foreign literature references increased.Conclusions Both Chinese and foreign journals are dispensable resources for graduate student completing their dissertations.However,more improvement and tailored guidance needed,for example,enhancing the professor tutoring of literature searching capacities,make good use of university library resources,as well as improve foreign language skills of graduate student,all these measures are important for empowering the research capacity of university graduate student,particularly for literature searching and citation.