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Information Resources and Search Strategies

Information Resources and Search Strategies. Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan & Mr. Surulinathi Department of Library & Information Science. Introduction. Rapid growth in electronic information due to Internet and its related technologies.

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Information Resources and Search Strategies

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  1. Information Resources and Search Strategies Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan & Mr. Surulinathi Department of Library & Information Science

  2. Introduction • Rapid growth in electronic information due to Internet and its related technologies. • Web originated in 1991 as an organisation-wide collaborative environment at CERN - European laboratory for particle physics, for sharing research documents in nuclear physics. • Now encompasses a variety of information sources - electronic journals, pre-prints, technical reports, databases, library catalogues, educational materials, career sources, information on organizations, associations and so forth.

  3. Sources of Information • Primary sources • Databases, data sets and collections • Books and reference sources • Organizations and people

  4. PRIMARY SOURCES • Conferences • Courseware/tutorials/guides/ manuals • Discussion groups  • Electronic journals (Full text)  • Patents • Projects (current)  • Software • Standards • Technical reports • Theses and dissertations 

  5. DATABASES, DATA SETS AND COLLECTIONS • Abstracting and indexing databases (bibliographic databases)  • Citation databases • Digital collections (images, audio, video) • Equipment/ product catalogues • Scientific data sets (numeric, property, structural databases) • Library catalogues (including union catalogues) • Museum and archives • Virtual libraries

  6. BOOKS AND REFERENCE SOURCES • Books • Reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies, abbreviations, thesauri, handbooks) • Maps

  7. Forms of digital info disseminations • email, group mail, podcasting, digital narratives • power point presentations, texting, e-portfolios, • static websites, simulations, e-learning, • blogiging and dynamic library websites.

  8. Digital Resources in Libraries (subscribed) • e-books • online Databases – full text- bibliographic CD RoM Databases • e-journals, e-reports • Institutional/Local digital contents • ETDs • Codes, Standards, Patents • AV resources and Multimedia Cont…

  9. Cont… (Open Sources) • Websites, home pages • Gateways and portals • Full text Databases • Scholarly Publications • Search Engines • Discussion Groups, open software applications • Courseware etc.

  10. EBSCO • Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. • This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998.  • Business Source Premier is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics.

  11. EBSCO

  12. DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages. There are now4970journals in the directory. Currently2023journals are searchable at article level. As of today385493articles are included in the DOAJ service.

  13. DOAJ: Business and Management Journals

  14. Emerald • Good research in management should help the world to be better managed. • As the world’s leading publisher of business and management research, with 200 journals and • Wide range of serials, series and books in management and related fields, we believe we have an important role in encouraging research which helps the world be better managed.

  15. Emerald

  16. JSTOR • JSTOR is a not–for–profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive of over one thousand academic journals and other scholarly content. • Business (141 titles) • Finance (11 titles)

  17. JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/

  18. Sciencedirect • Business, Management and Accounting • 963 Titles are available in Sciencedirect

  19. Sciencedirect

  20. Google Scholar • Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites. • Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

  21. Google Scholar

  22. Citation@Google Scholar

  23. ProQuest • ProQuest is a resource of electronic collections containing millions of documents originally published in magazines, newspapers, and journals. • ProQuest provides seamless access to and navigation of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields, from arts, literature, and social science to general reference, business, science, technology, and medicine. • The world's largest digital newspaper archive, periodical databases comprising the output of more than 9,000 titles and spanning more than 500 years, the pre-eminent dissertation collection, and various other scholarly collections.

  24. Cont… • Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of business, psychology, physical sciences, health, education and more. • Concise business information from nearly 9,000 market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries. • ProQuest Central is designed to be the single-most used database in the library and beyond.  It boasts over 160 subjects including core subject areas such as: • Business and economics • Health and medical • News and world affairs • Science • Education • Technology

  25. ProQuest

  26. Prowess Database • Prowess is a database of Indian corporates It provides a detail information on around 23000 individual companies. The database covers most of the • Organized industrial activities • Banking • Organised financial and other services sectors in India. • 75 per cent of all corporate taxes • Over 95 per cent of excise duty collected by the Government of India. • The database of the financials covering 1,500 data items and ratios per company. Besides, it provides quantitative information on • Production • Sales • Consumption of raw material • Energy.

  27. Prowess

  28. Taylor and Francis Groups: Business and Management

  29. Scirus ETD

  30. International Monetary Fund (IMF) • The IMF works to foster global growth and economic stability. • It provides policy advice and financing to members in economic difficulties and also works with developing nations to help them achieve macroeconomic stability and reduce poverty.

  31. IMF Resources • Global Data • IMF Financial Data • Exchange Rates Data • Standards & Codes • Manuals & Guides • Real Sector Statistics • Meetings and Related Statistical Materials • Monetary and Financial Statistics • Government Finance

  32. International Monetary Fund

  33. World Bank • The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. • Our mission is to fight poverty with passion and professionalism for lasting results and to help people help themselves and their environment by providing resources, sharing knowledge, building capacity and forging partnerships in the public and private sectors.

  34. World Bank Resources • World Development Indicators • Global Development Finance • African Development Indicators • Global Economic Monitor (GEM • Education Statistics • Health Nutrition and Population Statistics • Millennium Development Indicators • Gender Statistics • International Comparison Program • Joint External Data Hub (JEDH) • Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

  35. The World Bank

  36. Reserve Bank of India • The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. • To regulate the issue of Bank Notes and keeping of reserves with a view to securing monetary stability in India and generally to operate the currency and credit system of the country to its advantage."

  37. RBI Publications Statutory Annual Report • Trend and Progress of Banking in India Others • A Profile of Banks • Annual Accounts Data of Scheduled Commercial Banks • Annual Report on Banking Ombudsman Scheme • Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India • Branch Banking Statistics • Directory of Commercial Bank Offices in India • Gist of RBI Schemes of Defaulter Lists • Handbook of Monetary Statistics of India • Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy • Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments • Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics • Report on Currency and Finance  • State Finances : A Study of Budgets • Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India

  38. RBI

  39. OECD (Organization for economic co-operation and development) • Establised in the year of 1961 • Membership about 30 countries Aim of OECD • OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to:      • Support sustainable economic growth • Boost employment • Raise living standards • Maintain financial stability • Assist other countries' economic development • Contribute to growth in world trade • The Organization provides a setting where governments compare policy experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice and coordinate domestic and international policies.

  40. World Trade Organisation • The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. • At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. • The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.

  41. WTO Resources • Statistics Database • International Trade Statistics • Comprehensive tariff data • Inter-agency activities  • Special events  • Staff working papers • World Trade Report • Trade profiles • Special studies • WTO discussion papers    

  42. AIMA (All India Management Association) • It is helping the Indian managers to make the most of the new opportunities • It is assimilating the changed global perspective and equipping the Indian managers for it. • Founded in the year 1957, All India Management Association (AIMA) is an apex body of management with over 30,000 individual members, 3000 institutional members and 60 Local Management Association across India and overseas. • AIMA undertakes a host of management related activities and initiatives such as Distance Management Education, Management Development Programmes, Special Conferences, Research & Publications, Testing Services and Competitions.

  43. Services • Centre for Management Education • Distance learning Programmes - PGDM, PGDITM, PGCM & ACM • Centre for Management Services • Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Admissions / Recruitment Tests/ Corporate Tests • Centre for Management Development • National Events & Competitions, Management Simulation Games, MDP's, Management Quizes, & Awards • LMA Relation and Membership • over 3,000 institutional members and 30,000 individual members.

  44. AIMA

  45. National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) • NIFM was set up in 1993 on the basis of a proposal made by Ministry of Finance, which was approved by the Union Cabinet. • NIFM Publications includes reports, monographs, working papers, discussion papers and reprints. • NIFM Journal of  Public Financial Managementis aBi-annual periodical it covers on the broad areas of Public Economics, Public Finance, and Fiscal & Budgetary Management

  46. NIFM

  47. CAG- Controller and Auditor General • To Promote excellence in public sector audit and accounting services towards improving the quality of governance • To enhance accountability of executive to the parliament and state legislatures by carrying out audits in the public sector and providing accounting services in the states in accordance with the constitution of India and laws as well as best international practices. • To provide technical guidance and support to local bodies including Panchayati Raj institutions to enhance their accountability

  48. Services • Monitor media coverage of news relating to CAG/CAG’s Audit Reports. • All receipts and expenditure from public monies, economy, finance, PSUs, schemes and programs funded by the Government of India and State Governments’; by Print, Electronic and Web Media.

  49. CAG

  50. Indian Institute of Banking and Finance Mission • to develop professionally qualified and competent bankers and finance professionals primarily through a process of education, training, examination, consultancy/counselling and continuing professional development programs“ Vision • To be the premier Institute for developing and nurturing competent professionals in banking and finance field.

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