The Ratan Tata Library & Its Resources

The Ratan Tata Library & Its Resources
A Presentation On The Ratan Tata Library & Its Resources Brought to you By Dr. Lokesh Sharma Delhi School of Economics University of Delhi, Delhi, INDIA Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian Rationale: Welcome to “Research and the Internet.” This presentation is designed to introduce your students to methods for effectively searching the World Wide Web and evaluating the content of web pages. The twenty-four slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation of search and evaluation strategies. This presentation is ideal for the beginning of a research unit in a composition course or an Internet research assignment. This presentation may be supplemented with OWL handouts, including “Searching the World Wide Web” ( “Conducting a Productive Web Search” ( and “Evaluating Sources of Information” ( Directions: Each slide is activated by a single mouse click, unless otherwise noted in bold at the bottom of each notes page. Writer and Designer: Jennifer Liethen Kunka Contributors: Muriel Harris, Karen Bishop, Bryan Kopp, Matthew Mooney, David Neyhart, and Andrew Kunka Developed with resources courtesy of the Purdue University Writing Lab Grant funding courtesy of the Multimedia Instructional Development Center at Purdue University © Copyright Purdue University, 2000.

AN OVERVIEW OF THE RATAN TATA LIBRARY (RTL), DSE RTL is about 63 years old now and its first purchase of book was done on with the accession no and catering to the needs of basically of four departments at DSE namely, Commerce, Economics, Geography and Sociology, in addition it also provides services to other faculties and departments of DU and other universities and institutions in India & abroad because of its rich collection and the requirement of users in view of interdisciplinary approach. The collection is divided broadly in four groups: Books, Journals, Reference Sources and Theses and Dissertations. WHAT IS AVAILABLE WHERE Rationale: Welcome to “Research and the Internet.” This presentation is designed to introduce your students to methods for effectively searching the World Wide Web and evaluating the content of web pages. The twenty-four slides presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation of search and evaluation strategies. This presentation is ideal for the beginning of a research unit in a composition course or an Internet research assignment. This presentation may be supplemented with OWL handouts, including “Searching the World Wide Web” ( “Conducting a Productive Web Search” ( and “Evaluating Sources of Information” ( Directions: Each slide is activated by a single mouse click, unless otherwise noted in bold at the bottom of each notes page. Writer and Designer: Jennifer Liethen Kunka Contributors: Muriel Harris, Karen Bishop, Bryan Kopp, Matthew Mooney, David Neyhart, and Andrew Kunka Developed with resources courtesy of the Purdue University Writing Lab Grant funding courtesy of the Multimedia Instructional Development Center at Purdue University © Copyright Purdue University, 2000. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

WEBSITE RTL Website: The Users can access DULS/ RTL-Website by clicking on libraries on the webpage of Delhi University accessing. The subscribed electronic resources (ERs) can be accessed through URLs provided on the website using DU campus network. RTL Website URL: Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

REFERENCES SOURCES Reference Sources: These include Gazetteers, Bibliographies, Statistical Sources, United Nations Documents and are placed in Current Periodicals Section and rest documents, viz., dictionaries, encyclopedias etc. are on the Ground Floor in the Circulation Section. Census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. censuses; Gazetteer A gazetteer is a geographical dictionary or directory , an important reference for information about places and place names. District Gazetteer The District Gazetteer is a comprehensive geographical, economic, social and cultural catalogue of the India n subcontinent. Rationale: With the development of the Internet, students have found that conducting research is much easier and more convenient than searching through library stacks. While the Internet can be a great tool for research, locating quality materials can at times be a challenge. The following slides will offer tips on how to make the most of your Internet search. Activity: To generate discussion, the facilitator may ask students about their level of familiarity with the Internet. Also, the facilitator may ask students about the types of web sites they visit, as well as if they have their own personal web pages. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

PERIODICALS Periodicals: subscribing to 305 journals (from CNA+BW+AEA)+60 (BW)+ other govt documents costing app. Rs. 93 Lakhs, of which about 152 journals are of Commerce & Economics and in e format subscribing to 168 journals . The RTL is also receiving many central and state govts. documents, UN documents, corporate sector reports. Periodicals Section is in the annexe of the library where current issues of journals are available on the first floor and bound volumes of periodicals will be on the ground floor. These can be consulted and photocopying. However, if any document is available in e format, the RTL does not issue its print version, therefore, ensure it before making a request. Rationale: With the development of the Internet, students have found that conducting research is much easier and more convenient than searching through library stacks. While the Internet can be a great tool for research, locating quality materials can at times be a challenge. The following slides will offer tips on how to make the most of your Internet search. Activity: To generate discussion, the facilitator may ask students about their level of familiarity with the Internet. Also, the facilitator may ask students about the types of web sites they visit, as well as if they have their own personal web pages. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

ECONOMICS JOURNALS You need DUCC Campus Internet connectivity to use all the links for subscribed databases. However, public domain electronic resources can be used from any where. Rationale: With the development of the Internet, students have found that conducting research is much easier and more convenient than searching through library stacks. While the Internet can be a great tool for research, locating quality materials can at times be a challenge. The following slides will offer tips on how to make the most of your Internet search. Activity: To generate discussion, the facilitator may ask students about their level of familiarity with the Internet. Also, the facilitator may ask students about the types of web sites they visit, as well as if they have their own personal web pages. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Open Sources: Internet and its most used component WWW has turned into a biggest source of information with widest coverage and the fastest access. It is the most powerful tool for global communication and exchange of information. DULS regularly research on open access e-resources and provides a link to these resources for use in teaching, learning and research. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES Subscribed Sources: 86 Electronic Databases have been subscribed by the DULS and made accessible through DU Campus Network. It includes the Reference Sources, Bibliographic Sources, Statistical Sources, and Full Text Sources. A brief description of these under given resources including the Subject Coverage, Search Features, Database Services, Document Category, etc. are available through more information for the help of users. The given URL Address directly takes to the concerned database. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES The UGC-Infonet: Digital Library Consortium subscribes to the following resources for its member institutions. All electronic resources subscribed are available from the publisher's Web site.Following is the list of E-Resources with link to their brief introduction. List of Journals including Title, URLs and Coverage is available here. UGC Infonet: Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

ISI WEB OF KNOWLEDGE Explore the world’s leading citation database with multidisciplinary coverage of over 10,000 high-impact journals in the sciences, social sciences, and arts and humanities, as well as international proceedings coverage for over 120,000 conferences. Powerful tools include cited reference searching, Citation Maps, and the Analyze Tool. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

Searchable A-Z List of e -Journals This is University of Delhi sponsored Electronic Journal Listing Service (EJLS) Project. A large number of e-journals databases are accessible through DU campus network. EJLS provides a searchable database of all the e-journals available through various databases. It facilitates searching the e-journals by title and subject. Besides, it also provides A-Z list of all e-journals as well as listing of e-journals by publishers and by database. The Help menu gives guidance for searching of the EJLS database. The Search result includes Title, Access period, URL Address, Publishers, Database and Remarks, if any, for individual e-journals. The URL address takes directly to the concerned e- journal web page. Link: Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

KNIMBUS “KNIMBUS is a customized Federated Search Service available. Using this search service Delhi University users will be able to search across multiple e-resources (Journals) through a single user interface instead of searching each e-resource individually. This powerful and easy to use search service is functionality rich and designed for benefit of faculty, researchers and students.” Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

Financial and Statistical Sources Indiastat.com CapitallinePlus ISI Emerging Markets CEIC Asia ISI Emerging Markets EMEI Asia The World Bank e-Library Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

LIBRARY SERVICES Library Services: RTL- Online Catalogue, Internet, and electronic resources with the help of 64 terminals. Lending, reservation, Photocopying, lists of additions of books to the library brought out fortnightly. RTL also obtains books required by the users and not available in the RTL on inter library loan from other libraries through DELNET. Bibliographies on topics and subjects are made available on demand. Scan Documents and CD’s format are placed in e Library. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

A SAMPLE OF SINGLE AUTHORHIP BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF A BOOK ACCORDING TO ALL THREE CITATION MANUALS Chicago Pollan, Michael. The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals. New York: Penguin, 2006. MLA (Modern Language Association) Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita. New York: Putnam, Print. APA (American Psychological Association) Kidder, T. (1981). The soul of a new machine. Boston: Little, Brown & Company. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE The Chicago Manual of Style presents two basic documentation systems: (1) notes and bibliography and (2) author-date. Choosing between the two often depends on subject matter and the nature of sources cited, as each system is favored by different groups of scholars. The notes and bibliography style is preferred by many in the humanities, including those in literature, history, and the arts. This style presents bibliographic information in notes and, often, a bibliography. It accommodates a variety of sources, including esoteric ones less appropriate to the author-date system. The author-date system has long been used by those in the physical, natural, and social sciences. In this system, sources are briefly cited in the text, usually in parentheses, by author’s last name and date of publication. The short citations are amplified in a list of references, where full bibliographic information is provided. Aside from the use of notes versus parenthetical references in the text, the two systems share a similar style. Click on the tabs below to see some common examples of materials cited in each style, including examples of common electronic sources. For numerous specific examples, see chapters 14 and 15 of the 16th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

MLA CITATION STYLE MLA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the Modern Language Association for acknowledging sources used in a research paper. MLA citation style uses a simple two-part parenthetical documentation system for citing sources: Citations in the Text of a paper are used to point to an alphabetical Works Cited list that appears at the end of the paper. Together, these references identify and credit the sources used in the paper and allow others to access and retrieve this material. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

APA CITATION STYLE APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in a research paper. APA style requires both in-text citations and a reference list. For every in-text citation there should be a full citation in the reference list and vice versa. The examples of APA styles and formats listed on this page include many of the most common types of sources used in academic research. For additional examples and more detailed information about APA citation style, refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association and the APA Style Guide to Electronic References. Also, for automatic generation of citations in appropriate citation style, use a bibliographic citation management program such as Refworks or EndNote. You can find more information on this in our Citation Management page. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre of the University Grants Commission (UGC) of India. It is a major National Programme initiated by the UGC in 1991 with its Head Quarters at Gujarat University Campus, Ahmedabad. Initially started as a project under the IUCAA, it became an independent Inter-University Centre in 1996. INFLIBNET is involved in modernizing university libraries in India and connecting them as well as information centres in the country through a nation-wide high speed data network using the state-of-art technologies for the optimum utilisation of information. INFLIBNET is set out to be a major player in promoting scholarly communication among academicians and researchers in India. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

UGC-Infonet is an ambitious programme of UGC to interlink all the Universities in the country with state-of-art technology . The Network is being switched to BSNL backbone w.e.f 1st April 2010 and renamed as UGC Infonet 2.0. ON the new scheme 10 Mbps(1:1) Leased line is being established in 180 plus universities preferably by using Fiber to provide Internet Services. INFLIBNET is responsible for executing and monitoring the entire project. The UGC-INFONET mainly provides Internet bandwidth, a pre-requisite for delivery of scholary content subscribed through the UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium.The scheme has now been extended to 200 Universities and 6 Inter-University Centres of the UGC. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH NETWORK ERNET (Education and Research Network) has made a significant contribution to the emergence of networking in the country. It practically brought the Internet to India and has built up national capabilities in the area of net-working, especially in protocol software engineering. It has not only succeeded in building a large network that provides various facilities to the intellectual segment of Indian society--the research and education community, it has over the years become a trendsetter in the field of networking. UNDP has lauded ERNET as one of the most successful programmes it has funded. The Govt. of India has committed itself to further strengthen the project by including it in the 9th Plan with the allocation of funds and by creation of a new organisational set-up in the form of a Society. The Science community of the country has also recognized ERNET's contribution--both for infrastructure services as well as for R&D. The Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet has adopted ERNET as the platform for launching an S&T network in the country. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

Plagiarism Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as "the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work."[1][2] The modern concept of plagiarism as immoral and originality as an ideal emerged in Europe only in the 18th century, while in the previous centuries authors and artists were encouraged to "copy the masters as closely as possible" and avoid "unnecessary invention.“ Plagiarism is not a crime but is disapproved more on the grounds of moral offence. However, this has now been a crime under Copyright Law. Rationale: This slide reemphasizes the main points of the presentation. This is a good time for the facilitator to field any questions about the presentation content. Activity: Click on the OWL hyperlink and visit the collection of search engines on the lower left section of the page. Ask students to imagine that they will write a paper about US tobacco lawsuits. Have them go to Hotbot and type in the keyword “tobacco.” Hotbot will provide the ten “hottest” sites with that keyword; the majority of them will be tobacco shops, companies selling methods to stop smoking, and smoking afficianado pages. You may find one or two sites related to the lawsuits. Then have your students try the same search in Yahoo. They will find information categorized into sections relating to business, hobbies, health, and news. Note that Yahoo can help to identify the types of web sites you visit, saving time and energy in the search process. You might then choose to have students come up with pairs of keywords to enter into the site, such as “tobacco and legislation” or “smoking and lawsuits.” This will refine the search even further. Visit the Mankato (Minnesota) web pages and ask your students to assess their reliability. The official web page is located at < Another page is located at < This page is posted by Mankato State University, and it is designed as both a joke and an exercise in assessing the reliability of web pages. Have students follow the links on the site, notice the pictures, and the many awards and press listings noted at the bottom of the home page. Then have students read the “Disclaimer” flashing at the top of the screen (be sure to jump to Part Four). The letter from Maureen Gustafson is also a treat. Just because a page LOOKS like it might be reliable doesn’t mean it is. Visit a search engine of your choice and ask your students to provide some search terms for some sample class searches and web page evaluations. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

Google: Searching Tips : These are some nifty modifiers to type in your google search box to refine your searches and get the best results. Google Scholar : Google Scholar helps you search and find academic papers, abstracts and other scholarly sources – all with the speed and accuracy of Google search. Google Patent Search : Each Google Patent Search result represents an individual patent. It display results based on their relevance to the specific search terms entered. It display a number of details about each patent in the list of results. Google: As a reference tool: It can be used as a reference tool to retrieve concept definitions and meanings through various public domain reference sources. Some More Google Services Key Concepts: Some sites will state at the bottom of the home page statements such as “Date of Creation: 6/1/99” or “Updated 7/7/99.” If dates are clearly stated in this way, you should be able to rely upon them. However, rely upon your context clues. Does the information provided cover recent changes or advances in your topic? If not, the information is probably outdated. Example: For example, if your topic is cloning and you located a web site that discusses cloning as if it had not taken place yet, you would know that the information was published before Dolly, Gene, and other famous cloning experiments were successfully completed. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance: E-Books Electronic versions of printed books that can be viewed online via any PC connected to the Internet. It includes mostly the classics. Some public domain e-book resources are: Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free e-books on the Internet. It is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books, or e-books. The collection consists of more than 20,000 e-books. Bartleby.com Provides the best works of fiction from a wide range of classic authors; general reference works like encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations, verses etc Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance: E-Books The Online Book Page The Online Book Page by University of Pennsylvania Library has about e-books on different subjects. MIT OpenCourseWare It is a site for 500 course materials available on the Internet, for free download Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance: E-Books Read Print site It is very useful for historians and lovers of literature, as this site contains mainly the classics. It offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast. Free Books A site which provides comprehensive web links on Best free Digital Libraries – Australia; Best free Digital Libraries – World; Other Free Australian Books; Other Free Book Sites/Pages in English; World - Other Languages, Regional and National; Individual Topics/Miscellaneous; Sacred Texts & Religion. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance: E-Journals Journals published in electronic format, often available on the Internet. Directory of Open Access Journals There are now 3811 journals in the directory. Currently 1338 journals are searchable at article level. As of today articles are included in the DOAJ service. NewJour : An archive for the Internet list for new journals and newsletters available on the Internet Openj-Gate.com It is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain. Launched in 2006, Open J-Gate is the contribution of Informatics (India) Ltd to promote OAI. Open J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance E-Journals Public Library of Science: PLoS is a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. Bioline International: It is a not-for-profit electronic publishing service committed to providing open access to quality research journals published in developing countries. BioMed Central: It is a Publisher of more than 160 peer-reviewed open access journals. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance E-Journals HighWire Press: A division of the Stanford University Libraries, HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of high impact, peer-reviewed content, with 1010 journals and 4,074,364 full text articles from over 130 scholarly publishers. HighWire-hosted publishers have collectively made 1,566,498 articles free. With our partner publishers we produce 71 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance E-Journals Indian Academy of Sciences : The Academy, founded in 1934, aims at promoting the progress and upholding the cause of science in pure and applied branches. The Academy's journals are 'open access' and full text is available as PDF files on each journal's website. See the Publications page for links to the journals and other Academy publications. Journal of Digital Information: First publishing papers in 1997, the Journal of Digital Information is an electronic-only, peer-reviewed journal covering the broad topics related to digital libraries, hypertext and hypermedia systems, and the issues of digital information. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance E-Journals Free Medical Journals: Over the next few years, many important medical journals will be available online, free and in full-text. The unrestricted access to scientific knowledge will have a major impact on medical practice. The Free Medical Journals Site was created to promote the free availability of full text medical journals on the Internet. Strategian: The Strategic Guide to Quality Information in Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, and Psychology Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance: Subject Gateways Gateways are portals to information that are usually limited to a specific domain or subject area. The resources accessible through these gateways are reviewed, selected, evaluated and catalogued by information professionals or subject experts. Some examples are: Pinakes:A subject launchpad As the Internet grows in size it becomes increasingly difficult to locate relevant material. The Pinakes is a compilation of Internet resources,which links to the major subject gateways. Cogprints CogPrints, an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, neuroscience, and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g., artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy (e.g., mind, language, knowledge, science, logic), Biology (e.g., ethology, behavioral ecology, sociobiology, behaviour genetics, evolutionary theory), Medicine (e.g., Psychiatry, Neurology, human genetics, Imaging), Anthropology (e.g., primatology, cognitive ethnology, archeology, paleontology), as well as any other portions of the physical, social and mathematical sciences that are pertinent to the study of cognition. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance Subject Gateways Bubl Information Services BUBL is a UK-based interactive information service which provides links to over 12,000 internet resources in a wide range of subject areas. Initially designed as a resource for librarians, it includes a directory of UK organisations and institutions, job postings, usergroup links, surveys and comprehensive archives. BUBL provides links to current editions of all major UK newspapers, as well as abstracts and selected full text from over 200 journals. E-Print network Provides access to electronic preprints available from diverse sites. It is a searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance Subject Gateways WWW Virtual Library Catalog of Internet resources. Indexes cover a broad range of subject areas. Each entry within a subject area links to the appropriate Internet resource and is accompanied by a brief description and a relevancy ranking. Infomine A Web resource featuring well organized access to important university level research and educational tools on the Internet. intute A freely available Internet service which aims to provide a trusted source of selected, high quality Internet information for students, academics, researchers and practitioners in Science & Technology, Arts and Humanities Social Sciences, Health and Life Sciences. Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance Subject Gateways Voice of the Shuttle Made publicly accessible in 1995, this site began as an introduction to the Web for humanists. Its mission has been to provide a structured and briefly annotated guide to online resources in the humanities and associated disciplines. Renardus Integrated search and browse access to records from individual subject gateway services across Europe. It provides a source of selected, high quality Internet resources for those teaching, learning and researching in higher education in Europe. SocioSite Social Science Information System based at the University of Amsterdam Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance contd… Scholarly Societies Overview of Scholarly Societies Go for it Search Engine of Scholarly Societies Project Go for it Scholarly Societies by Subjects Go for it Scholarly Societies by Country Go for it Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

E-Resources in public domain at a glance contd… Multimedia Resources Ecosystem (Geography) Images Videos Tsunami (Geography) Images Videos How a Crater Lake is Created ? A presentation video Market Monopoly PPT Globalizing Inequality by P. Sainath Video Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU). Video Egypt: Gift of the Nile (History) Video Social Action Video Aristotle’s theory of the solar system Video Keeping Kids Healthy: Overweight Kids - Is Your Child at Risk? Online video Dr. Lokesh Sharma Librarian

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