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Workshop on Growth and Development of Literature in Social Sciences, January 24, 2006

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Emerging TrendsIn Accessing

Social Science Information Resources

By

Dr. S. MajumdarUniversity LibrarianUniversity of Delhi


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Perception Every discipline in the universe of

knowledge undergoes a change & new trends are imbibed with existing structure;

While, identification of new trends in the social science discipline can effectively be done by the social scientists;

Identifying and imbibing the new perspective in the library science discipline will be the responsibility of librarians & library scientists


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Emerging TrendsLibrary Science per se is undergoing

phenomenal change;The traditional professionalism has

the challenge to imbibe the IT revolution especially the Web

services through Internet;The libraries must resolve to

introduce HYBRID LIBRARY SYSTEM

# Country or RegionInternet Users,

Latest DataPopulation( 2005 Est. )

InternetPenetration

Source and Dateof Latest Data

% Usersof World

1 United States 203,576,811 296,208,476 68.7 % Nielsen//NR Sept/05 20.9 %

2 China 103,000,000 1,282,198,289 7.9 % CNNIC June/05 10.6 %

3 Japan 78,050,000 128,137,485 60.9 % C+I+A Mar./05 8.0 %

4 Germany 47,127,725 82,726,188 57.0 % Nielsen//NR June/05 4.8 %

5 India 39,200,000 1,094,870,677 3.6 % C.I.Almanac Mar./05 4.0 %

6 United Kingdom 37,800,000 59,889,407 63.1 % ITU Oct./05 3.9 %

7 Korea (South) 32,570,000 49,929,293 65.2 % KRNIC Dec./04 3.3 %

8 Italy 28,870,000 58,608,565 49.3 % ITU Sept./05 3.0 %

9 France 25,614,899 60,619,718 42.3 % Nielsen//NR June/05 2.6 %

10 Brazil 22,320,000 181,823,645 12.3 % C+I+A Mar./05 2.3 %

11 Russia 22,300,000 144,003,901 15.5 % C.I.Almanac Mar./05 2.3 %

12 Canada 20,450,000 32,050,369 63.8 % C.I.Almanac Dec./03 2.1 %

13 Mexico 16,995,400 103,872,328 16.4 % AMPCI Oct./05 2.3 %

14 Spain 16,129,731 43,435,136 37.1 % Nielsen//NR Sept/05 1.7 %

15 Indonesia 15,300,000 219,307,147 7.0 % C.I.Almanac Mar./05 1.6 %

16 Taiwan 13,800,000 22,794,795 60.5 % C+I+A Mar./05 1.4 %

17 Australia 13,991,612 20,507,264 68.2 % Nielsen//NR Sept./05 1.4 %

18 Netherlands 10,806,328 16,316,019 66.2 % Nielsen//NR June/04 1.1 %

19 Poland 10,600,000 38,133,891 27.8 % C-I-A Mar./05 1.1 %

20 Turkey 10,220,000 26,500,699 13.9 % ITU Sept./05 1.1 %

TOP 20 Countries 768,722,506 4,022,907,484 19.1 % IWS - Nov./05 79.0 %

Rest of the World 204,105,495 2,397,195,238 8.5 % IWS - Nov./05 21.0 %

Total World - Users 972,828,001 6,420,102,722 15.2 % IWS - Nov./05 100.0 %

TOP 20 COUNTRIES WITH HIGHEST NUMBER OF INTERNET USERS

http://www.internetworldstats.com/europa2.htm#ru

http://www.internetworldstats.com/america.htm#ca

http://www.internetworldstats.com/carib.htm#mx

http://www.internetworldstats.com/europa.htm#es

http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia.htm#id

http://www.internetworldstats.com/asia.htm#tw

http://www.internetworldstats.com/pacific.htm#au

http://www.internetworldstats.com/europa.htm#nl

http://www.internetworldstats.com/europa.htm#po

http://www.internetworldstats.com/europa1.htm#tr


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The structure and content of the social sciences and their information system & collections are closely interrelated with the social systems of the country itself (i.e., educational system, societal structures, parliamentary and legal system, social services);

Therefore, the organization and representation of the content, is often very individual


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However, certain international similarities can be distinguished - which can also in part be attributed to the impact of new technology in both the field itself and in information work

With the increased use of the Internet, national or linguistic limitations do present subject-oriented challenges to the social sciences librarian;


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These affect not only the methods and instruments used for information retrieval and acquisition, but also the development of value-added services which can place appropriate information in the correct context and provide targeted information in a vastly expanding field.


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The primary impact of new technology in the social science libraries is thus in the realm of expanded access to a wider variety of international sources based on access via the Internet on a fairly up to date basis.

This impact requires network skills, new methods of information retrieval and presentation (or brokering), and often involves the librarian in creating and designing new systems applications to facilitate adequate information services


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Researchers especially from Social Science will become increasingly dependable on electronic resources in future;

Variety of electronic resources is important to research. Hence, they are valuable


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They contain; Universities, research institutions,

International Organisations and their activities;

Books, Articles, Research Reports etc. ……….

Discussion groups in the form of Listservers;

Subject gateways; List of databases with the specific subject

details; Library resources; Public domain resources; Many more …………..


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Hence, A Sample Study Is an attempt to present the Information

System in a changing perspective with the emergence of new technological impact;

Therefore: It processes the information in an innovative

way; It exposes the hidden information which are

part of the Web resources; It presents the information system in a new

perspective with value added services

E-Resources in Social SciencesIts strength

Alltheweb – 1,90,000Altavista – 1,92,000WiseNut -- 406,184

HotBot -- 39,900 MSN Search -- 25,413

Teoma -- 39,900Google -- 366,000 Yahoo – 1,94,000


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What Google has to say

Search Element

“Recent Trends in Social Sciences”

and there are 33,200,000 citations

Relevance and Precision ?


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Yenza

"Yenza" - which means "do it" is a guide to using the Internet for research and teaching in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

“Yenza” also provide links to online resources relating to specific disciplines


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Social Science Research Network Ranking List

Top Down Loads : Social Sciences Top Down Loads : Economics

Top Down Loads : Information Systems and Business Management

Top Down Loads: Management Research


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Research Resources for the Social Sciences

, Carleton University, Ottawa Which contains CONTENT TO BROWSE

Also contains GENERAL RESOURCE SEARCHERS

Also contains GENERAL REFERENCE MATERIALS


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Research Resources

Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research

Social, Economic and Political Change A web site of:

The Global Social Change Research Project


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Research Resources INFOMINE -- Scholarly Internet Resourc

es Collection

Direct Search is a growing compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools


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Institutions

Social Science Research Council

The Apex Council


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Institutions ICPSR : Inter-University Consortium for P

olitical and Social Research, Michigan

provides access to a vast archive of social science data for research and instruction, and offers web based training in quantitative methods to facilitate effective data use


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InstitutionsSchool of Slavonic and East European Studies.University

College, London

Centre for the Study of Economic and Social Change in Europe


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Institutions

SOCIAL SCIENCE INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA

129 Institutions in India


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GatewaysGateways

Resources Discovery Network

The RDN selects, catalogues and delivers high-quality Internet resources for further and higher education: the best of the Web


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Gateways In ancient times, the Library of Alexandria

was seen as a universal store of human knowledge. As the Library grew in size,

however, it became increasingly difficult to locate relevant material. The poet Callimachus solved the problem by

compiling a catalogue called The Pinakes. On a far smaller scale, these Web pages

hope to provide a similar function for Internet resources, by linking to the major

subject gateways


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Gateways

SOSIG

Social Science Information Gateways


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Gateways

GEsource

Geography and Environment Gateway

Browse Headings by Subject


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Gateways

DMOZ : Open Directory Project

Economics Institutions


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Subject Specific Resources

Social Science Subjects

Social Science Resources : General

Library of Congress : Social Sciences


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SocioSite : Social Science Information System

Electronic Journals and MagazinesActivism, Collective Action, Social Movements, Utopianism Sociology of Aging - Age Inequality, Ageism, Gerontology

Social and Cultural AnthropologyFamous Sociologists

Sociological Theories and Perspectives


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Anthropology

Anthropology Resourceson the InternetBIOGRAPHIES

HUMAN CULTUREANTHROPOLOGY TUTORIALS


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Economics

Economic and Political Development:Information Resources

About.com on World of Economics


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The WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources


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Librarian’s Internet ChoiceAnthropologyDemographyEconomicsLibrary ScienceLinguisticsPolitical SciencePsychology

Society and Social Sciences

Urban PlanningUrban StudiesArea StudiesSociology


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Directory of Open Access Journals covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals on all subjects and languages. There are now 1991 journals in the directory. Currently 492 journals are searchable at article level. As of today 83324 articles are included in the DOAJ service.


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Scholarly Societies


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