E-Resources, Literature Search and Reference Management
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The document outlines a two-day workshop on research methodology in social sciences held at Sree Narayana College, Kollam, India, on January 30 and 31, 2015. It covers various e-resources, literature search techniques, and reference management tools, particularly Zotero, while providing links to numerous academic databases and repositories. The workshop aims to enhance the research skills of participants by familiarizing them with these resources and methodologies.
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- 1. E-Resources, Literature Search and Reference Management By V. Sriram Chief Librarian, Centre for Development Studies Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaThiruvananthapuram, India [email protected] Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science, Sree Narayana College, Kollam, India 30 & 31 January 2015
- 2. E-Resources in Social Sciences Tips for Managing Literature Reference Management - ZoteroReference Management - Zotero Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 3. e- Resources Journal Databases Statistical Databases Theses and Dissertations Courseware Archives Information Portals Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 4. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org A trusted archive of important scholarly journals from many disciplines. At present hosts full text contents of around 4900+ journals and e-books in Political Science. Subscription based service. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 5. Wiley Online Library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ An excellent collection 137 good quality journals in the area of Political Science from Wiley Blackwell Publishers Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 6. OUP Social Science Journals http://www.oxfordjournals.org/ Working with prestigious scholars, societies, and associations, such as the Harvard University, The National Association of Social Workers, and The World Bank, the OUP Social Sciences Collection encompasses some of the highest quality journals across the social sciences; including an exceptional and diverse selection in economics and finance. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 7. Cambridge Journals http://journals.cambridge.org/ The Cambridge Journals Online provided by the Cambridge University Press contains 42 journals in Politics and International Relations. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 8. Springer The Springer is a leading global scholarly publisher. The http://link.springer.com/ The Springer is a leading global scholarly publisher. The Social Science Journals collection of Springer consist of 251 journals. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 9. Project MUSE Project MUSE was founded in 1995 as collaboration http://muse.jhu.edu/ Project MUSE was founded in 1995 as collaboration between the John Hopkins University Press and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library Today it is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community. The Political Science Journal Collection contains 38 journals. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 10. Annual Review Since 1932, Annual Reviews has offered comprehensive, timely collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual http://www.annualreviews.org/ collections of critical reviews written by leading scientists. Annual Reviews volumes are published each year for 46 focused disciplines The Annual Review of Political Science, in publication since 1998, covers significant developments in the field of Political Science including political theory and philosophy, international relations, political economy, political behavior, American and comparative politics, public administration and policy, and methodology. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 11. EconLit http://search.ebscohost.com As the most reliable full-text source for economic research, this database contains all of the indexing available in EconLit in addition to full text for hundreds of journals including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo (American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives). This database also contains many non-English full-text journals in economics & finance and volume and issue browsing is available for all full-text journals. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 12. DOAJ http://doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals is an online directory that indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed journals. Provides more than 10000 journals in all subjects. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 13. PLOS One http://www.plosone.org/ PLOS One is a top quality open access, peer-reviewed journal. Currently it contains 342 articles in Political Science and 13943 articles in Social Sciences Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 14. Open J-Gate http://www.openj-gate.com Open J-Gate is a database of journal literature, indexed from 5659 open access journals, with links to full text at Publisher sites. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 15. Census of India The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography (Population characteristics), Economic Activity, Literacy and Education, Housing & http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertility and Mortality, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Language, Religion, Migration, Disability and many other socio-cultural and demographic data since 1872. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 16. Economics and Statistics Department - Kerala http://www.ecostat.kerala.gov.in/ The Directorate of Economics & Statistics, Government of Kerala is the nodal agency for collection, compilation, analysis of statistics relating to various sectors of Kerala Economy. Major Divisions relate to Agriculture, Economic Census, ASI, IIP, Labour, Housing, NSS, VS, Sample Registration, Prices, State Income, Computer Division. No payment, free resource. Login Required Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 17. EPW RF India Time Series http://www.epwrfits.in/index.aspx In ITS, datasets have been structured under 14 modules. Such as ASI, Agricultural Statistics, Financial Markets, State Domestic Product and Banking Statistics and so on. This initiative has the broad objective of aiding and promoting research on Indian economy and financial markets and targeted to benefit particularly students, research scholars and the academic community both in India and abroad. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 18. National Accounts Statistics http://mospi.nic.in Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 19. NSS Survey Reports All the reports and publications are in portable data format Works better in Internet Explorer http://mospi.nic.in Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 20. RBI Database on Indian Economy Through this website (DBIE), data are mainly presented as time-series formatted reports. These reports have been organized under sectors and http://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie. rbi?site=home organized under sectors and sub-sectors according to their periodicities. Reports can be saved as excel sheets for further analysis. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 21. UN Statistics Division http://unstats.un.org/unsd/defa ult.htm The Statistics Division is committed to the advancement of the global statistical system. It compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 22. World Bank Open Repository https://openknowledge.w orldbank.org/ WBOKR is the central repository of The World Bank. All resources hosted are available online for free access. More than 18000 publications are available. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 23. EThOS http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do Electronic Thesis Online Service This is a single point access to all theses produced by UK Higher Education provided by The British Library. It harvests e-theses from the institutional repositories and digitizes paper theses from participating institutions. Login required Restricted Access – Some items are downloadable Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 24. Open Thesis http://www.openthesis.org/ Open Thesis is a free repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents, coupled with powerful search, organization, and collaboration tools. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 25. Shodhganga – A reservoir of Indian theses http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the researchers. Presently hosts around 18000 theses from different universities in India Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 26. Academic Earth http://academicearth.org Video Lectures from World’s Top Scholars Academic Earth is a user-friendly educational eco-system that gives internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with and learn from full video courses and lectures from the World’s leading scholars. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 27. IMF Podcasts http://www.imf.org/externa l/pubs/ft/survey/so/podcas t.aspx Audio Lectures from World’s Top Economists IMF economists and other experts discuss key economic and financial issues of the day. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 28. YouTube https://www.youtube.com Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 29. MIT Open Courses – Political Science http://ocw.mit.edu/courses /political-science/ Open courseware of Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In each course syllabus, readings, assignments, and study materials are available for download. All courses are free to access and learn. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 30. edX https://www.edx.org EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs from the world’s best universities, colleges and organizations. Online courses from MITx, HarvardX, BerkeleyX, and many other universities. EdX is a non-profit online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and MIT. Currently 67 courses are offered by various institutions in the area of Social Sciences. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 31. MPRA http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/ This repository is intended to disseminate research papers of social scientists who want to make their work freely available through the RePEc network but are not affiliated with any institution that provides that furtherance. The work will be made available through EconPapers, Ideas, Economists Online and other services. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 32. New Economic Papers http://nep.repec.org/ NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new additions to RePEc into edited reports. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 33. SSRN www.ssrn.com Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences. It currently hosts more than 1 Lakh papers in Political Science Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 34. BLDS http://blds.ids.ac.uk/ One of the largest collection of economic and social development materials in Europe. These unique holdings, built up over 40 years, consist of approximately one million items. Over half the collection originates from developing countries. BLDS provide a number of services to remote users, enabling access to the collection and staff expertise. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 35. eldis http://www.eldis.org/ A gateway to global development information on international development issues. Provides free and easy access to materials on developing countries ... Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 36. e Social Sciences http://www.esocialsciences.org e-Social Sciences provides a region-focused repository and a new and yet evolving publication space for easy and quick dissemination of scholarly work that can be a space for discourse among researchers, policy makers and the civil society. Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 37. Research Resources for the Social Sciences http://socsciresearch.com/ Provided by McGraw Hill – Ryerson Started in 1994 as a project in support of a graduate methods seminar. A Portal for Social Sciences Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 38. Managing Literature Topic selection – Subject Area, geographical location, period Systematic gathering of sources: Using proper tools to gather literature – Google Scholar, Journal Databases, Bibliographies … Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes, comments, and making it error freeand making it error free Organizing by topic, subject, research area… Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval Assigning a unique primary-key for print items. While writing: Insert the citation and bibliography in the desired citation style Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 39. Zotero Free – Open Source Platform independent Works Offline and Online Over 6700 referencing styles www.zotero.org Over 6700 referencing styles Data Sharing 26 fields 34 Types of Sources Linking full text / pdf Integration with MS-Office / Open Office Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
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- 45. Collecting References Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
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- 55. Insert Bibliography Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
- 56. Create Zotero Account Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences, S.N. College, Kollam, India. 31st January 2015
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