Literature review and use of Reference Management Software

E-Resources, Literature Search
and
Reference Management
V. Sriram
Chief Librarian
Training Programme on Research Methodology for the Faculty Members of
Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University
IMG
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
6th September 2018
Chief Librarian
Centre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram

Information sources
Journal Databases
Statistical Databases
Theses and Dissertations
Multimedia
Courseware
Bibliographic Database

Journal Database
Cambridge Journals
 Elsevier - SD
Oxford Journals
Springer Link
Wiley Online
Wolters Kluwer -
 JStor
 ProjectMUSE
 PubMed
Wolters Kluwer -
Medknow
 DOAJ
 PLOS

Census of India
The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on Demography
(Population characteristics), Economic Activity, Literacy 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.
Free access for 2001 and 2011

ICSSR Data Service
The ICSSR Data Service includes social science and statistical
datasets of various national-level surveys on debt & investment,
domestic tourism, enterprise survey, employment and unemployment,
housing condition, household consumer expenditure, health care, etc.
http:/www.icssrdataservice.in/
housing condition, household consumer expenditure, health care, etc.
ICSSR Data Service aims to facilitate data sharing, preservation,
accessibility and reuse of social science research data collected from
entire social science community in India & abroad. As of now, the
repository hosts 131 Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), and National
Sample Survey (NSS) datasets.

IMF Data
http://www.elibrary.imf.org/
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and
research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and
studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and perspective
on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and aid, technical
assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice, poverty reduction,
and so much more.

IndiaStat
India’s most comprehensive e-resource of socio-economic data. It is
http://indiastat.com/default.aspx
India’s most comprehensive e-resource of socio-economic data. It is
authentic and comprehensive compilation of secondary level socio-economic
statistical information about India and its states on various socio-economic
parameters. These parameters are: General Info, Demographics, Economy,
Agriculture, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Environment and Forest,
Industries, Infrastructure, Companies, Education, Health, Housing, Labour &
Workforce, Polity, Media, Insurance, Tourism, Crime & Law, Social Welfare &
Developmental Schemes etc..

MOSPI
http://mospi.nic.in
MOSPI provides access to a large number of data and reports including
National Sample Survey report, National Accounts Statistics, and several
other statistical publications.
All the reports and publications are in portable data format

RBI Database on Indian Economy
Through this website (DBIE), data are mainly presented through time-series
http://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.rb
i?site=home
Through this website (DBIE), data are mainly presented through time-series
formatted reports. These reports have been organized under sectors and sub-
sectors according to their periodicities. Reports can be saved as excel sheets
for further analysis.

World Bank Open Data
http://data.worldbank.org
The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users with
access to a wide range of data brought under 20 broad topics. This includes
almost all aspects of socio-economic development.

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

Open Dissertations
EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content
from American Doctoral Dissertations. It is a free database
with records for more than 800,000 electronic theses and
dissertations from around the world

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.

Shodhganga – A reservoir of Indian
theses
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
TheShodhganga@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 125100 theses from different universities in India

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.

MIT Open Courses – Economics
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ec
onomics/
Open courseware of Department of Economics, 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.

DELNET
http://delnet.nic.in/
DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting
resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of
libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering
computerised services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection
development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

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 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

Zotero
• Free – Open Source
• Platform independent
• Works Offline and Online
• Over 9100 referencing styles
www.zotero.org
• Over 9100 referencing styles
• Data Sharing
• 26 fields
• 34 Types of Sources
• Linking full text / pdf
• Integration with MS-Office / Open Office

Thank you!
Thank you!

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