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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
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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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