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Publication date: 13 February 2009

Sudharma Haridasan and Majid Khan

The purpose of this paper is to present the fact that electronic resources are a significant part of library collections. A large amount is invested in the development and…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to present the fact that electronic resources are a significant part of library collections. A large amount is invested in the development and management of e‐resources in the libraries. The study aims to identify the acceptance of e‐resources in the National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC) library in New Delhi, India and determine their usage, performance, degree of user satisfaction, and barriers faced in the access of e‐resources. It also attempts to find out the users' views about computer literacy among the social scientists.

Design/methodology/approach

The study focuses on the impact and use of e‐resources by social scientists pursuing research in the NASSDOC library. The data were collected from the entire population of social scientists at NASSDOC through a questionnaire accompanied by personal interview. This was further analysed using statistical techniques and percentages to arrive at qualitative and quantitative results.

Findings

The major findings of the study indicate that respondents are aware of the e‐resources (such as e‐books, e‐journals, e‐encyclopedias, e‐theses, CD‐ROM databases, e‐mail, internet and the OPAC). Large numbers of research scholars and faculty members are using these e‐resources for their research work. Many faculty members strongly agreed with the necessity for computer and internet literacy to access information. A majority of users were satisfied with the e‐resources available at the NASSDOC library.

Originality/value

This is one of the first surveys conducted to identify the need and importance of e‐resources in a specific Indian library (NASSDOC) as well as the requirement for information literacy to enhance the use of available resources in the social sciences. It should pave the way to showing the value of such e‐resources for scholarly research in India.

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The Electronic Library, vol. 27 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-0473

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Publication date: 24 April 2007

Sudharma Haridasan and Vishnu Kumar Kulshrestha

Citation analysis is one of the popular methods employed for identification of core documents and complex relationship between citing and cited documents for a particular…

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Purpose

Citation analysis is one of the popular methods employed for identification of core documents and complex relationship between citing and cited documents for a particular scholarly community in a geographical proximity. The present citation study is to understand the information needs, use pattern and use behaviour of library and information science researchers particularly engaged in the field of knowledge organization.

Design/methodology/approach

The data relating to all the references appended to the articles during the period under study were collected and tabulated.

Findings

Citation analysis of the journal for the period under study reveals that the average number of citations is around 21 per article. The major source of information is books and documents published during the later half of the century (1982‐91). Authors from the USA, UK and Germany are the major contributors to the journal. India is ranked seventh in terms of contributions.

Research limitations/implications

The study undertaken is limited to nine years, i.e. 1993‐2001. The model citation index of the journal is analyzed using the first seven core authors.

Practical implications

Ranking of periodicals helps to identify the core periodicals cited in the journal Knowledge Organization. Ranking of authors is done to know the eminent personalities in the subject, whose work is used by the authors to refine their ideas on the subject or topic.

Originality/value

Model Citation Index for the first seven most cited authors was worked out and it reveals the historical relationship of cited and citing documents. This model citation index can be used to identify, the most cited authors as researchers currently working on special problems, to determine whether a paper has been cited, whether there has been a review of a subject, whether a concept has been applied, a theory confirmed or a method improved.

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Library Review, vol. 56 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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