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Unit 10: Library Information Systems and Networks

Consulting Members Notes
Consultation facility is extended to academicians, research scholars, students and members of general
public that may include retired persons and other categories of readers. Consultation membership
fee is ` 200 per annum (minimum ` 50 for one month).

Borrowing Members
Borrowing facility is extended to social scientists, academicians, students and general readers who
are registered as members of the library. Books are issued against a deposit of ` 500 per book. Two
books are issued to individual members at a time. There is no fee for the guest readers who want to
consult the library for a day or two. They are issued a guest card for the day.

Facilities and Services for the Readers
A user–responsive collection of books, periodicals and electronic databases in the field of social sciences.
Online Public Catalogue (OPAC) is for use by the library members/readers so that subject /author
or keyword based searches can be made from the holdings of library books, Ph.D. theses, research
reports, journals, etc.
NASSDOC’s library catalogue is now available through internet browser. The URL is http://
202.71.128.164:9080/icssr/html/SearchForm.
Members of the library can refer to the following online bibliographic as well as indexing and
abstracting databases to search relevant references on subjects of their study : EconLit, ERIC,
International Political Science Abstracts, LISA, Sociological Abstracts, Social Service Abstracts in
the Reading Room of NASSDOC library.
Reference queries in the field of social sciences from the scholars are responded to via e-mail,
telephone, fax, in person, or through postal correspondence.
Research related information is provided to scholars from NASSDOC’s own library databases and
also by exploring electronic sources and certain internet-based sources.
Books are issued/returned through automatic circulation system-based on Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) Technology.
Referral Service-The scholars are assisted through inter-library loan service and even referred to
other institutions/libraries to consult material that are not available in the library.

Bibliography on Demand

Bibliography on demand is a widely known support service provided by the NASSDOC to social
science research community. Normally, the requests for this paid service are received from scholars
living in cities and small towns where library and documentation services are severely limited.
Bibliography is a systematic descriptive list of published books, periodical articles, etc. as well as
unpublished Ph.D theses and reports on specific subject. Compilation charges are ` 25/- for 25
references plus postal charges. Bibliography order form can be downloaded from the ICSSR website
www.icssr.org

Literature Search Service from Electronic Resources
NASSDOC has a very large and rich collection of CD-ROM/on-line based information sources. These
are used for searching literature/references on specific topic on demand. Some of the most used CD-
ROM/ online databases in NASSDOC are:

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