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Unit 10: Library Information Systems and Networks

NASSDOC Databases Publications Notes
NASSDOC is involved in creation of databases and information locating tools. Theses tools are available
in printed form and some of them are also available on floppies. These are of different type as mentioned
below:
Library databases, Directories, Indexes, Union Catalogues, Bibliographies
Annotated Index to Indian Social Science Journals, 2005
Bibliographic Data Bank (1), 2005
Bibliographic Data Bank (2), Jan.2002-Dec.2004
Conference Alert July 2005 onwards
Directory of Social Science Research and Training Institutes in India 2005

Directory of Social Scientists in India
ICSSR Research Project Reports, 2000–2005
INSPEL (Indian Social Science Periodical Literature) up to 1970
Online Public Access Catalogue (all the documents available in the NASSDOC library, e.g., Books,
Theses, Research Reports etc.
Union List of Current Social Science & Humanities Periodicals :Delhi Libraries 2004–05.
Doctoral Dissertation Abstracts 2003–2004

Holding List of Periodicals 2007
Accession List (Qly).

Self Assessment

Multiple Choice Questions:
6. National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources (NISCAIR), located
at:
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi
(c) Chennai (d) Kolkata.
7. Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre (DESIDOC) is a division of the
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) located in:
(a) New Delhi (b) Bangalore
(c) Delhi (d) Kolkata.
8. The National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), a constituent unit of the
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), was established in the year:

(a) 1970 (b) 1870
(c) 1980 (d) 1907.

Current Awareness Service (CAS)
NASSDOC provides current awareness service by bringing out different publications at regular
intervals. Moreover, photocopies of references included in the CAS publications are provided whenever
there is a request for that by the scholars. Following are the serial publications of NASSDOC available
at the sales counter of the ICSSR:

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