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Notes professional matter and sometimes they may direct the queries to the expert member of
the body.
(iii) Industrial Liaison Officer: These officers provide particularly the preliminary information
needed to put a firm on the right track and for information which needs to be given
personally and supported by practical advice in order to be fully effective. They visit
firms, explore their needs and problems and help them to find solutions, sometimes
directly on the spot, more often by putting them in touch with specialized sources of
information and assistance or refer to some other specialists.
(iv) Mass Media: Mass media is a means of communication of information through broadcasting
and telecasting or a combination of these two for the masses, which is more effective than
any documentary sources.

Caselet Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)

he Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) contains more than 1.2 million
abstracts of journal articles and research reports on education-related topics. The
Tdatabase can be searched by going to www.eric.ed.gov, or by using ERIC in
commercial databases provided in many libraries. Most ERIC documents are available
electronically, in print, or on microfiche in libraries. Many non-journal materials are
available, at no charge, as PDF documents or via links to publisher Web sites. Check with
your local library (academic, public, etc.) to find out if they can provide journal articles or
documents that are not available online. If the library cannot do this for you, print copies
of journal articles can be purchased through such article reprint services as Ingenta
(www.ingentaconnect.com).
ProQuest® Education Journals: The database includes more than 750 journals in
primary, secondary, and university-level education. More than 600 of these titles
include full texts of the articles. This and similar ProQuest products are available at
many libraries.

JSTOR: This is a database of academic journals, monographs, and other academic
papers from multiple disciplines, including the social sciences, humanities, and the
sciences. It is available from libraries that subscribe to the service. Individuals in the
United States can subscribe for a modest amount; JSTOR made special arrangements
for individuals in Africa to have access to this database for free (www.jstor.org).
PsycINFO: This is a product of the American Psychological Association (APA) that
contains indexes and abstracts from 1,300 journals, as well as books and book chapters
related to psychology. Both members and non-members can search the database
and purchase articles. Information about that is at http://psycnet. apa.org/
index.cfm?fa=main.landing. As with other databases, you can check on its availability
at your local library.

PsycARTICLES: This is another product of the APA, but it includes the full text
articles of 42 journals related to psychology that APA publishes. Information about
this database can be found at http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=main.landing.
The database can be searched by APA members and by non-members (for a small
fee).
Source: http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/29986_Chapter3.pdf

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