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Unit 12: Database: Networked and Distributed Database in Social Science

y the image-textual information service Notes
y the distribution of electronic publication
y the E-mail service
y the bulletin board service
y the file transferring service
y the service of access to online public catalogue
y the service of remote CD retrieval
y the service of remote TV conference
y the service of users electronic forum
y the service of users dibbling

Task Give some examples of database resources available on internet.

Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
9. One of the greatest developments in the information technology in recent years
is…………………, digital storage media libraries.
10. A …………….can play a major role in providing access to the full text of publications to the
member libraries.
11. A ……………..is one of the emerging tool kits for the survival of libraries.

12.4 Summary

y Databases are systematically organized collections of information covering different subject
matters or specializing in one given subject or topic.
y Common bibliographic database fields are: author, publication title, article title, subject or
keywords, publication date, volume, issue and page number.
y The DARE database offers over 11,000 worldwide references to social science research and
training institutes; social sciences specialists; social science documentation and information
services; social science periodicals.
y The ERIC database is the world’s largest source of education information. The database contains
more than one million abstracts of education-related documents and journal articles.
y Population Index is the primary reference tool to the world’s population literature.
y Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid worldwide dissemination of
social science research and is composed of a number of specialised research networks in each
of the social sciences.
y A network can be defined “as group of individuals or organizations that are interconnected.
y Distributed database is a logical database that is physically divided among computers at
several sites on a network.

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