Information Resources and Search
Strategies
Dr. S. Srinivasa Ragavan
&
Mr. Surulinathi
Department of Library & Information Science
Introduction
 Rapid growth in electronic information due to Internet
and its related technologies.
 Web originated in 1991 as an organisation-wide
collaborative environment at CERN - European
laboratory for particle physics, for sharing research
documents in nuclear physics.
 Now encompasses a variety of information sources electronic journals, pre-prints, technical reports,
databases, library catalogues, educational materials,
career
sources,
information
on
organizations,
associations and so forth.
Sources of Information
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Primary sources
Databases, data sets and collections
Books and reference sources
Organizations and people
PRIMARY SOURCES
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Conferences
Courseware/tutorials/guides/ manuals
Discussion groups
Electronic journals (Full text)
Patents
Projects (current)
Software
Standards
Technical reports
Theses and dissertations
DATABASES, DATA SETS AND COLLECTIONS
 Abstracting and indexing databases (bibliographic
databases)
 Citation databases
 Digital collections (images, audio, video)
 Equipment/ product catalogues
 Scientific data sets (numeric, property, structural
databases)
 Library catalogues (including union catalogues)
 Museum and archives
 Virtual libraries
BOOKS AND REFERENCE SOURCES
 Books
 Reference sources
(dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographies,
abbreviations, thesauri, handbooks)
 Maps
Forms of digital info disseminations
 email, group mail, podcasting, digital
narratives
 power point presentations, texting, eportfolios,
 static websites, simulations, e-learning,
 blogiging and dynamic library websites.
Digital Resources in Libraries
(subscribed)
 e-books
 online Databases – full text- bibliographic CD RoM
Databases
 e-journals, e-reports
 Institutional/Local digital contents
 ETDs
 Codes, Standards, Patents
 AV resources and Multimedia
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(Open Sources)
Websites, home pages
Gateways and portals
Full text Databases
Scholarly Publications
Search Engines
Discussion Groups, open software
applications
 Courseware etc.
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EBSCO
 Business Source Premier is the industry’s most used
business research database, providing full text for more
than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than
1,100 peer-reviewed titles.
 This database provides full text back to 1886, and
searchable cited references back to 1998.
 Business Source Premier is superior to the competition
in full text coverage in all disciplines of business,
including marketing, management, MIS, POM,
accounting, finance and economics.
EBSCO
DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals. This service covers
free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly
journals. We aim to cover all subjects and languages.
There are now 4970 journals in the directory.
Currently 2023 journals are searchable at article level.
As of today 385493 articles are included in the DOAJ
service.
DOAJ: Business and Management Journals
Emerald
 Good research in management should help the
world to be better managed.
 As the world’s leading publisher of business and
management research, with 200 journals and
 Wide range of serials, series and books in
management and related fields, we believe we
have an important role in encouraging research
which helps the world be better managed.
Emerald
JSTOR
 JSTOR is a not–for–profit service that helps
scholars, researchers, and students discover, use,
and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted
digital archive of over one thousand academic
journals and other scholarly content.
 Business (141 titles)
 Finance (11 titles)
JSTOR: http://www.jstor.org/
Sciencedirect
 Business, Management and Accounting
 963 Titles are available in Sciencedirect
Sciencedirect
Google Scholar
 Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly
search for scholarly literature. From one place, you
can search across many disciplines and sources:
articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions,
from academic publishers, professional societies,
online repositories, universities and other web
sites.
 Google Scholar helps you find relevant work
across the world of scholarly research.
Google Scholar
Citation@Google Scholar
ProQuest
 ProQuest is a resource of electronic collections
containing millions of documents originally published
in magazines, newspapers, and journals.
 ProQuest provides seamless access to and navigation
of more than 125 billion digital pages of the world's
scholarship, delivering it to the desktop and into the
workflow of serious researchers in multiple fields,
from arts, literature, and social science to general
reference, business, science, technology, and medicine.
 The world's largest digital newspaper archive,
periodical databases comprising the output of more
than 9,000 titles and spanning more than 500 years, the
pre-eminent dissertation collection, and various other
scholarly collections.
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 Nearly 30,000 full text dissertations in the areas of
business, psychology, physical sciences, health,
education and more.
 Concise business information from nearly 9,000
market reports across 43 industries in 40 countries.
 ProQuest Central is designed to be the single-most
used database in the library and beyond. It boasts over
160 subjects including core subject areas such as:
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Business and economics
Health and medical
News and world affairs
Science
Education
Technology
ProQuest
Prowess Database
 Prowess is a database of Indian corporates It provides a detail
information on around 23000 individual companies.
The database covers most of the
 Organized industrial activities
 Banking
 Organised financial and other services sectors in India.
 75 per cent of all corporate taxes
 Over 95 per cent of excise duty collected by the Government of
India.
 The database of the financials covering 1,500 data items and ratios
per company. Besides, it provides quantitative information on
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Production
Sales
Consumption of raw material
Energy.
Prowess
Taylor and Francis Groups:
Business and Management
Scirus ETD
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
 The IMF works to foster global growth
and economic stability.
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provides
policy
advice
and
financing to members in economic
difficulties and also works with
developing nations to help them
achieve macroeconomic stability and
reduce poverty.
IMF Resources
Global Data
IMF Financial Data
Exchange Rates Data
Standards & Codes
Manuals & Guides
Real Sector Statistics
Meetings and Related Statistical
Materials
 Monetary and Financial Statistics
 Government Finance
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International Monetary Fund
World Bank
 The World Bank is a vital source of financial
and technical assistance to developing
countries around the world.
 Our mission is to fight poverty with passion
and professionalism for lasting results and
to help people help themselves and their
environment
by
providing
resources,
sharing knowledge, building capacity and
forging partnerships in the public and
private sectors.
World Bank Resources
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World Development Indicators
Global Development Finance
African Development Indicators
Global Economic Monitor (GEM
Education Statistics
Health Nutrition and Population Statistics
Millennium Development Indicators
Gender Statistics
International Comparison Program
Joint External Data Hub (JEDH)
Logistics Performance Index (LPI)
The World Bank
Reserve Bank of India
 The Reserve Bank of India was established on
April 1, 1935 in accordance with the provisions
of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.
 To regulate the issue of Bank Notes and
keeping of reserves with a view to securing
monetary stability in India and generally to
operate the currency and credit system of the
country to its advantage."
RBI Publications
Statutory
Annual Report
 Trend and Progress of Banking in India
Others
 A Profile of Banks
 Annual Accounts Data of Scheduled Commercial Banks
 Annual Report on Banking Ombudsman Scheme
 Basic Statistical Returns of Scheduled Commercial Banks in India
 Branch Banking Statistics
 Directory of Commercial Bank Offices in India
 Gist of RBI Schemes of Defaulter Lists
 Handbook of Monetary Statistics of India
 Handbook of Statistics on Indian Economy
 Macroeconomic and Monetary Developments
 Manual on Financial and Banking Statistics
 Report on Currency and Finance
 State Finances : A Study of Budgets
 Statistical Tables Relating to Banks in India
RBI
OECD (Organization for economic
co-operation and development)
 Establised in the year of 1961
 Membership about 30 countries
Aim of OECD
 OECD brings together the governments of countries committed to
democracy and the market economy from around the world to:
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Support sustainable economic growth
Boost employment
Raise living standards
Maintain financial stability
Assist other countries' economic development
Contribute to growth in world trade
 The Organization provides a setting where governments compare policy
experiences, seek answers to common problems, identify good practice
and coordinate domestic and international policies.
World Trade Organisation
 The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only
global international organization dealing with the rules
of trade between nations.
 At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and
signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and
ratified in their parliaments.
 The goal is to help producers of goods and services,
exporters, and importers conduct their business.
WTO Resources
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Statistics Database
International Trade Statistics
Comprehensive tariff data
Inter-agency activities
Special events
Staff working papers
World Trade Report
Trade profiles
Special studies
WTO discussion papers
AIMA (All India Management Association)
 It is helping the Indian managers to make the most of the new
opportunities
 It is assimilating the changed global perspective and equipping the
Indian managers for it.
 Founded in the year 1957, All India Management Association
(AIMA) is an apex body of management with over 30,000
individual members, 3000 institutional members and 60 Local
Management Association across India and overseas.
 AIMA undertakes a host of management related activities and
initiatives such as Distance Management Education, Management
Development Programmes, Special Conferences, Research &
Publications, Testing Services and Competitions.
Services
 Centre for Management Education
 Distance learning Programmes - PGDM, PGDITM,
PGCM & ACM
 Centre for Management Services
 Management Aptitude Test (MAT) Admissions /
Recruitment Tests/ Corporate Tests
 Centre for Management Development
 National Events & Competitions, Management
Simulation Games, MDP's, Management Quizes, &
Awards
 LMA Relation and Membership
 over 3,000 institutional members and 30,000
individual members.
AIMA
National Institute of Financial
Management (NIFM)
 NIFM was set up in 1993 on the basis of a proposal
made by Ministry of Finance, which was approved by
the Union Cabinet.
 NIFM Publications includes reports, monographs,
working papers, discussion papers and reprints.
 NIFM Journal of Public Financial Management is a
Bi-annual periodical it covers on the broad areas of
Public Economics, Public Finance, and Fiscal &
Budgetary Management
NIFM
CAG- Controller and Auditor General
 To Promote excellence in public sector audit and
accounting services towards improving the quality of
governance
 To enhance accountability of executive to the
parliament and state legislatures by carrying out
audits in the public sector and providing accounting
services in the states in accordance with the
constitution of India and laws as well as best
international practices.
 To provide technical guidance and support to local
bodies including Panchayati Raj institutions to
enhance their accountability
Services
 Monitor media coverage of news relating to
CAG/CAG’s Audit Reports.
 All receipts and expenditure from public
monies, economy, finance, PSUs, schemes and
programs funded by the Government of India
and State Governments’; by Print, Electronic
and Web Media.
CAG
Indian Institute of Banking and
Finance
Mission
 to develop professionally qualified and competent
bankers and finance professionals primarily through
a process of education, training, examination,
consultancy/counselling
and
continuing
professional development programs“
Vision
 To be the premier Institute for developing and
nurturing competent professionals in banking and
finance field.
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Objectives
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To facilitate study of theory & practice of banking and finance.
To test and certify attainment of competence in the profession of
banking and finance.
To collect, analyse and provide information needed by professionals in
banking and finance.
To promote continuous professional development.
To promote and undertake research relating to Operations, Products,
Instruments, Processes, etc. in Banking and Finance and to encourage
innovation and creativity among finance professionals so that they
could face competition and succeed.
IIBF
Harvard Business School
Indian School of Business
IFMR (Institute for Financial
Management and Research)
The National Institute of Public Finance
and Policy (NIPFP)
Journal Impact Factor (JIF or IF)
 IF First discribed by Garfield in 1955
 IF was first used in the early 1960s to help select
journals for what would evolve to become the
Science Citation Index (SCI)
 For electronic messaging and communication
among participating institutions.
 Thomson Scientific Publishers the ISI’s Journal
Citation Reports (JCR) & Science Citation Index,
Expanded (SCI –E) and Calculates IF.
Impact factor
 It is the rate of citations that articles in a journal
receive divided by the number of articles that a
journal publisher has become over time a
crucial indicator of journal quality given the ISI
a monopoly position in the evaluation of
journal quality
Calculation
 For example, the impact factor 2010 for a
journal would be calculated as follows:
 A = the number of times articles published in 200809 were cited in indexed journals during 2010
 B = the number of articles, reviews, proceedings or
notes published in 2008-2009
 impact factor 2010 = A/B
(Note that 2008 impact factors are actually published in 2009; they
cannot be calculated until all of the 2008 publications have been
received by the indexing agency.)
H-Index
 The h-index is an index that attempts to measure both
the scientific productivity and the apparent scientific
impact of a scientist.
 The index is based on the set of the scientist's most
cited papers and the number of citations that they have
received in other people's publications.
 The index can also be applied to the productivity and
impact of a group of scientists, such as a department or
university or country.
 The index was suggested by Jorge E. Hirsch,
Use of alternative measures to JIF
 Hirch definition of “h index”
 “A scientist has index “h” if h of his or her Np
papers have at least h citations each and the
other (Np –h) papers have ≤ h citations each”
 Hence, h is the highest number of papers a
scientist has that have each received at least
that number of citations. For example, if a
scientist has written 50 papers, 30 of which
has achieved 30 or more citations, his or her
h-index is 30
H-index
Highly impact factor journal in Management
Rank
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Impact Factor
MIS Quarterly (5.83)
Acad. Manage. J.(5.02)
Acad. Manage. Rev.(4.37)
Organization Science(3.13)
Adm. Sci. Quart.(2.91)
Strategic Manage. J.(2.83)
Acad. Man. Learn. Ed.(2.80)
Organ. Res. Methods(2.55)
Int. J. Bus. Stud.(2.28)
ISI indexed journals with a high h-index
Journal Titlte
H-Index Published in
International Journal of Project Management
27
Europe
ACM Transactions on Computer Human Interaction
26
USA
Journal of Knowledge Management
26
Europe
Empirical Economics
24
Europe
Accounting Horizons
23
USA
European Management Journal
23
Europe
Journal of Empirical Finance
23
Europe
European Journal of Marketing
22
Europe
Journal of Environmental Management
22
Europe
Journal of Financial Services Research
22
USA