Sheeja, N K(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, August 15, 2012)
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This paper aims to describe recent developments in the services provided by Indian
electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) repositories. It seeks to explore the prospect of knowledge
formation and diffusion in India and to discuss the potential of open access e-theses repositories for
knowledge management.This study is based on literature review and content analysis of
IndianETDrepository websites. Institutional repositories and electronic thesis and dissertation projects
in India were identified through a literature survey as well as internet searching and browsing.
The study examines the tools, type of contents, coverage and aims of Indian ETD repositories.The paper acknowledges the need for knowledge management for national development.
It highlights the significance of an integrated platform for preserving, searching and retrieving Indian
theses. It describes the features and functions of Indian ETD repositories.The paper provides insights into the characteristics of the national repository of
ETDs of India, which encourage and support open access to publicly-funded research
Sheeja, N K(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, March 10, 2010)
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The purpose of this paper is to examine the information-seeking behavior of science and
social science research scholars, including service effectiveness, satisfaction level on different type of
sources and various methods adopted by the scholars for keeping up to dateData were gathered using a questionnaire survey of 200, randomly
selected, PhD students of science and social science departments of four universities in Kerala, IndiaAlthough similarities exist between social science and science PhD students with regard to
information-seeking behavior, there are significant differences as well. There is a significant difference
between science and social science scholars on the perception of the adequacy of print journals and
database collection which are very relevant to the research purposes. There is no significant difference
between science and social science scholars on the perception of the adequacy of e-journals, the most
used source for keeping up to date. The study proved that scholars of both the fields are dissatisfied
with the effectiveness of the library in keeping them up to date with latest developments