Research Space 

1. UGC-CARE Journals List

2. ICT Initiatives of MHRD

3. Shodh Ganga (Reservoir of Indian Theses)

4. Shodh Gangotri (Repository of Indian Research in Progress) 

5. e-Shodhsindhu (Consortia for Higher Education E-Resources)

6. VIDWAN (Expert Database & Researcher's Network)

7. VIDYA-MITRA (Integrated e-Content Portal of MHRD)

8. UGC-Infonet Digital Library Consortium (Open Access e-Resources)

9. INFOPORT (Gateway for Indian e-Resources)

10. DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Teachers for Knowledge Resource Sharing)

11. Swayam Prabha (Free DTH Channel for Education)

12. e-PG Pathshala (e-content in 70 subjects across all disciplines of Social Sciences, Arts, Fine Arts and Humanities, Natural & Mathematical Sciences)

13. National Knowledge Network

14. DOAR (Directory of Open Access Repositories)

15. DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)

16. DOAB (Directory of Open Access Books)

17. Krishikosh (Institutional Repository of Indian National Agricultural Research)

18. NDLTD (Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations)

19. DART-Europe (European Theses Portal)

20. London School of Theses (LSE) Online

21. OpenTheses (Free Repository of Theses)

22. OATD (Open Access & Theses Dissertations)

23. EThOS (British Library e-Theses Online Service)

24. Internet Archive (Library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more)

25. TED (Talks from Inspiring Teachers)

26. Research Methodology Books

Click here to access the  e-Books

Reference management software, also known as bibliographic management software, helps researchers in storing and organising references, generating citations and bibliographies, and easily converting referencing styles to suit publication requirements, etc.

As there are several different software programmes available, it is important to choose the one that suits individual research needs. Some major software available online is as follows:

1. Mendeley Reference Manager

2. Zotero

3. EndNote

4. EasyBib

5. RefWorks

6. Cite4me

7. Citationsy

8. Biblioscape

9. Refbase

10. MyBib

11. Citefast

Plagiarism Software brings you the ease to check plagiarism for any textual content. Try the best online plagiarism software below: 

1. Urkund

2. Turnitin

3. Plagiarism Checker

4. iThenticate

5. Plagiarism Detector

6. Grammarly

7. Whitesmoke

8. Dupli Checker

9. Plagiarism Check.org

10. Copyleaks

11. Viper Plagiarism Checker

12. Check for Plagiarism

13. Webconf Similar Page Checker

14. Plagtracker

15. Plagiarisma

16. Unicheck

17. Plagium

18. Copyscape

19. DMCA Scan

The following are the major citation styles used in academic writing:

1. American Psychological Association (APA)

APA style was created by the American Psychological Association and was originally used in psychology and social sciences. Today, many other disciplines also use it. APA citation style uses an author-date system of parenthetical citation. 

• Click here to download APA- 7th Ed. Reference examples

• Click here to download the APA Guide

• Click here for APA Online Citation Generator

2. Modern Language Association (MLA) 

MLA style (currently in its 8th edition) was developed by the Modern Language Association and is especially popular in language and literary studies. MLA uses parenthetical citations containing the author and page number. 

• Click here to download the MLA Guide

• Click here for MLA Online Citation Generator

3. Harvard Referencing

The Harvard referencing style is often used in the field of economics. There is no official style guide, which means there are a few variations. Some organizations like the British Standards Institution and the Australian Government Publishing Service (AGPS), have published their own style guides for the Harvard style. Like APA style, Harvard style is based on an author-date system. 

• Click here to download the Harvard Referencing Guide

• Click here for Harvard Referencing Online Citation Generator

4. Chicago Referencing

The Chicago style is published by The Chicago Manual of Style. There are two variations: 

Chicago A: You cite the source in a footnote or endnote, and Chicago B: You use a parenthetical author-date citation in the text.

• Click here to download the Chicago Guide

• Click here for the Chicago Online Citation Generator

5. Other Citation Styles

Ref: https://www.scribbr.com/citing-sources/citation-styles/ 

Most of the time, after long hours spent searching for information through Google and pulling up plenty of endless results, you’re frustrated with the internet. You need reputable sources for your academic research, and you need them now.  

Here we have compiled some best free Search Engines that may be useful in research work:

1. Microsoft Academic

Microsoft Academic is a reliable, comprehensive research tool. The search engine pulls content from over 120 million publications, including scientific papers, conferences and journals. You can search directly by topic, or you can search by an extensive list of fields of study. 

2. WoldWideScience 

Its a gateway of Global Science knowledge and governed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information (U.S. Department of Energy). The site utilizes databases from over 70 countries. When users type a query, it hits databases from all over the world and will display both English and translated results from related journals and academic resources. 

3. Virtual Learning Resource Centre (VLRC)

This is an online index hosting thousands of scholarly websites, all of which are selected by the global Librarians and Teachers. The site provides students and teachers with current, valid information for school and university academic projects. 

4. Researchgate

ResearchGate is a unique social networking site for scientists and researchers. Here are over 11 million researchers submit their work, which totals more than 100 million publications that can be accessed by anyone. You can search by publication, data and author, or you can even ask the researchers questions. 

5. Science.gov

This search engine pulls information from over 60 databases, over 2,200 websites and 200 million pages of journals, documents and scientific data. Search results can be filtered by author, date, topic and format (text or multimedia). 

6. Educational Resources Information Centre (ERIC)

ERIC is a great tool for academic research with more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of articles and online materials. It provides access to the education-related literature, including books, journal articles, conference papers and policy papers, etc.

7. Refseek

The Refseek engine pulls from over one billion web pages, encyclopedias, journals and books. It focuses more on scientific and academic results. It also has an option to search documents directly, providing easy access to PDFs of academic papers. 

8. Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. It allows you to see articles related to the one that might interest you, how many times an article has been cited and by whom, and provides citations for articles in several styles  

9. Google Books

Google Books, previously known as Google Book Search, searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database. It provides the facility to read, download, cite, link, or translate a book or magazine.  

10. Wolfram Alpha

This is a self-described “computational knowledge engine. You may simply type in a topic or question interested in, and the answer will show up without making you scroll through pages of results. This is especially handy for those in need of help in maths.  

11. iSeek

iSeek is a great search engine for students, teachers and administrators. It draws scholarly resources from universities, government and established non-commercial sites. 

12. Infotopia

This is an academic search engine that pulls from results that have been curated by Librarians, teachers and other educationalists. A unique search feature allows users to select a category, which ranges from arts to science and technology, and then see a list of internal and external resources pertaining to the topic. 

13. Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE) 

This is the most useful search engine, especially for searching academic web resources. The site contains results from over 100 million documents, and the "advanced search" option allows users to narrow their research. 

14. Lexis Web

Lexis Web is mostly used for any law-related inquiries. The results are drawn from legal sites, which can be filtered by criteria such as news, blog, government and commercial. Users can also filter results by jurisdiction, practice area, source and file format. 

15. PubMed Central

This search engine is devoted to healthcare or science. The database contains more than 3 million full-text journal articles related to health-related research and studies, and includes citations and abstracts to more than 26 million articles. 

Ref:https://www.rasmussen.edu/student-experience/college-life/15-educational-search-engines/  

• Guidelines

1. UGC Guideline Document of Good Academic Research Practices (Sep. 2020)

2. Guidelines of UGC Scheme for Trans-disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE)

3. URKUND Users Guide for Faculty and Scholars

• Notification/ Circulars

1. UGC Notification for Plagiarism as on 31.07.2018

2. Two credit courses for awareness about Research & Publication Ethics (RPE) to be made compulsory for Ph.D. students...

3. UGC Approved List of Journals has been replaced by UGC-CARE list w.e.f. 14.06.2019

4. Notice regarding Self-Plagiarism

प्रबंध किंवा शोधनिबंधात स्वत:च्याच पूर्वलिखित मजकुरातील भाग वापरणे किंवा शोधनिबंधातील मजकूर पुन्हा जसाच्या तसा वापरणेही वाङ्मयचौर्य म्हणून गृहीत धरण्यात येणार आहे. विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोगाने याबाबत स्पष्टीकरण दिले आहे. स्वत:च्या पूर्वी प्रसिद्ध झालेल्या शोधनिबंधातील मजकूर नव्या निबंधात किंवा प्रबंधामध्ये वापरण्यावरून अनेक वाद विद्यापीठे आणि संशोधन संस्थांमध्ये निर्माण झाले आहेत. एकापेक्षा अधिक प्राध्यापक, विद्यार्थ्यांनी लिहिलेल्या शोधनिबंधातील मजकुराचा अनेकांनी प्रबंधासाठी वापर करणे, जुन्या शोधनिबंधात जुजबी बदल करून नवे संशोधन असल्याचा दावा करणे अशा घटना संशोधन संस्थांमध्ये वारंवार समोर येतात. आपल्याच शोधनिबंधातील मजकुराचा पुनर्वापर वैध आहे की नाही यावरून सुरू असलेल्या वादांवर आता विद्यापीठ अनुदान आयोगाने काहीसा पडदा टाकला आहे. संशोधकाने त्याच्या शोधनिबंधातील मजकुराचा नव्या शोधनिबंधासाठी पुनर्वापर केला तर ते वाङ्मयचौर्य म्हणून ग्राह्य़ धरण्यात येईल असे आयोगाने स्पष्ट केले आहे. संदर्भ आणि श्रेय न देता मजकुराचा पुनर्वापर करण्यात आला असल्यास शोधनिबंध स्वीकारला जाणार नाही, असेही आयोगाने म्हटले आहे. त्याबाबत स्वतंत्र नियमावलीही तयार करण्यात येत आहे.

स्ववाङ्मयाचे चौर्य कसे?

• लेखकाने किंवा संशोधकाने पूर्वी लिहिलेला मजकूर पूर्ण किंवा त्यातील काही भाग नव्या शोधनिबंधासाठी वापरल्यास

• प्रकाशित झालेला शोधनिबंध दुसऱ्या संशोधनपत्रिकेत प्रकाशित केल्यास

• अभ्यासातील काही भाग स्वतंत्रपणे वापरून त्याला नव्या शोधनिबंधाचे स्वरूप देणे

• संदर्भ आणि श्रेय न देता मजकुराचा पुनर्वापर केल्यास

• स्वत:च्याच शोधनिबंधाचे श्रेयांक नाहीत

शोधनिबंध प्रकाशित झाल्यानंतर त्याचा इतर संशोधक संदर्भासाठी किती वापर करतात त्यानुसार शोधनिबंधाचा उल्लेख निर्देश (सायटेशन इंडेक्स) ठरवला जातो. अधिक उल्लेख निर्देश असलेल्या शोधनिबंधासाठी अधिक श्रेयांक असतात. त्याचे अधिक महत्त्व असते. एखाद्या संशोधकाने त्याच्या शोधनिबंधाचा संदर्भ पुढील शोधनिबंधासाठी वापरल्यास त्याचे श्रेयांक ग्राह्य़ धरण्यात येणार नाहीत, असे आयोगाने स्पष्ट केले आहे)

5. UGC Letter Reg.: UGC (Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism

6. UGC Regulations 2018 for Promotion of Academic Integrity and Prevention of Plagiarism in Higher Educational Institutions

• Guidelines

1. Guidelines of Shivaji University Research Strengthening  Scheme (w.e.f. academic year 2018-2019)

2. Impactful Policy Research in Social Science (IMPRESS)

• Notification/ Circulars

1. M.Phil- Ph.D. Course Work Structure (27/07/22)

2. Regulations for Preventions of Plagiarism