E -RESOURCES

A. Encyclopedias

a. Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ )

b. Encyclopedia of Psychology (http://www.psychology.org/ )

c. Medical Encyclopedia (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html)

d. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/ )

e. WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/ )

B. Dictionaries, Thesauri

Language Dictionaries

a. Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp)

b. English to Punjabi Dictionary (http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Dictionary)

c. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/ )

d. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary ( http://www.oup.com/ )

Subject Dictionaries

e. CABI Thesaurus

f. Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html

g. Dictionary of the Social Sciences ( http://socialsciencedictionary.nelson.com )

h. Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html )

i. Medical Dictionary ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

j. Roget’s Int. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases http://www.bartleby.com/110/ )

k. Roget's Thesaurus ( http://thesaurus.reference.com/ )

C. Yearbooks, Almanacs, Handbooks

a. Union Budget & Economic Survey ( http://indiabudget.nic.in/ )

b. Global Corruption Report 2005 ( http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/

c. Guinness Book of World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)

d. Human Development Reports ( http://hdr.undp.org/reports/)

e. Sipri Yearbook (http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/yearb.html )

f. World Development Indicators 2005 http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2005/wditext/index2.htm

g. World Fact book 2004 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

D. Sources of Biographical Information

a. Biographical Dictionary ( http://www.s9.com/biography/)

b. Bi ographies of Great Indians http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/

c. Biography online (http://www.biographyonline.net/)

E. Sources of Geographical Information

a. City Population http://www.citypopulation.de/

b. Geography http://www.citypopulation.de/

c. Global Gazetteer http://www.calle.com/world/

d. Imperial Gazetteer of India http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

e. Imperial Gazetteer of India (Maps) http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/

f. Indian Historical Maps http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/maps.htm

g. Internet Resources : Geographical Data http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/geographicaldata.htm

h. Maps and GIS sources on the World http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/maps.html

i. Maps of India http://www.mapsofindia.com/

j. Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/

k. Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/

l. World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm

m. World Flag Database (http://www.flags.net/index.php

n. World Gazetteer ( http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm

F. Sources of Statistical Information

a. Census of India (http://www.censusindia.net/ )

b. Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/

c. Demographic and Health Surveys http://www.measuredhs.com/

d. Human Development Resource Centre http://hdrc.undp.org.in/

e. Indian Health Statistical Database http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/National_Family_Health_Survey_1.asp? secid

f. International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/

g. International Statistical yearbooks http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/yearbook/yearmain.htm

h. National Family Health Survey (NFHS), India http://nfhsindia.org/index.html

i. Reserve Bank of India http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx

j. UNICEF Statistical Data http://www.unicef.org/statis/

k. WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm

l. World Bank Data & Statistics http://www.worldbank.org/data/

m. World Trade Organization (WTO) http://www.wto.org/

G. Sources of Educational Information

a. All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE) http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/home.htm

b. Association of Indian Universities(AIU) http://www.aiuweb.org/

c. Association of Commonwealth Universities(AICU) http://www.acu.ac.uk/

d. Colleges & Universities Worldwide http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/

e. Educational Profile of Indian States & UTs http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/stateeduprofile.htm

f. Educational Scholarships http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm

g. Educational Statistics http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/edusta.htm

h. Google Directory for Indian Education http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Education/

i. Higher Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/higedu.htm

j. International Association of Universities(IAU) http://www.unesco.org/iau/index.html

k. National Policy on Education(NPE) http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/natpol.htm

l. Sources of Funding for International Students - Education http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/funding/

m. Study Abroad http://www.studyabroad.com/

n. Technical Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/tecedu.htm

o. UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/

p. University Grants Commission (UGC) http://www.ugc.ac.in/

H. Standards and Patents

a. Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) http://www.bis.org.in/

b. Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/current/patents.htm

c. European Patent Office(EPO) http://ep.espacenet.com/

d. Google Directory of Patents http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/P atents/

e. Google Directory of Standards http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Reference/Standards/

f. Indian Patents Database http://pk2id.delhi.nic.in/

g. Patents & Standards http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/internet/patents.html

h. United States Patents(USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov/

I. Indian Reference Sources

a. Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/

b. Five Year Plans http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html

c. GISTNIC (GISTNIC) http://gist.ap.nic.in/

d. Gateway to Government of India Info over the web http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/

e. Govt. of India: Directory of Educational Institutions http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.html

f. Indian Presidents, Prime Ministers http://www.webindia123.com/history/MODERN/preside.htm

g. Internet Indian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html

h. Online Encyclopedia of Indian politicians http://www.newsnetindia.org/

J. Portals for Open Access Journals

a) Open J-gate : http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspx

b) Directory of Open Access Journals: http://www.doaj.org/

K. Open SMT & Biomedical Engineering Journals

a. http://www.bentham.org/index.htm

b. http://www.springerlink.com/content/

c. http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcvetres

d. http://www.saudijgastro.com/

e. http://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/

f. http://www.biogeosciences.net/

g. http://www.turkjbiochem.com/eng/index.html

L. e-Thesis

Vidyanidhi: Indian Theses Database : http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/

M. e-Books

1. 1. Bartleby: Geart Books Online (http://www.bartleby.com/ )

   2. Digital Book Index (http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm)

   3. Free Tech Books (http://www.freetechbooks.com/ )

   4. Google Book Search (http://books.google.com/ )

   5. Medical Books (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com )

   6. FreePDFeBooksArchive : http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp?CurrentPage=1

   7. Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/

   8. Read Print http://www.readprint.com/

   9. WikiBooks :http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

   10. Agricultural free e-books : http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/

   11. ACM Digital Library : http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm

   12. DigitalLibraryat the University of Pennsylvania : http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

   13. Digital Library of India(1) : http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/

   14. Digital Library of India(2) : http://dli.iiit.ac.in/

   15. IEEE Computer Society's Dgital Library : http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl

   16. IET(Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library http://www.ietdl.org/

   17. International Children's Digital Library : http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

   18. Kalasampada: Digital Library Resource of Indian Cultural Heritage : http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

   19. New York Digital Library Collections : http://www.nypl.org/digital/

   20. National Science Digital Library : http://ndsl.org/

   21. Oxford Digital Library : http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/

   22. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library http://www.tkdl.res.in/

   23. Universal Digital Library : http://www.ulib.org/

e-Conference Alerts

1. 1. Conference Alerts (http://www.conferencealerts.com/ )

   2. Conferences and Events (http://www.chemsoc.org/events/conhome.htm )

   3. GoogleDirectoryofConferences (http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Conferences/)

Government of India

1. 1. Data India - Open Government Data (OGD)Platform India (http://data.gov.in/metrics/central)

   2. Planning Commission of India Reports (http://planningcommission.nic.in/reports/genrep/index.php?repts=b_repgen.htm)

   3. Census of India Digital Library (http://www.censusindia.gov.in/DigitalLibrary/Archive_home.aspx)

   4. Business Knowledge Resource Online (http://business.gov.in/)

Government e-Scholarship Schemes for Students

1. 1. e-scholarships Portal for Minority Students (http://www.momascholarship.gov.in/)

   2. Scholarship Schemes for OBC, SC, ST Students (http://socialjustice.nic.in/scholarships.php)

   3. e-Scholarships Portal-Government of Karnataka (http://karepass.cgg.gov.in/)

   4. https://ssp.postmatric.karnataka.gov.in/