THE COVERAGE OF INDIAN LITERATURE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES ON CD-ROM - SOCIOFILE, ECONLIT, LISA AND PSYCHLIT

Authors

  • Parvathamma N
  • N. Parvathamma Department of Library and Information Science Gulbarga University, Gulbarga 585 106, India

Keywords:

CD-ROM search, CD-ROM database, Computerised search, Social science, Indian periodicals, Periodical coverage on CD-ROM

Abstract

The study of four bibliographic databases in social science on CD-ROM, namely, Sociofile, EconLIT, LISA and PsycLit, show that the coverage of Indian publications and Indian periodicals, on the average, amounts to only 0.5 % and 1.16 % respectively. Of the 626 Indian periodicals published in Sociology, Economics, Library and Information Science, and Psychology, 489 (78.1%) periodicals are published in the English language.  Among these 489 English periodicals, only 45 (9.2%) are covered in the four bibliographic databases under study. Therefore, there is a need to publish bibliographic databases covering Indian literature in the above areas on CD-ROM and other machine-readable forms, preferably by private enterprises, to ensure promptness in publication and market oriented approach.

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Published

09-03-2017

How to Cite

N, P., & Parvathamma, N. (2017). THE COVERAGE OF INDIAN LITERATURE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASES ON CD-ROM - SOCIOFILE, ECONLIT, LISA AND PSYCHLIT. Malaysian Journal of Library and Information Science, 1(1). Retrieved from https://ajba.um.edu.my/index.php/MJLIS/article/view/1693

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (1996): MJLIS, VOL. 1, NO. 1, 1996

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