Chemical Information and Its Databases. 20,1-2;1995;34-55
Explains chemical information and categories chemical databases. Gives brief account of structure and nomenclature dictionary databases; bibliographical databases; factual/numeric databases; commercial and industrial databases and full-text databases along with provider's name, contents, period covered and name of the systems on which these are available. Also, indicates the growth pattern of these databases.
PRAKASH CHAND, ARORA (SK), NARENDRA KUMAR & PICHAPPAN (P). Chemical Information and Its Databases. 20,1-2;1995;34-55
Explains chemical information and categories chemical databases. Gives brief account of structure and nomenclature dictionary databases; bibliographical databases; factual/numeric databases; commercial and industrial databases and full-text databases along with provider's name, contents, period covered and name of the systems on which these are available. Also, indicates the growth pattern of these databases.
NARENDRA KUMAR. Citation Study as a Tool for Evaluation of Journal Collection Use: A Case Study. 9,1;1984; 48-64
Deals with the citation analysis of 122 research papers, written by the users of Delhi University Library in the field of biology published during July 1981 to June 1983. The questionnaire method was adopted to find out the bibliographical details or research papers. Data reveals that 61% of the biological periodicals in library have been cited which are origination from USA (48.43%), UK (15.65%) and India (12.50%); and represents the half-life of the Journal collection as 8 years and 4 months. The other aspects studied include distribution of citations, currency of usage, productivity and specific journal usage. The ranking of journals based on the study is correlate with another study of Temple University of Philadelphia (McCaine and Bobick, 1981). A ranked list of 25 highly cited and 25 least cited periodicals of Delhi University Library in biology is given in the appendix.
PRAKASH CHAND & SENGAR (Dharmendra Singh). Bibliometric Study of Solar Energy Research in India . 25,1;2000;70-84
Presents bibliometric analysis of the data of solar energy research collected from ISA, INPAT, INSPEC SCI databases and also scanned annual reports of other Indian R & D organizations covering 1992-97 period for the purpose. It gives quantitative and qualitative assessment of R&D output contributed by the scientists and organization and presents rank order of the institutions, which have made their contribution in the discipline of solar energy research. Analysis also indicates thrust areas of solar energy research.
PRAKASH CHAND. Emerging Information Environment: Challenges and Role for Information Profession. 23,1;1998;62-73
The technological advancement and changed scenario have put new challenges before LIS profession such as information overload, communication revolution, computer revolution, globalization, emergence of new disciplines, change resistance, displacement in LIS viable solution of these challenges are to be searched by the professionals displaying their all-round knowledge of the subject which they are supposed to deal with, professional skill, technology application and its implementation, management skills, adoption of new developments and professional attitudes. It also lists the expected role of LIS profession in the transformed world of information.