The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : New vigilantism in higher education

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : New vigilantism in higher education

How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

How to Succeed in Business Writing: Don't Be Dickens

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Judicial Standards & Accountability Bill

The Hindu : Opinion / Lead : Judicial Standards & Accountability Bill

Employability Skills and Vocational Education - Dr SS Mantha

Employability Skills and Vocational Education - Dr SS Mantha

Contested texts: issues of plagiarism

What is mine is mine, what is yours is yours....

An article by Stuart Hannabuss

How can journalism be adapted to the internet age?

http://econ.st/eyV3n9

The 25 Best Financial Blogs

The 25 Best Financial Blogs.

Source: Time

Open Library - One webpage for every book

Open Library is an open project: the software is open, the data are open, the documentation is open, and contributions are welcome. Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive, and has been funded in part by a grant from the California State Library and the Kahle/Austin Foundation.

Simple to use interface the Open Library has more than 20 million records and one can read and listen reading books pagewise.

How to read a legal opinion - A guide for new law students.

This essay is designed to help new law students prepare for the first few weeks of class. It explains what judicial opinions are, how they are structured, and what law students should look for when reading them.

by Orin S Kerr, 

Source: SSRN, http://ssrn.com/abstract=1160925

WTO in brief

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations. Its main function is to ensure that trade flows as smoothly, predictably and freely as possible...

Source: WTO

Shodhganga: A reservoir of Indian thesis

The UGC Notification (Minimum Standards & Procedure for Award of M.Phil./ Ph.D Degree, Regulation, 2009) dated 1st June 2009 provides for submission of electronic version of theses and dissertations with an aim to facilitate open access to Indian theses and dissertation to the academic community world-wide. Online availability of electronic theses through centrally-maintained digital repositories, will not only ensure easy access and archiving of Indian doctoral theses but will also help in raising the standard and quality of research. This would overcome serious problem of duplication of research and poor quality resulting from the "poor visibility" and the "unseen" factor in research output. As per the Regulation, the responsibility of hosting, maintaining and making the digital repository of Indian Electronic Theses and Dissertation (Shodhganga) accessible to all institutions and universities is assigned to the INFLIBNET Centre.

Source : Shodhganga@INFLIBNET

The Hindu : Opinion / Open Page : It is outrageous and impracticable in India

The Hindu : Opinion / Open Page : It is outrageous and impracticable in India

Abdul Suhan, SLCU, Christ University.

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)

The main objective of NPTEL program is to enhance the quality of engineering education in the country by developing curriculum based video and web courses. This is being carried out by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore as a collaborative project. 

Source: NPTEL

APA Exposed: Everything you always wanted to know about APA format but were afraid to ask.

A tutorial presentation by Wendy K Mages. In this tutorial you will understand the reasons for using the APA format; basic formatting requirement; explain the author-date method.

Source: Harvard University

eGyankosh

Welcome to eGyanKosh- a National Digital Repository to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. Items in eGyanKosh are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU, unless otherwise indicated. To access the items in repository registration is required. Registration is free.

Source : IGNOU

Medicines: Do they really expire?

Medicines : Do they really expire? 
....that expired medications, in most instances, are safe. It’s a different matter that they may not be as effective or potent past their expiration date...

Source : Gobar Times: Environment for beginners

Citation Indexes and other products of ISI

Citation Indexes and other products of ISI

Article Abstract :

Elaborates the philosophy behind citation indexing and lists the advantages of citation indexes over conventional subject indexes. Introduces the various citation indexes, the Web of Science and other related products developed by Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, USA. Indicates the scope, coverage, different features, and advantages of these products. Besides citation indexes, other products discussed are Specialty Citation Indexes, Journal Citation Reports and Essential Science Indicators.

Source : NISCAIR

Ebrary

Ebrary is an online digital library of more than 2,00,00 full text scholarly ebooks. Ebrary is a paid site but majority of the titles are available online for free.

Ebrary subscribers gets access to additional features like download  full book, mark pages, create notes etc. and can also share/email their notes. 

Non-subscribers on the other hand can view the book and read page-wise.

For more information and surfing visit     ebrary.

British Council Forthcoming events and activities

British Council Forthcoming events and activities

Perodical, Journal or Magazine...What's the difference???

A PERIODICAL is a publication which is issued at regular intervals – daily, weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly etc. The articles in a periodical provides more concise, current and focussed information. They have a variety of purposes and can include news, opinions reviews, scholarly analysis and research. PERIODICALS are divided into two categories: General or Specialized.

General periodicals, also called MAGAZINES, have articles on many subjects, are usually written in popular style for general public. Articles are written by professional writers with or without expertise in the subject; contain "secondary" discussion of events, usually with little documentation (e.g. footnotes). Magazines use vocabulary understandable to most people, and often have lots of eye-catching illustrations. Time, Newsweek are magazines.

Specialized periodicals, also called JOURNALS or PROFESSIONAL PERIODICALS, contain articles pertaining to a particular subject or profession. It is a scholarly periodical aimed at specialists and researchers. Articles are generally written by experts in the subject, using more technical language. They contain original research, conclusions based on data, footnotes or endnotes, and often an abstract or bibliography.