Conference Alert - October 2016 onwards

E-resources of NASSDOC & ICSSR Consortia

Econlit with full text (EBSCO): Contains all of the indexing available in EconLit, plus full text for nearly 600 journals, including the American Economic Association journals with no embargo (American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, and Journal of Economic Perspectives). This database also contains many non-English full-text journals in economics & finance. Volume and issue browsing is available for all full-text journals. It provides links to full-text articles in all fields of economics, including capital markets, country studies, econometrics, economic forecasting, environmental economics, government regulations, labour economics, monetary theory, urban economics and much more. Users can also access Computer Source Consumer Edition, Military & Government Collection, Primary Search, ERIC & MAS ultra

(Accessible at 24 ICSSR Research Institutes, 2 Regional Centres, NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Indiastat (Datanet India): Indiastat is India's comprehensive information portal that provides recent, authentic & exhaustive socio-economic data/information. It is a cluster of 51 sites including India-specific, Sector specific and State specific sites with authentic and comprehensive compilation of secondary level socio-economic statistical data about India and its states on more than 35 variables

(Accessible at 22 ICSSR Research Institutes, 2 Regional Centres, NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

JSTOR: JSTOR is an online archival database produced by ITHAKA, a non- profit organisation. It provides access to full text journal articles from more than 2000 academic journals and scholarly content. The contents are provided by more than 900 publishers in more than 50 disciplines. Because of JSTOR’s archival mission, there is a gap from 1-5 years between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR. The most recent 3-5 years are generally unavailable. The subjects covered are: Economics, Political Science, Social Work, Sociology and Criminal Justice, Geography, Education, Psychology, Asian Studies, Public Policy, Library Science, Population Studies, Management, Business, Marketing and Finance, Public Affairs, History, etc.. Overall subjects have been categorised in different Collection (I – IX). Links have been provided from JSTOR to titles that are common to JSTOR and other collections e.g. Project MUSE, Periodicals Index Online, etc.

(Accessible at 22 ICSSR Research Institutes, 2 Regional Centres, NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Prowess IQ (Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, CMIE): Prowess is database of large and medium Indian firms. It includes the data on the financial performance of the firms from 1989 onwards. It contains detailed information of over 20,000 firms. These comprise - All companies traded on India's major stock exchanges and several others including the central public sector enterprises. The database covers most of the - Organised Industrial activities; Banking and Organised financial and other services sectors in India. Prowess provides detailed information on each company. This includes a normalised database of the financials covering 1,500 data items and ratios per company. Besides, it provides quantitative information on - Production, Sales, and Consumption of raw material and Energy. Totally, the number of indicators per company is close to two thousand. Such information is usually available for over ten years. 

(Accessible at 29 ICSSR Research Institutes, 2 Regional Centres, NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Sage Research Method Online Database: Sage Research Methods Online Database provides access to more than 600 Books, 100,000 pages of book, journal and reference content covering almost 2,000 qualitative and mixed methods topics and terms from SAGE. Its “Methods Map” allows to create a visual search “map” from the taxonomy that links methods or authors. “Methods Collection” allows listing of the articles and chapters that have been found most useful and a user can explore other user’s lists using the Methods Collections – and share his/her collection with colleagues and students. SRM includes video interviews with some of the leading authors in the field. It provides Counter Compliant Usage Statistics, MARC Records, Open URL Compliance and DOIs for book chapters registered with Cross Ref.

(Accessible at NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

J Gate: J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature. Launched in 2001 by Informatics India Limited, J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles available online offered by 4700+ Publishers. It presently has a massive database of journal literature, indexed from 13860+ e-journals with links to full text at publisher sites. In J-Gate cover-to-cover indexing is done. Coverage of over 50 lac articles with back files for majority of them from 2001 onwards and in some case of some publishers starting from their first issue also. NASSDOC has subscribed to (1) Social Science & Management Collection and (2) Library & Information Science Collection.

(Accessible at NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Soc-Index with Full Text (Ebsco-Host): SocINDEX offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. It contains informative abstracts for core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895 and provides data mined from priority coverage journals and selective coverage journals. Complete with extensive indexing for books, monographs, conference papers and other non-periodical content sources and also includes searchable cited references. It includes: nearly 900 full-text journals and magazines; more than 850 full-text books and monographs; dozens of working papers, dissertations and conference proceedings; Abstracts for more than 1,500 core coverage journals dating as far back as 1895; Data mined from 330 priority coverage journals; nearly 2.5 million records and subject headings from a 27,000+ term sociological thesaurus.

(Accessible at NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Political Science Complete (Ebsco-Host): Political Science Complete provides extensive coverage of political topics with a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse. Designed specifically for students, researchers and government institutions, it covers top-ranked scholarly journals, many of which are unique to the product. It includes, more than 660 full-text journals, nearly 340 full-text reference books and monographs, nearly 45,000 full-text conference papers and provides with a subject-specific thesaurus of nearly 24,000 terms.

(Accessible at NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

Psyc-Articles (Proquest): PsycArticles offers full-text articles for journals published by the American Psychological Association. The database includes all material from the print journals. Many titles go back to volume 1, issue 1. It covers Applied psychology, Communication systems, Developmental psychology, Educational psychology, Experimental human and animal psychology, Personality, Psychological and physical disorders, Physiological psychology and neuroscience, Professional personnel and issues, Psychometrics and statistics, Social psychology, Social processes and issues, Sports psychology and leisure and Treatment and prevention. It covers the period dating back to 1894 to current date.

(Accessible at NASSDOC and ICSSR, New Delhi)

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Recruitment of Director (Documentation) and Assistant Director (Research) at ICSSR, New Delhi.

A. Applications are invited for filling up of 1 (One) Director (Documentation) post on direct recruitment/promotion/deputation basis in the Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi in the scale of pay 15600-39100+7600 Grade Pay.

Eligibility Conditions :

1. Second class master’s or Ph.D. degree in Social Sciences.
2. Degree or diploma in Library Science.
3. At least seven years experience as a librarian of an important library.
4. Age below 55 years.

For Promotion: Promotion from amongst Deputy Director (Documentation) having rendered at least 3 years’ service in the grade. Transfer/deputation from person holding analogous or equivalent post of a Deputy Director (Documentation) in the ICSSR or a Central or State Govt. Department or autonomous organisations similar to ICSSR.

Note : Applicants working in a University/College as Professor, his/her salary will be protected as per Government of India rules.

B. Applications are invited for filling up of 5 posts of Assistant Director (Research) on direct recruitment basis (UR-2, SC-1, OBC-2) in the scale of pay Rs.15600-39100+ 5400 Grade Pay.

Eligibility Conditions:
(a) A Master’s Degree with high second class in any Social Science subject from a recognised University or Equivalent qualification.
(b) At least 3 years’ experience in teaching, Research in Social Science area and / or 3 years of experience of research administration in a reputed organisation. (Relaxable at the discretion of the Competent Authority of ICSSR for reasons to be recorded in writing, in the case of candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes).
(c) Computer literacy is desirable.
(d) Age minimum 40 years. (Relaxable for SC/ST candidates upto 5 years and OBC candidates upto 3 years and other specified classes as per instruction of the GOI (crucial date for determining the age limits shall be closing date for inviting application)

Complete applications in the prescribed proforma should reach at the following address not later than 30 days from the date of the publication of this advertisement in the Employment News :
For details and Application Proforma visit http://icssr.org/jobs.htm

Administrative Officer,
Indian Council of Social Science Research,
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067

Positions at ICSSR

Advt for Member Secretary Post - ICSSR

Fellowships and Projects 2016-17

New Guidelines of ICSSR Programmes - 2016-17

Applicants to all schemes of the ICSSR in the new financial year (2016-17) will be required to apply afresh in this financial year as per the Guidelines approved by the ICSSR. These Guidelines, along with the calendar for each scheme, has been placed on the Council website. A fresh call inviting applications will be issued as per the scheme calendar, wherever necessary. Please note that applications made in the last financial year will not be considered. Click on the below links for guidelines. 1. National Fellowships Guidelines 2. Senior Fellowships Guidelines 3. Post Doctoral Fellowships Guidelines 4. Doctoral Fellowships Guidelines 5. Grants to Organise Research Methodology Course/Spss For PH.D Students 6. Capacity Building Programme for Faculty in Social Sciences 7. Research Projects (Major and Minor) 8. Seminars/Conferences/Workshops  in India 9. Participation Abroad 10. Research Survey & Publication

Conference Alert April-June 2016

LIST OF JOURNALS (2015-16)

Training Workshop on Content Management System and Social Science Research, MPISSR, Ujjain, 15-18 March 2016

We are pleased to inform you that the M.P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain in collaboration with the National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi is organising a four-days Training Workshop on Content Management System and Social Science Research during March 15 to 18, 2016 at M. P. Institute of Social Science Research, Ujjain.
The training workshop will focus on the renewed role of technologies in promoting research in social sciences by using/browsing different information resources. In view of the ICSSR/NASSDOC’s emphasis on training and skill development of participants in the country, this workshop will serve the purpose of improving the quality of research in social sciences and also to provide effective information services to the wider network of social science researchers in India.

Content of the Workshop
- Internet Technology in Seeking Social Science Information
- Knowledge Management in Electronic Era
- Institutional Repositories in Social Sciences
- Role of Anti- Plagiarism Software in Content Management
- EBSCO Econlit with full text (The Leading Full-Text Source for Economic Literature)
- Roadmap for literature search in today’s environment
- CMS Review, advantages and disadvantages: WordPress
- Different Software and its application
- Libraries as information gateways and knowledge hub
- Web site Content Management Tools – Joomla, Drupal Typo3, Quickcms etc.
- Role of Libraries in e-learning using moodle.

The programme will be open to librarian, researchers in social sciences, and information managers of research institutions. Applications are invited on or before February 20, 2016. Only short-listed candidates will be informed for participation in the programme. Lodging and Boarding will be arranged by the Institute only for the participants for the programme period. Travel (Sleeper Class) will be reimbursed to outstation participants. There is no Course Fee. The climate in Ujjain in March will be pleasant.
For More Details Please Contact:
Dr. S.S. Chandel on Tel: 0734-2510978 / Mobile: 9424460834, Email: chandelsunil01@yahoo.co.uk

Dr. Nutan Johry on Tel:91-011-23073438, nutan114@hotmail.com

ICCSR Special Lecture by Thomas Piketty

Thomas Piketty is a French economist who works on wealth and income inequality. He is a professor (directeur d'études) at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS), professor at the Paris School of Economics and Centennial professor at the London School of Economics new International Inequalities Institute.

He is the author of the best-selling book Capital in the Twenty-First Century (2013), which emphasises the themes of his work on wealth concentrations and distribution over the past 250 years. The book argues that the rate of capital return in developed countries is persistently greater than the rate of economic growth, and that this will cause wealth inequality to increase in the future. He considers that to be a problem, and to address it, he proposes redistribution through a progressive global tax on wealth.

P.S: Hi. There is no registration needed. Once you send a mail to pikettylecture2016@gmail.com it will automatically register you.