National Social Science Documentation Centre (NASSDOC), a constituent unit of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) established in 1970, to provide library and information support services to social science researchers.
Facilities
and Services available @ NASSDOC
Ø Library, Reference and Information Services
Ø Microfilm &
Microfiche Service
Ø
Bibliography on Demand, and
Literature Search Service with abstracts from e-resources
Ø Continuing Education Programme (CEP)
Ø Collection Development of Research Material
Ø e-Resources for ICSSR’s Research Institutes (RIs)
and Regional Centres (RCs)
Ø Current Awareness Service (CAS)
Ø Professional Skill Development
Ø Digital Resources Learning Centre (DRLC)
Ø National Knowledge Network (NKN) Connectivity
Ø Membership of Professional Bodies
Ø Document Delivery Service (DDS)/Interlibrary Loan
(ILL)/Reprographic Service
Ø Development of In-House Databases
Ø ICSSR Sales and Distribution Service
Library,
Reference and Information Services
Library Timings: Monday
to Saturday: 9.30 to 6.00
Closed on Sundays &
all gazetted holidays
Library Collection
|
Collection
|
Quantity
|
|
Books
on Social Science
|
13000+
|
|
Doctoral
Thesis (Print + CD-ROMs)
|
5700+
|
|
Research
Project Reports
|
3500+
|
|
Conference
Proceedings
|
200+
|
|
Journals
(Current): Indian and Foreign
|
450+
|
|
On-line
Databases
|
09
|
|
Journals
back volumes
|
12500+
|
|
Microfilms
& Microfiche
|
3000+
|
E-resources
and Databases
1.
EconLit
with full text [Pertaining to Economics]
2.
IndiaStat
[Statistical Data pertaining to India]
3.
J-Gate
[Social Science & Management; Arts and Humanities]
4.
JSTOR
[Comprehensive Archival Social Science Scholarly Journals]
5.
LISTA
with full text
6.
Political
Science Complete [Full text collection on Political Science]
7.
Prowess
IQ [Financial performance of Indian firms]
8.
PsycArticles
[Psychology full text]
9.
SocIndex
with Full Text [Sociology]
10. DELNET Databases
E-Books
1.
Encyclopedia
of Modern Ethnic Conflicts by Joseph R. Rudolph Jr., Editor, ABC-CLIO, 2016.
2.
Encyclopedia
of Diversity and Social Justice by Thompson, Sherwood, Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers, 2015.
3.
Encyclopædia
of Superstitions by Radford, Edwin, Radford, Mona A., Philosophical Library,
2015.
Microfilm & Microfiche: More than 3000 microfilms &
microfiche like:
a. Annals of Indian Administration
b. Anthropological Society of Bombay
Journal
c. Bombay Geographical Society Journal
d. Economic Working Papers (UK)
e. Gujarat Research Society Journal
f. Indian Linguistics
g. Psychological Abstracts
h. Social Action
i.
A Bibliography of Mughal India, 1526-1707 by R A Sharma
j.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India by E Thurston and K. Aamachari (7
vols.)
k. A selective number of Ph D theses and
research reports.
Library
User Services
·
Library
Membership
·
Referral
Service
·
Circulation
Services
·
Library
Orientation Programmes
·
Remote/Off
campus Access to Subscribed e-Resources
·
WebOPAC
(Online Public Access Catalogue)
Library Members Privileges
|
Category of Membership
|
No. of books
|
Issue Period
|
Membership &
Borrowing Fee
|
|
ICSSR Officials
|
5
|
15 days
|
No Fee
|
|
Consulting
|
--
|
---
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Rs. 300 per annum
|
|
ICSSR Beneficiaries
|
2
|
15 Days
|
Rs 500/ per annum
Deposit of Rs 1000/ per book
(only for registered ICSSR Beneficiaries)
|
|
Borrowing
|
2
|
15 days
|
Deposit of Rs 1000/ per book
(only for registered consulting members)
|
|
Institutional
|
5
|
One month
|
Rs. 6000/- per year (No fee
for borrowing)
|
|
Guest
|
--
|
---
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Rs.50/-
per Month
|
Registration of Library Membership can be done
online at ICSSR website http://www.icssr.org or in person at the library
counter of NASSDOC.
Infrastructure/Facilities
§ Wi-fi enabled Air Conditioned Reading Hall
§ Dedicated Terminals for Access to e-Resources & WebOPAC
§ Digital Resources Learning Centre (DRLC)
§ National Knowledge Network Connectivity
§ Seminar Hall
§ Study Carrels
Bibliography on Demand
and Literature Search Service
Bibliography
on demand service is particularly useful for the research scholars who are not
tech savvy and / or do not have access to electronic resources in general or a
particular database is not available in the nearby libraries. Bibliography/literature
can be provided to the scholars based on their requests.
Charges: ₹500/-
for up to 50 abstracts and ₹200/-
for up to 40 references without abstracts, registered postal charges extra.
Bibliography can be ordered online at ICSSR website.
Continuing Education
Programme
In
order to keep in touch with the latest developments and to develop specialised
skills in accessing social science information, short-term training workshops /
seminars / interactive sessions and lectures are organised.
E-Resources for ICSSR’s
Research Institutes (RIs) and Regional Centres (RCs)
A
capacity building programme initiated by ICSSR for its RIs & RCs. Free access
to full text high quality scholarly e-journals and other research material is
provided to the ICSSR fraternity.
Current Awareness Service
/ Research Information Series
Different
in-house publications are brought out under Current Awareness Service (CAS) at
regular intervals.
a. Social Science Conference Alert (4/12)
b. New Arrivals: List
of New Additions with Summaries (4/12)
c. Current Contents
(4/12)
Professional Skill
Development
In order to refine the employment opportunities of
upcoming library and information science professionals, NASSDOC carries out following
activities:
a.
Apprenticeship:
One year practical training/exposure along
with experience certificate is provided to the students who have passed out
their B.L.I.Sc. / M.L.I.Sc.
b.
Internship Training:
One month rigorous internship training is provided to the Library &
Information Science students of various Universities to fulfil their course
requirement.
c.
Educational
Tour: NASSDOC
is part of curriculum of various Library and Information Science schools of
Indian universities and other educational institutions. Their students and
teachers visit NASSDOC to acquaint themselves with its programmes, functions, services
and technology.
Membership of Professional
Bodies
NASSDOC
is a member of Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres
(IASLIC), Indian Library Association (ILA), International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutes (IFLA) and Developing Library Network (DELNET) etc.
Reprography Service/Document
Delivery / Inter-library Loan
NASSDOC provided
photocopies of desired material has borrow and issue facility of documents
through Inter library loan.
In-house Databases / Publications
NASSDOC is engaged in development of databases and
information locating tools. Some of these tools are also available for sale.
- Working Papers Database
(1300 working papers)
- Databases of Research
Project Reports & Ph.D. Theses
- Directory of Social Science
Libraries and Information Centres in India (2001)
- Directory of Social Science
Research and Training Institutions in India (2005)
- Directory of Teaching and
Research Institutions in India on Asian Studies
- Indian Education Index
(1947-1978)
- Index to Indian
Periodicals: Sociology & Psychology (1886-1970)
- Indian Social science
Periodical Literature (INSSPEL)
- Union Catalogue of Social
Science Periodicals and Serials in India (32 Volumes)
- Union Catalogue of CD-ROM
Databases in Social Science Libraries in India (2001)
- Bibliography on India in
2000 A.D.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi:
A Bibliography
- Silver Generation in India:
A Bibliographical Study
ICSSR Sales and
Distribution Service
To enhance the circulation base of ICSSR publications for wider
dissemination and to promote sale of its publications, ICSSR has set up a Sales
Counter at NASSDOC.
Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) Projects
·
NASSDOC has
completed projects like establishment of Social Science Libraries Network
(2004), National Knowledge
Network (NKN)
Connectivity (2018), setting up of Digital Resources Learning Centre (2018).
·
Work is going on for Development
and integration of Web based OPAC of NASSDOC with ICSSR’s Social Science
Research Institutes and Regional Centres.
·
NASSDOC is developing ICSSR
Digital Repository of Research Projects Reports (3500+) which is accessible
nationally as well as internationally.
Future
Plans
ü
Development
of Social Science Subject Gateway of
NASSDOC including all ICSSR Research Institutes & Regional Centres
ü Development of Union Database of Social Science Journals’
holdings of NASSDOC and ICSSR Research Institutes & Regional Centres.
ü Development of real-time Directory of Social Science
Teachers and Researchers in Indian institutions for their visibility and
research output
ü Design and development of Mobile app for NASSDOC
services
ü To facilitate the access of ICSSR Institutional Repository
through National Digital Library of India.
For further details please contact:
The Director, NASSDOC-ICSSR
35, Ferozeshah Road New Delhi --110001
011-23074393-95 Ext 111; 011-23385959 Fax No. 011-23383091
email: icssrnassdoc@gmail.com
