Free e-Reference sources

  1. Encyclopedias
    1. Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ )
    2. Encyclopedia of Psychology (http://www.psychology.org/ )
    3. Medical Encyclopedia    (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html)
    4. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/ )
    5. WebMD   (http://www.webmd.com/ )
  2. Dictionaries, Thesauri

    Language Dictionaries
    1. Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp)
    2. English to Punjabi Dictionary ( (http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Dictionary)
    3. Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/ )
    4. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary( http://www.oup.com/ )

Subject Dictionaries

    1. CABI Thesaurus
    2. Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
    3. Dictionary of the Social Sciences ( http://socialsciencedictionary.nelson.com )
    4. Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html )
    5. Medical Dictionary  ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
    6. Roget’s Int. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases http://www.bartleby.com/110/ )
    7. Roget's Thesaurus ( http://thesaurus.reference.com/ )
  1. Yearbooks, Almanacs, Handbooks
    1. Union Budget & Economic Survey ( http://indiabudget.nic.in/ )
    2. Global Corruption Report 2005  ( http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/
    3. Guinness Book of World Records    (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
    4. Human Development Reports  ( http://hdr.undp.org/reports/)
    5. Sipri Yearbook  (http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/yearb.html  )
    6. World Development Indicators 2005 http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2005/wditext/index2.htm
    7. World Fact book 2004 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html

  1. Sources of Biographical Information
    1. Biographical Dictionary  ( http://www.s9.com/biography/)
    2. Bi ographies of Great Indians http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/
  2. Sources of Geographical Information
    1. City Population http://www.citypopulation.de/
    2. Geography http://www.citypopulation.de/
    3. Global Gazetteer http://www.calle.com/world/
    4. Imperial Gazetteer of India http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/
    5. Imperial Gazetteer of India (Maps) http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/
    6. Indian Historical Maps http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/maps.htm
    7. Internet Resources : Geographical Data http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/geographicaldata.htm
    8. Maps and GIS sources on the World http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/maps.html
    9. Maps of India http://www.mapsofindia.com/
    10. Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
    11. Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/
    12. World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
    13. World Flag Database (http://www.flags.net/index.php
    14. World Gazetteer ( http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm
  3.  Sources of Statistical Information
    1. Census of India (http://www.censusindia.net/ )
    2. Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/
    3. Demographic and Health Surveys http://www.measuredhs.com/
    4. Human Development Resource Centre http://hdrc.undp.org.in/
    5. Indian Health Statistical Database http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/National_Family_Health_Survey_1.asp?secid
    6. International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/
    7. International Statistical yearbooks http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/yearbook/yearmain.htm
    8. National Family Health Survey (NFHS), India http://nfhsindia.org/index.html
    9. Reserve Bank of India   http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx 
    10. UNICEF Statistical Data  http://www.unicef.org/statis/
    11. WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
    12. World Bank Data & Statistics http://www.worldbank.org/data/
    13. World Trade Organization (WTO) http://www.wto.org/

  1. Sources of Educational Information
    1. All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE) http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/home.htm
    2. Association of Indian Universities(AIU) http://www.aiuweb.org/
    3. Association of Commonwealth Universities(AICU) http://www.acu.ac.uk/
    4. Colleges & Universities Worldwide http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/
    5. Educational Profile of Indian States & UTs http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/stateeduprofile.htm
    6. Educational Scholarships http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm
    7. Educational Statistics http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/edusta.htm
    8. Google Directory for Indian Education http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Education/
    9. Higher Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/higedu.htm
    10. International Association of Universities(IAU) http://www.unesco.org/iau/index.html
    11. National Policy on Education(NPE) http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/natpol.htm
    12. Sources of Funding for International Students - Education http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/funding/
    13. Study Abroad http://www.studyabroad.com/
    14. Technical Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/tecedu.htm
    15. UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/
    16. University Grants Commission (UGC) http://www.ugc.ac.in/
  2. Standards and Patents
    1. Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) http://www.bis.org.in/
    2. Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/current/patents.htm
    3. European Patent Office(EPO) http://ep.espacenet.com/
    4. Google Directory of Patents http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/Patents/
    5. Google Directory of Standards http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Reference/Standards/
    6. Indian Patents Database http://pk2id.delhi.nic.in/
    7. Patents & Standards http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/internet/patents.html
    8. United States Patents(USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov/

  1.  Indian Reference Sources
    1. Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/
    2. Five Year Plans http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html
    3. GISTNIC (GISTNIC) http://gist.ap.nic.in/
    4. Gateway to Government of India Info over the web http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/
    5. Govt. of India: Directory of Educational Institutions http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.html
    6. Indian Presidents, Prime Ministers http://www.webindia123.com/history/MODERN/preside.htm
    7. Internet Indian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html
    8. Online Encyclopedia of Indian politicians http://www.newsnetindia.org/

      J. Portals for Open Access Journals

a)      Open J-gate : http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspx

b)     Directory of Open Access Journals : http://www.doaj.org/

            K  Open SMT & Biomedical Engineering Journals

a)            http://www.bentham.org/index.htm     

b)            http://www.springerlink.com/content/

c)            http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcvetres

d)           http://www.saudijgastro.com/

e)            http://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/

f)             http://www.biogeosciences.net/

g)           http://www.turkjbiochem.com/eng/index.html

     

    L.      e-Thesis

             Vidyanidhi: Indian Theses Database : http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/

 M.    e-Books

  1. Bartleby: Geart Books Online ( http://www.bartleby.com/ )
  2. Digital Book Index (http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm)
  3. Free Tech Books (http://www.freetechbooks.com/ )
  4. Google Book Search  (http://books.google.com/ )
  5. Medical Books  (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com )
  6. FreePDFeBooksArchive  : http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp?CurrentPage=1

  1. Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/
  2. Read Print http://www.readprint.com/
  3. WikiBooks  :http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
  4. Agricultural free e-books : http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/
  5. ACM Digital Library : http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm

12.  DigitalLibraryat the University of Pennsylvania : http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

  1. Digital Library of India(1) : http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/
  2. Digital Library of India(2) : http://dli.iiit.ac.in/
  3. IEEE Computer Society's Dgital Library : http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
  4. IET(Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library
  5. http://www.ietdl.org/
  6. International Children's Digital Library : http://en.childrenslibrary.org/

19.  Kalasampada: Digital Library Resource of Indian Cultural Heritage : http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm

  1. New York Digital Library Collections : http://www.nypl.org/digital/
  2. National Science Digital Library : http://ndsl.org/
  3. Oxford Digital Library : http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/
  4. Traditional Knowledge Digital Library  http://www.tkdl.res.in/
  5. Universal Digital Library  : http://www.ulib.org/

e-Conference Alerts

  1. Conference Alerts  (http://www.conferencealerts.com/ )
  2. Conferences and Events (http://www.chemsoc.org/events/conhome.htm )
  3. GoogleDirectoryofConferences http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Conferences/

Dr P. Visakhi

ICAR & IASRI

visakhi[at]iasri[dot]res[dot]in