This document provides an overview of several Indian digital library resources and repositories, including N-LIST, Shodhganga, Shodhgangotri, e-PGPathshala, DOAJ, and ePapergallery. N-LIST is a database of e-books and e-journals accessible to students and faculty. Shodhganga is a digital repository of Indian electronic theses and dissertations. Shodhgangotri is a repository of Indian research in progress. e-PGPathshala provides open educational resources at the postgraduate level. DOAJ provides access to open access peer-reviewed journals. ePapergallery presents digitized newspaper content.

1. Dr. Prabhat Pandey
Librarian & Head
Department of Library and Information
Science
Sarojini Naidu Govt. Girls PG Auto.
College,Bhopal
E-mail : pkumarp11@gmail.com
Overview of N-LIST, ShodhgangaOverview of N-LIST, Shodhganga
Shodhgangotri andShodhgangotri and
e-PGPATHSHALAe-PGPATHSHALA

2. Introduction
• The word access means in computer-based
information retrieval, “the method by which a
computer refers to records in a file, dependent
upon their arrangement”.
• Due to advances in technology there have been
significant changes such as the introduction of
computers, the expansion of telecommunications
and the rise in popularity of the Internet.
• Information once stored in electronic form can
break all the physical and geographical barriers and
reach the remotest corners of the world.
• New technologies are emerging to store and
process information electronically and new
methodologies for accessing information.
• Access to right information at the right time is the
need of the hour.
• Different types of information, a user can get at
different levels beginning from resources available
in a library or information centre to the network
based information services from different networks.

3. User’s Point of View
Where do I look
or Information?
How do I obtain the
actual materials?
How do I get accurat
answer?
How do I compare
lists of results?
How do I navigate
to related resources?
How do I make
a query?

4. • The Potentiality of the E-Resources are
huge and do not occupy physical space
1.Encompassing every thing
2.Elimination of time, space, cost limit
3.Public domain of information (Internet)
4.Easy archiving of the content and
organized subjectively
5.Full content can be searched
6.Preservation & Dissemination of
knowledge
* Faster and vast
* Backup preservation
characteristics of Electronic Resources:

5. TYPES OF ELECTRONIC
RESOURCES:
The following are the sources of Electronic
Information:
1. CD-ROMs.
2. DVDs
3. Electronic Journals
4. Electronic Databases
5. Electronic Books
6. ETD’s (Electronic Theses and
Dissertations)
7. Digital Libraries
8. Internet Resources
9. Electronic mail Data
10. OPAC
11. Institutional Repository System

6. E-Resources
• N-LIST : E-books & E-Journals
Database
• Shodhganga : Digital Repository of
Indian Electronic Theses &
Dissertation
• Shodhgangotri : Repository of Indian
Research in Progress
• E-PGPathshala : E-Content at
Postgraduate Level
• DOAJ : Directory of Open Access
Journals
• E-Papergallery : Newspaper

7. N-LIST
• N-LIST- “National Library and
Information Services Infrastructure
for Scholarly Content”, jointly
executed by UGC-INFONET Digital
library Consortium, INFLIBNET
Centre and INDEST-AICTE
Consortium, IIT Delhi launched in
2010, aims at providing access to
selected e-resources to students and
teachers of affiliated colleges at
affordable cost.

8. N-LIST
• N-LIST is a Library & Information
Service infrastructure for scholorly
content
• Basically its Online database which
includes collection of E-books & E-
Journals
• Run by INFLIBNET
• E-Books : More Than 31,35000
• E-Journals : More than 6000

9. Current Status
• As on Apr 22 2017, a total number
of 2937 Govt. / Govt.-aided colleges
covered under the section 12B of UGC Act
as well as Non-Aided colleges . Log-in ID
and password for accessing e-resources
has been sent to the authorized users from
these 2937 colleges. All e-resources
subscribed for colleges under the N-LIST
Project are now accessible to
these 2937 colleges through the N-LIST
website (http://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in)

12. Searching Option
• E-Journal Publisher wise
• E-Journal Subject Wise
• Keywords

13. E-SHODHSINDHU
• Based on the recommendation of an Expert
Committee, the MHRD has formed e-ShodhSindhu
merging three consortia initiatives, namely UGC-
INFONET Digital Library Consortium, NLIST and
INDEST-AICTE Consortium.The e-ShodhSindhu will
continue to provide current as well as archival
access to more than 15,000 core and peer-reviewed
journals and a number of bibliographic, citation and
factual databases in different disciplines from a
large number of publishers and aggregators to its
member institutions including centrally-funded
technical institutions, universities and colleges
that are covered under 12(B) and 2(f) Sections of
the UGC Act.

14. Objectives of e-
Shodhsindhu
• The main objective of the e-ShodhSindu: Consortia
for Higher Education E-Resources is to provide
access to qualitative electronic resources including
full-text, bibliographic and factual databases to
academic institutions at a lower rates of
subscription. The major aims and objectives of the
e-Shodh Sindhu are as follows:
• Setting-up e-ShodhSindu: Consortia for Higher
Education E-Resources by augmenting and
strengthening activities and services offered by
three MHRD-funded Consortia;
• Develop a formidable collection of e-
journals, e-journal archives and e-books on
perpetual access basis;

15. Cont.
• Monitor and promote usage of e-resources in
member universities, colleges and technical
institutions in India through awareness and training
programmes;
• Provide access to subscription-based scholarly
information (e-books and e-journals) to all
educational institutions;
• Provide access to scholarly content available in
open access through subject portals and subject
gateways;
• Bridge digital divide and move towards an
information-rich society;
• Provide access to selected e-resources to
additional institutions including open universities
and MHRD-funded institutions that are not covered

16. E-Shodhsindhu at a
glance
• 87 CFTIs
• 230 Universities
• 94 Technical Institutes
• 4000+ Colleges
• 15000+ E-Journals
• 31,35000+ E-Books
• 40 Resources
• 16 Database

17. Shodhganga: a
reservoir of Indian
Theses
• Shodhganga is an open access ETD
Repository of Indian Theses &
Dissertations
• Submission of Ph.D. and M.Phil.
Theses mendated by the UGC
Regulation 2009
• Shodhganga helps to avoid
duplication in Research
• Theses can be uploaded by researcher or University
representative online

18. Shodhganga : Current
Status
- Collection of 138148 Theses
and 3871 Synopsis
- 307 Universities signed MOU
- 281 Universities started
Contribution
- 13 CFTIs like IITs IIMs NITs
have joined Shodhganga

20. ShodhGangotri : Repository
of Indian Research in
Progress details
-ShodhGangotri”, research scholars / research
supervisors in universities deposited electronic
version of approved synopsis/Research Proposal
submitted by research scholars to the universities
for registering themselves for the Ph.D programme.
The repository on one hand, would reveal the
trends and directions of research being conducted
in Indian universities, on the other hand it would
avoid duplication of research.
- 3897 Synopsis uploaded

21. e-PG Pathshala
• An MHRD, under its National Mission on
Education through ICT (NME-ICT), has
assigned work to the UGC for development
of e-content in 77 subjects at postgraduate
level. The content and its quality is the key
component of education system.
• High quality, curriculum-based,interactive
content in different subjects across all
disciplines of social sciences, arts, fine
arts & humanities, natural & mathematical
sciences, linguistics and languages is
being develope under this initiative named
e-PG Pathshala.

22. • More than 12000 Static Modules
are uploaded
• More than 10000 Vidios are
Uploaded

23. DOAJ
• Directory of Open access Journals
• Access to High Quality Open Access Peer
Reviewed Journals
• Subject wise searching is available
• Search facility of order by
relevence,title,keyword, ISSN etc is
available
• URL : http://doaj.org/

24. DOAJ

25. EPAPERGALLERY
• Newspaper publishing & Content
management software
• Presents the Print copy as it is online
• City wise search facility is also available
• Different language papers of the world are
available such as African, English, Russian,
German,Hindi, Spanish etc.
• City wise search facility is also available
for Indian Newspapers
• URL : http://epapergallery.com

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