Information Sources for Academic Writing by V. Sriram inNational Workshop on Applied Regression Modelling and Report Writing in Business Research, Government College, Nedumangad, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 28th to 30th October 2019.
eResources and Data sources in Social Science by V. Sriram delivered at Research Methodology Course for PhD Students
in Social Sciences, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 5th February 2020.
Information sources for research by V. Sriram. In Workshop on Research Methodology, College Development Centre, MG University, Kottayam, India. 11-December-2018.
Information Sources for Social Science Research by V. Sriram. 36th Webinar in the Ecowings Webinar series of the Department of Economics and Research Centre, Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram, India on 8th May 2021.
Online class on eResources in Social Science Research by V. Sriram. School of Development studies, Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Malappuram, Kerala, India. 23rd November 2021.
Information Sources for Research by V. Sriram in National Webinar on Fostering Interdisciplinary Research in Young Minds, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. India. 26th November 2020.
eResources and Data sources in Social Science by V. Sriram delivered at Research Methodology Course for PhD Students
in Social Sciences, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 5th February 2020.
Information sources for research by V. Sriram. In Workshop on Research Methodology, College Development Centre, MG University, Kottayam, India. 11-December-2018.
Information Sources for Social Science Research by V. Sriram. 36th Webinar in the Ecowings Webinar series of the Department of Economics and Research Centre, Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram, India on 8th May 2021.
Online class on eResources in Social Science Research by V. Sriram. School of Development studies, Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Malappuram, Kerala, India. 23rd November 2021.
Information Sources for Research by V. Sriram in National Webinar on Fostering Interdisciplinary Research in Young Minds, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. India. 26th November 2020.
Information sources on the Web by V. Sriram. In National Online Workshop on Collecting Literature, Manuscript Preparation, and Publishing
SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nerul, Mumbai. India.
23rd March 2022.
Information Literacy and Resources for Research by V. Sriram. 12-day State Level Online Workshop, Providence Women's College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. 10th February 2022.
Literature review and use of Reference Management Software by V. Sriram in Training Programme on Research Methodology for the Faculty Members of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, IMG Thiruvananthapuram. India. 6th September 2018.
Information Sources by V. Sriram. Two Week Workshop on Research Methodology, Academic Writing and Publishng, Sir Syed College, Thaliparamba, Kerala. India. 17th February 2022.
E-Resources, Literature Search and Reference Management by V. Sriram. In Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science,
Sree Narayana College, Kollam, India on 31 January 2015
This presentations have Online educational resources for Research purpose. These are include Databases, Thesis & Dissertations, E-Journals, Social networks etc.
Information sources on the Web by V. Sriram. In National Online Workshop on Collecting Literature, Manuscript Preparation, and Publishing
SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Nerul, Mumbai. India.
23rd March 2022.
Information Literacy and Resources for Research by V. Sriram. 12-day State Level Online Workshop, Providence Women's College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India. 10th February 2022.
Literature review and use of Reference Management Software by V. Sriram in Training Programme on Research Methodology for the Faculty Members of Kerala Veterinary and Animal Science University, IMG Thiruvananthapuram. India. 6th September 2018.
Information Sources by V. Sriram. Two Week Workshop on Research Methodology, Academic Writing and Publishng, Sir Syed College, Thaliparamba, Kerala. India. 17th February 2022.
E-Resources, Literature Search and Reference Management by V. Sriram. In Two Day Workshop On Research Methodology in Social Sciences Postgraduate and Research Department of Political Science,
Sree Narayana College, Kollam, India on 31 January 2015
This presentations have Online educational resources for Research purpose. These are include Databases, Thesis & Dissertations, E-Journals, Social networks etc.
Introduction to Academic Blogging by V. Sriram. 61st Webinar in the Ecowings Webinar series of the Department of Economics and Research Centre, Government Women's College, Thiruvananthapuram, India on 23rd Oct 2021.
Web-talk on Introduction to Open Education Resources by V. Sriram in Gifted Children Programme, Alappuzha Educational District, Alappuzha, Kerala, India.
31st Oct 2021
Online lecture on Scholarly Communications by V. Sriram in Five Days Online Researcher Development Programme (RDP), Mahatma Gandhi University Library, Kottayam, India. 30th September 2021
Intellectual Property Rights - Copyright and plagiarism issuesVenkitachalam Sriram
Intellectual Property Rights - Copyright and plagiarism issues by V. Sriram in Statistical Inference and Intellectual Property Rights Webinar Series, Morning Star Home Sciene College, Angamaly and MGU-STRIDE, Kottayam, India. 4th September 2021.
Lecture on Software tools for checking plagiarism by V. Sriram. Research and Publication Ethics Course, PhD Programme, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. 26th August 2021.
Open Access Publishing, Self archiving, Predatory publishing issues, and Jour...Venkitachalam Sriram
Lecture on Open Access Publishing, Self archiving, Predatory publishing issues, and Journal selection tools by V. Sriram. Research and Publication Ethics Course, PhD Programme, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. 25th August 2021.
Webinar on Managing References using Zotero by V. Sriram. Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram. 17th August 2021.
Copyright and Plagiarism issues in Academics by V. Sriram in Capacity building workshop for Research Scholars, Faculty and Students, Government KNM Arts and Science College, Kanjiramkulam, Thiruvananthapuram, India. 7th August 2021.
Reference Manager and Citation Styles by V. Sriram in Online Workshop in Research Methodology for MPhil, PhD and Postdoctoral Scholars in Social Sciences, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. India. 25th February 2021.
Reference Management using Zotero by V. Sriram in Online Course on Research and Publication Ethics. Organized by St. Thomas College (Autonomous), Thrissur. India. 13th August 2020.
Energy conservation ideas for librarians by V. Sriram in Webinar on Role of Librarians in Energy Awareness Programme, Energy Management Center, Thiruvananthapuram. 28th July 2020.
Open Access, Publishing and Social Media for Researchers by V. Sriram. Webinar on Research Methods, St. Teresa’s College, Ernakulam. India. 16th June 2020.
Reference management software : Zotero by V. Sriram. Research Methodology Course for PhD Students in Social Sciences, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. India.
5th February 2020.
Reference Management System with Zotero by V. Sriram. In XX Refresher Course in Library Science, UGC-HRDC, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. India. 16th November 2019.
Unit 8 - Information and Communication Technology (Paper I).pdfThiyagu K
This slides describes the basic concepts of ICT, basics of Email, Emerging Technology and Digital Initiatives in Education. This presentations aligns with the UGC Paper I syllabus.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
Information Sources for Academic Writing by V. Sriram
1. V. Sriram
Chief Librarian, K.N. Raj Library
Centre for Development StudiesCentre for Development Studies
Thiruvananthapuram, India
National Workshop on Applied Regression Modelling and
Report Writing in Business Research
Government College Nedumangad
Thiruvananthapuram. India.
28th to 30th October 2019
3. EconLit
https://www.aeaweb.org/econlit/
As the most reliable full-text source for economic research, this
database contains all of the indexing available in EconLit in addition to
full text of about 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 and volume and issue browsing is available for all
full-text journals.
4. JSTOR
http://www.jstor.org
A trusted archive of important scholarly journals from many disciplines.
At present hosts full text contents of around 2600 journals with
applicable embargo.
6. Project MUSE
Project MUSE was founded in 1995 as collaboration between
• http://muse.jhu.edu/
Project MUSE was founded in 1995 as collaboration between
the John Hopkins University Press and the Milton S.
Eisenhower Library
Today it is a leading provider of digital humanities and social
science content for the scholarly community.
Provides access to 116 journals.
7. Science Direct
The Science Direct is a leading journal database of Elsevier.
https://www.sciencedirect.com
The Science Direct is a leading journal database of Elsevier.
The SD Journals collection consist of high quality journals
that are highly popular.
9. Directory of Open
Access Journals
(DOAJ)
http://doaj.org/
Directory of Open Access Journals is an online directory that
indexes and provides access to quality open access, peer-reviewed
journals.
Provides more than 12300 journals in all subjects.
Free to access and download
11. Directory of Open Access
Books
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access
https://www.doabooks.org
The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access
books.
11798 Academic peer-reviewed books and book chapters from 268
publishers.
Free to access and download.
12. Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg offers over 56,000 free eBooks: Choose among free
http://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg offers over 56,000 free eBooks: Choose among free
epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. You
will find the world's great literature here, especially older works for which
copyright has expired.
Free to access and download.
13. Census of India
The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on
http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
The Indian Census is the most credible source of information on
Demography (Population characteristics), Economic Activity, Literacy
and Education, Housing & Household Amenities, Urbanisation, Fertility
and Mortality, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Language,
Religion, Migration, Disability and many other socio-cultural and
demographic data since 1872.
Free access for 2001 and 2011
14. ProwessIQ
Is a comprehensive database on more than 41000 Indian companies.
http://prowessiq.cmie.com
Is a comprehensive database on more than 41000 Indian companies.
ProwessIQ, or Prowess for Interactive Querying, is a powerful internet-
based application for querying CMIE's database on performances of listed
and unlisted companies. It is simple and easy to use.
15. EPW RF India Time Series
http://www.epwrfits.in/index.aspx
In ITS, datasets have been structured under various modules. Such as
Financial Markets, State Domestic Product and Banking Statistics and so
on.
This initiative has the broad objective of aiding and promoting research
on Indian economy and financial markets and targeted to benefit
particularly students, research scholars and the academic community both
in India and abroad.
16. IMF eLibrary
http://www.elibrary.imf.org/
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and
research with direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers
and studies, and data and statistical tools. You will find information and
perspective on macroeconomics, globalization, development, trade and
aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging markets, policy advice,
poverty reduction, and so much more.
17. UN Comtrade
http://comtrade.un.org/db/
UN Comtrade provides access to global trade data.
There is a download limit of 50000 per data query for free access.
For larger queries paid subscription is required.
Access through U/n and P/w
18. Economic Review, Kerala
The Economic Review includes, as it does every year, the most recent data
http://spb.kerala.gov.in
The Economic Review includes, as it does every year, the most recent data
on Kerala Government policies , Plan priorities, and on-going
programmes of Government departments. It provides a snapshot of
economy’s performance over the Five-Year Plan period. The Review is in
two volumes. Volume I covers the policies, programmes and achievements
of Government departments over the preceding year and Volume II
provides the corresponding datasets.
19. Economic Survey, India
A flagship annual document of the Ministry of Finance, Government of
India, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy
http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.asp
India, Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian economy
over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major
development programmes, and highlights the policy initiatives of the
government and the prospects of the economy in the short to medium
term. This document is presented to both houses of Parliament during the
Budget Session.
With detailed statistical data covering all aspects of the economy—macro
as well as sectoral—the report provides an overview on Indian Economy
20. ICSSR Data Service
The ICSSR Data Service includes social science and statistical datasets of
http:/www.icssrdataservice.in/
The ICSSR Data Service includes social science and statistical datasets of
various national-level surveys on debt & investment, domestic tourism,
enterprise survey, employment and unemployment, housing condition,
household consumer expenditure, health care, etc.
ICSSR Data Service aims to facilitate data sharing, preservation,
accessibility and reuse of social science research data collected from entire
social science community in India & abroad. As of now, the repository
hosts 131 Annual Survey of Industries (ASI), and National Sample Survey
(NSS) datasets.
21. MOSPI
http://mospi.nic.in
MOSPI provides access to a large number of data and reports including
National Sample Survey report, National Accounts Statistics, and several
other statistical publications.
All the reports and publications are in portable data format
22. Open Govt. Data
Platform, India
Open Government Data (OGD) Platform India - data.gov.in - is a
platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of India. The
https://data.gov.in
platform for supporting Open Data initiative of Government of India. The
portal is intended to be used by Government of India Ministries/
Departments their organizations to publish datasets, documents, services,
tools and applications collected by them for public use.
23. RBI Database on Indian Economy
Through this website (DBIE), data are mainly presented through time-
http://dbie.rbi.org.in/DBIE/dbie.
rbi?site=home
Through this website (DBIE), data are mainly presented through time-
series formatted reports. These reports have been organized under sectors
and sub-sectors according to their periodicities. Reports can be saved as
excel sheets for further analysis.
24. World Bank Open Data
http://data.worldbank.org
The World Bank's Open Data initiative is intended to provide all users
with access to a wide range of data brought under 20 broad topics. This
includes almost all aspects of socio-economic development.
26. EThOS
http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do
Electronic Thesis Online Service
This is a single point access to all theses produced by UK Higher Education
provided by The British Library. It harvests e-theses from the institutional
repositories and digitizes paper theses from participating institutions.
Login required
Restricted Access – Some items are downloadable
27. Open Access Thesis
and Dissertations
http://www.oatd.org/
Open Access Thesis and Dissertations is a free repository of graduate
theses, and dissertations published worldwide.
OATD currently indexes 4,711,930 theses and dissertations.
28. Shodhganga – A reservoir of Indian
theses
http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
TheShodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research
students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire
scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to
capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the
researchers.
Presently hosts around 245494 theses from different universities in India
29. edX
EdX offers interactive online classes and MOOCs
from the world’s best universities, colleges and
https://www.edx.org
from the world’s best universities, colleges and
organizations. Online courses from MITx, HarvardX,
BerkeleyX, and many other universities. EdX is a non-profit
online initiative created by founding partners Harvard and
MIT.
Currently lot of courses are offered by various
institutions in different subjects.
30. MIT Open Courses – Economics
http://ocw.mit.edu
Open courseware of Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. In each course syllabus, readings, assignments, and study
materials are available for download.
All courses are free to access and learn.
31. Swayam
http://swayam.gov.in
The objective of Swayam is to take the best teaching learning resources to
all, including the most disadvantaged. Offers courses from 9th std to PG.
All courses are free to access and learn.
32. arXiv
http://arxiv.org
arXiv is a repository of electronic preprints approved for publication after
moderation, that consists of scientific papers in the fields of
economics,mathematics, computer science, statistics, and quantitative
finance, which can be accessed online.
14,74,860 articles are currently available for download.
33. National Digital
Library of India
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
The National Digital Library of India (NDL India) is a pilot project of
MHRD to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources
with a single-window search facility.
Currently 38,833,618 items hosted in NDL India
NDL Mobile App for Android and iOS is available.
34. New Economic Papers
http://nep.repec.org/
NEP is an announcement service which filters information on new
additions to RePEc into edited reports.
Scholars can register using their e-mail address and subscribe to the
weekly email alert service of various NEP subject categories (97 subjects).
35. SSRN
www.ssrn.com
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) is devoted to the rapid
worldwide dissemination of social science research and is composed of a
number of specialized research networks in each of the social sciences.
36. Managing Literature
Systematic gathering of sources:
Using proper tools to gather literature – Google Scholar, Journal
Databases, Bibliographies …
Creating bibliographic records, summary, notes, comments, and
making it error free
Organizing by topic, subject, research area…
Linking the soft copy full text for easy retrieval
Assigning a unique primary-key for print items.
While writing:
Insert the citation and bibliography in the desired citation style
37. Process
General Manuscript Format
Organization of the paper
1. Title 2. Author(s)
3. Abstract & Keyterms
4. Introduction
8. Conclusion
9. Acknowledgements
10. Appendices4. Introduction
5. Previous Literature
6. Methodology
7. Results
10. Appendices
11. References
12. Illustrations
13. Author’s CV
38. You must know the audience
You must have something to say.
Make the write up relevant and readable.
Keep it simple – avoid poly-syllabic frenzy.Keep it simple – avoid poly-syllabic frenzy.
Get your piece checked by a friend or colleague
with a good grasp of grammar and of your
subject area.
Build up a relationship / network of peers