SERVICES OFFERED

  DATA BANK  

 COLLECTION

 WORKSHOP

PUBLICATION

Located in Eastern Kolkata in the picturesque surrounding facing Subhas Sarobar Lake and next to the Infectious Diseases Hospital, National Institute Of Cholera & Enteric Diseases (NICED) is an Institute of international repute for research and training for Diarrhoeal Diseases. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Govt. of India has recognized NICED as one of the Institutes of Excellence in India. Amongst the ICMR Institutes, NICED has been ranked in the top for its academic achievements from the year 1999 till date.

To support the divergent and vigorous academic activity of the Institute the NICED library is fully geared to meet the needs of the scientists and other research workers. Also the research workers from other research institutes of the city avail of the prompt services rendered by the NICED library regularly. NICED Library has undergone several phases of modernization since its inception in the year 1962, when it started off with a mere collection of a few books. At the end of 1999, we were able to set up a Local Area Network (LAN) within the Institute with 17 nodes in different laboratories with the Server in the library. In 2000-2001 the LAN was extended with another 25 nodes providing thereby one node to each and every laboratory. The Servers are maintained by the library. One laser printer and two dot matrix printers kept in the library are also part of the LAN system to be accessed from all the nodes when needed.

3. SERVICES OFFERED BY NICED LIBRARY                                                                   Top

3.1. ROUTINE SERVICES :

Routine services include issue and return of books, reference service, inter-library loan, reprint request service, photocopy of articles on request by post if asked for.

3.2. CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICE (CAS):

CAS includes listing of newly added books, display of newly acquired journals, intimating scientists and research fellows individually of documents procured by the library pertaining to their specific field of interest, display of content list of latest journals.

3.2.1. Personal Current Awareness Services :

i) Basic Services;

iii) Advanced Service;

i) A basic Personal Current Awareness Service ( PCAS ) is provided to the scientists and research fellow with a monthly list of the latest references on their subjects drawn from free databases on networked services .

ii) The Journal Content Service is provided to the users of the Institute with the contents pages of journal in their research area, drawn from networked sources;

iii) Advanced Personal Current Awareness Service also provided to Institute users from a much wider range of sources and allow more sophisticated search profile. Now in NICED, LAN connection helps the NICED scientists & research fellows to go directly to their respective fields due to availability of internet. Library still assists those not quite familiar with the modern technology seeking its help for advanced and pinpointed search.

3.3. SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI) :                                                   Top

SDI service includes literature search as and when demanded by our scientists and research fellows. Information is provided by searching the internet. Library has OVID and Current Contents on Diskette (CCOD) database. SDI service is provided by searching the data bases on demand. Routing of periodicals is also one of the SDI service provided by NICED library.

The SDI service is selective, in that, it provides only the most recent information on a topic. Most databases are updated monthly with references to newly published articles. The SDI service is available on approximately more than 5.5 lakhs articles on different databases in topics such as :

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Search results generally include author, title, source & abstracts, compiled from the Internet. Additional information such as abstracts, keywords and full texts ( as available ) collected from other sources are also included in databases.                                                                               Top

We also serve the other users, referred by Director and other senior scientists with printed SDI service covering topics other than the research interest of the Institute.

In addition to the bibliographic search indicated above the library also provides for literature search as an introductory write up to a subject as and when asked for.

3.4. INDEXING SERVICE:

Indexing service is provided from library materials and other secondary sources of information.

3.5. ABSTRACTING SERVICE:

Abstracting service is provided on demand.

3.6. REPROGRAPHIC SERVICE:

Reprographic service is provided in the form of photocopying of articles, instruction to author etc. on request, providing microfilm reader facility to the users.

3.7. CITATION ANALYSIS SERVICE:

Every year scientists needs citation analysis for their assessment purpose. Those are supplied from the library.

3.8. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS(FAQ):

NICED library is always geared to meet the FAQ from various scientists and researchers.

3.9. PREPARATION OF PUBLICATION LIST :

NICED library maintains the webpage of the Institute. It has been bestowed with the task of bringing out the publication list of NICED scientists.

3.9.1. QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF NICED PUBLICATION :

NICED Library in its News Letter Vol 1 no 1 has done quantitative analysis for the last three years and also the impact factor of the Institute to highlight the laudible progress of the Institute.

Quantitative Analysis of NICED Publication :

Top Publishing Authors ( above 5 publications ) :

3.9.2. IMPACT FACTOR OF NICED:

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4.    COLLECTION OF NICED LIBRARY:

4.1. BOOKS:

TOTAL NO : 7126

BOOKS PURCHASED IN 2001 : 112

NEWLY ADDED BOOKS IN 2002 : 76

NEWLY ADDED BOOKS IN 2003 : 47

NEWLY ADDED BOOKS IN 2004 :28

NEWLY ADDED BOOKS IN 2005: 61

TOTAL NO : 185 titles

CURRENTLY SUBSCRIBING : 100

Online journals : 18

4.3. DATA BASE AVAILABLE:

Ovid Database:      62 online journals

Proquest Database :       1200 online journals

5. WORKSHOP HELD AT NICED LIBRARY:

ICMR – WHO Workshop on "Use of Information Technology in Biomedical Research" held during 5-7^th Sept. 2001 at the NICED Library.

6. PUBLICATION OF NICED LIBRARY:

 NICED LIBRARY, KOLKATA                                                                                                 Top