Lcated
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
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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;
ii) Journal Contents
Service;
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) :
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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 :
DATA
BANK
| Diarrhoea |
39,124
|
| Cholera |
14,952
|
| E.coli |
1,85,219
|
| EPEC(Enteropathogenic
E.coli) |
1,810
|
| ETEC
(Enterotoxigenic E.coli) |
1,964
|
| EIEC
(Enteroinvasive E.coli) |
364
|
| EHEC
(Enterohaemorrhagic E.coli) |
164
|
| EAEC
(Enteroaggregative E.coli) |
213
|
| VTEC
(Verotoxin Producing E.coli) |
794
|
| UPEC
(Uropathogenic E.coli) |
562
|
| DAEC
( Diffusely Adhering E.coli) |
29
|
| Amoebiasis |
6691
|
| Giardiasis |
3075
|
| Cryptosporidiosis |
2658
|
| Helicobacter
pylori |
14238
|
| Aeromonas |
3266
|
| Shigella |
10185
|
| Shigella
dysenteriae |
1414
|
| Shigella
flexneri |
2657
|
| Shigella
sonnei |
2262
|
| Rotavirus |
6,033
|
| Hepatitis |
1,01,947
|
| Hepatitis
A |
13,909
|
| Hepatitis
B |
41,710
|
| Hepatitis
C |
21,304
|
| HIV |
1,10,402
|
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.
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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.
