Electronic Databases
Please explore the following links to access free online electronic databases.
Bibliographic Databases:
ERIC - the Education Resources Information Center - is an online digital library of education research and information. ERIC provides ready access to education literature to support the use of educational research and information to improve practice in learning, teaching, educational decision-making, and research.
The Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID) is a national-level public funded research and educational institution affiliated to ICSSR. The institute has developed Online Index to 115 Indian Social Journals and 15 national dailies in English language. Please click on Online Databases to sign up and get access to the database.
Open Index Initiative is a online bibliographic database for most of the Indian Social Science literature and resources available in Indian libraries.
OII indexes selected Indian social science Journals and working papers/discussion papers/occassional Papers, and theses/dissertations submitted to Indian social science institutes.
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a decentralized database of working papers, journal articles and software components. Most of the resources indexed on RePEc are available free of cost.
Social Science Research Network (SSRN) provides access to full text papers hosted by different authors working in various disciplines of social sciences. In most cases full text of papers are available for free access and download.
Statistical Databases:
The Indian Census is the largest single source of a variety of statistical information on different characteristics of the people of India. To scholars and researchers in demography, economics, anthropology, sociology, statistics and many other disciplines, the Indian Census has been a fascinating source of data. Census India website provides free access to data upto state level for registered members. The registration for the site is available free of cost.
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy is an independent economic think-tank headquartered in Mumbai, India. CMIE provides information solutions in the form of statical databases and research reports such as Prowess, Economic Intelligence Service, India Trades etc.
Indiastat provides access to India-centric secondary level socio-economic statistical data on Internet.
It is a new internet-based data service for the global user community. This database brings UN statistical databases within easy reach of users through a single entry point from which users can search and download a variety of statistical resources of the UN System.
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