Google Scholar (GS) is a free academic search engine that can be thought of as the academic version of Google. Rather than searching all of the indexed information on the web, it searches repositories of publishers, universities or scholarly websites. More Details...
Monday, June 29, 2020
Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
SSRN is a platform for the dissemination of early-stage research. From its initial focus on the social sciences in 1994, SSRN has grown to become the most interdisciplinary service of its kind, representing disciplines across the full research spectrum, including the applied sciences, health sciences, humanities, life sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences. SSRN is instrumental both as a starting point for students and faculty in the research process, and as a place to communicate their findings at an early stage, prior to publication in academic journals. More Details..
Saturday, June 27, 2020
Webinar on ‘Campus Spotlight: How Alliance University Transitioned their Learning Program Online’
This webinar will feature Dr. Anubha Singh, Vice-Chancellor, Alliance University in discussion with Mr. Bibin Shivas, Head of Customer Success, APAC, Coursera, about how Alliance University was proactive in responding to the pandemic and transitioned to the online mode to ensure continuity in student learning.
The focal point of discussion would be strategies adopted by Alliance University which resulted in learners logging in over 8700 course completions; 75K hours of learning; and over 1000 learners with 4+ course completions.
Session Highlights:
Webinar Details: The focal point of discussion would be strategies adopted by Alliance University which resulted in learners logging in over 8700 course completions; 75K hours of learning; and over 1000 learners with 4+ course completions.
Session Highlights:
- Best Practices from Alliance University in building an effective Coursera for Campus integrated academic curriculum to maintain continuity in learning for their students.
- How Alliance faculty and administrators came together with the University leadership team to offer the right student support system for online learning.
- Date: June 30, 2020
- Time: 10 AM
- Registration Link
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
e-Magazines
Due
to the nationwide COVID-19 lockdown, print version of following
magazines are published in e-version. Kindly use your Alliance Email Id
and Password to access these magazines.
FrontLine
India Today
Sportstar
FrontLine
India Today
Sportstar
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Swayam online courses : 2020 July to Dec semester - open for enrollment
SWAYAM is a programme initiated by Government of India and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy
Please go to this link to join for courses that you are interested in.
| Start/End/Exam Date | 4 weeks | 8 weeks | 12 weeks | 4 weeks | 8 weeks |
| Start of course | July 20, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | July 20, 2020 | August 17, 2020 | August 17, 2020 |
| End of course | August 14, 2020 | September 11, 2020 | October 9, 2020 | September 11, 2020 | October 9, 2020 |
| Exam dates | 27 September 2020 - 2 Sessions on each date : 9am - 12 noon; 2pm - 5pm | 17 October 2020 and 18 October 2020 - 2 Sessions on each date : 9am - 12 noon; 2pm - 5pm | |||
Library and Information Science Dissertations and Theses
Best Reference Sources for Doctoral and Master's Dissertations and Thesis in Library and Information Science; LIS Ph.D. and MLIS Thesis and Dissertations. Read More..
Thursday, June 18, 2020
COVID-19 Quick Links
Research Resources :
Databases and journals links to find scholarly articles about COVID-19
- Open Knowledge Repository, Word Bank
- Indian Journal of Medical Research (Special issue on Coronavirus)
Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Online Tutorial of Indiastat.com
Indiastat.com provides secondary level socio-economic statistical information about India, its states, regions and sector. Indiastat.com is a cluster of 56 associate websites wherein 19 websites are sector-specific, 6 are regional websites and 31 websites are state-specific. For more details
URL: https://www.indiastat.com/
URL: https://www.indiastat.com/
Tuesday, June 16, 2020
Online Training Session on Indiastat.com on 16th Jun 2020 @ 3.00 PM
Indiastat.com provides secondary level socio-economic statistical information about India, its states, regions and sector. Indiastat.com is a cluster of 56 associate websites wherein 19 websites are sector-specific, 6 are regional websites and 31 websites are state-specific. For more details
URL: https://www.indiastat.com/
Meeting Joining Link :
Saturday, June 13, 2020
There’s an element of subjectivity in banking audits
Audit of financial statements of the institution by external auditors is considered to be a highly effective component of a control system. Banks in India, being ‘systemically important’ institutions and of ‘public interest’, are subjected to robust control systems by the RBI and the government. Read more
By. Nalayiram Subramanian. Professor. Alliance University
By. Nalayiram Subramanian. Professor. Alliance University
Thursday, June 11, 2020
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) is a collaborative effort of hundreds of volunteers in 102 countries to enhance the dissemination of research in Economics and related sciences. The heart of the project is a decentralized bibliographic database of working papers, journal articles, books, books chapters and software components, all maintained by volunteers. The collected data are then used in various services that serve the collected metadata to users or enhance it.
So far, over 2,000 archives from 102 countries have contributed about 3 million research pieces from 3,500 journals and 5,000 working paper series. Over 57,000 authors have registered and 75,000 email subscriptions are served every week. See below on how you can be part of this initiative.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
21-year-old Mysuru boy publishes book on lesser-known facts on Supreme Court
Galav Gowda (21), who is pursuing his 4th semester of BBA.LLB at Alliance School of Law, Bengaluru has penned a book detailing the infrastructure, practical process and procedure of legal activities of Supreme Court.
The 112-page book titled 'Crawl towards Supreme Court of India' was penned by Gowda, after his internship done there last year, and it was during the three-month corona induced lockdown that he decided to write it.
The 112-page book titled 'Crawl towards Supreme Court of India' was penned by Gowda, after his internship done there last year, and it was during the three-month corona induced lockdown that he decided to write it.
Saturday, June 6, 2020
Using Zotero with Google Docs
Zotero is a Free and Open Source reference management software. Reference management software is a time-saving tool for the academic community, especially for research scholars, to save time while dealing with references. Zotero is a user-friendly reference management software. Now Zotero can work with Google Drive documents. Many advantages for research scholars with Google Drive and Zotero. Google Drive gives free cloud storage and a word processing tool. Users can insert the citations direct to Google Drive documents. Both citations and thesis documents would be safe at cloud storage. Here is the documentation of using Zotero with Google Drive.
https://www.zotero.org/support/google_docs
Indian Open Access Journals
Following are the some the major Indian publisher's journals available online under open access
- CSIR-NISCAIR Journals : Access full text articles from research journals published by CSIR-NISCAIR. Full text facility is provided for all nineteen research journals
- Indian Academy of Science: Publishes 10 science journals in different disciplines. Archives of all Journals right from the beginning including the Proceedings - Section A & B are available.
- Indian National Science Academy Academy publishes three leading journals: Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IJPAM) and the Indian Journal of History of Science (IJHS).
- Sankhya: the Indian Journal of Statistics: Official Journal of Indian Statistical Institute
- Indian Medlars Centre MedInd journals : MedIND provides free full text articles published in select Indian Biomedical Journals indexed in IndMED or PubMed
- Indian Council of Medical Research Journals: a publication of Indian Council of Medical Research, is a peer-reviewed online journal
Thursday, June 4, 2020
Webinar on Grammarly - World’s No. 1 Research Writing Software on 5th June @4PM IST
Grammarly, a content
checker tool, grew the capabilities of an AI-powered writing assistant to go
way beyond grammar and spelling into complex aspects of language and
communication. The tool conducts over 400+ checks and ensures appropriate
style, format, and vocabulary enhancements necessary to render confidence to
the authors. With more than 25 million people and top 200 institutes around the
globe using this Grammarly to strengthen their written communication abilities;
this writing assistant scales to work seamlessly across multiple platforms and
devices.
# 400+ Checks on Grammar than nearest word editor
# Ensure perfect style, structure and format of technical English
# Preventive Audit with Citation Audit tool to prevent plagiarism before it happens
# Use Grammarly where you want with its MS Word, Outlook and Browser Plugins
# Improve author confidence and improves publication efficacy
Kindly register the session with this pre-registration link:
Once pre-registered, you will receive an email confirmation. While joining the meeting, you are requested to click on
the link mentioned therein and follow as guided.
Tuesday, June 2, 2020
Live Webinar on Relevance of IEEE Standards in Teaching,Learning and Industry Collaborations
The topic will help faculties/research scholars understand the importance of standards and their impact on technology advancement and making students job-ready around emerging technologies. Knowledge of standards can help facilitate the transition from the classroom to professional practice by aligning educational concepts with real-world applications.
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