Usage of Indexing and Abstracting Databases in Agricultural Libraries of Northern India

N. Bhat, S. A. Ganai
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The purpose of the study has been to make an assessment of the usage of a selected set of Indexing & Abstracting (I&A) databases with an objective to work out the similarity or difference in use of I&A databases across the selected states of north India. An effort has also been made to see whether the users use a single or a combination of I&A databases. The investigator made a personal survey of seven sampled universities for collecting data about the questions under investigation, and questionnaire was used as a data-collection tool. The investigator also availed of the telephonic and e-mail communication and had a face-to-face interaction with respondents to collect prompt response, substantiate the responses and remove ambiguities thereof. Statistical package for social science was used to make analysis of the data on empirical basis. Chi Squared (χ2) Test has been used to derive association between the variables and test the level of significance. Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International, followed by International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology, proves to be the leading I&A database across all the surveyed states and universities. However, there is a slight but statistically significant interstate difference in the use of different I&A databases under study. Further analysis of data shows that majority of the users use a single I&A database, whereas a good percentage of them uses more than one database to meet out their requirement.
印度北部农业图书馆索引与文摘数据库的使用
该研究的目的是对一组选定的索引和摘要(I&A)数据库的使用情况进行评估,目的是在印度北部选定的各州中找出使用I&A数据库的相似性或差异性。还进行了一项工作,以了解用户是否使用单一或组合的审计和分析数据库。调查人员对抽样的7所大学进行了个人调查,收集调查问题的数据,并使用问卷作为数据收集工具。调查人员还利用电话和电子邮件沟通,并与受访者进行面对面的互动,以收集及时的答复,证实答复并消除其含糊之处。采用社会科学统计软件包对数据进行实证分析。卡方(χ2)检验用于导出变量之间的相关性并检验显著性水平。国际农业与生物科学中心,其次是国际农业科学与技术信息系统,被证明是所有被调查国家和大学的领先的农业与生物科学数据库。然而,在研究中使用不同的I&A数据库方面存在轻微但统计上显著的州际差异。对数据的进一步分析表明,大多数用户使用单个iaa数据库,而很大一部分用户使用多个数据库来满足他们的需求。
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