I AM DHANUSH RAJA.K. WORKING AS A LIBRARIN IN CHENNAI.06
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Professional Background
1. M.Phil (Library and Information Science), Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-21. Year 2006-2007.
“A Critical study of Periodical collection in Selected Management Institutions in Bangalore”.
Project:
“Information analysis and consolidation on Nanotechnology”.
3. BLISc (Library and Information Science), Regular I Class (74.75%), Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai-21. Year 2004-2005.
Basic Background
1. MA(Public Administration)IIClass,Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai.
2. BA (Rural Industries and Management) I Class (68.75%), Gandhigram Deemed University Gandhigram-624302. Year 2001-2004.
Project:
“Development of SSI in the Globalisation in Madurai district”
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USEFUL LINK
Librarian References
Librarians will benefit from these great reference sites, some of which were designed just for or by librarians.
1.A Glossary of the Humanities: Click on a letter to look up words, phrases and concepts that use references from Foucault, Burke, Frye and others as definitions.
2.Library of Congress Online Catalogs: We’re pretty sure most librarians have heard of this site, but it’s seriously one of the best reference sites on the Web.
3.Historical Text Archives: This site boasts nearly 687 articles and 70 books about history, especially American history.
4.KidsClick!: This educational search engine was created by librarians and is organized by topics like society and government, machines and transportation, health and family, facts and reference, and a lot more.
5.Library Spot: This great reference site has links to encyclopedias, Top 10 lists, business references, public libraries and a LOT more.
Search Engines
Search engines are unique Internet reference guides. Read this list to find lots of search engines besides Google.
1.Giga Blast: Giga Blast is still in beta form, but you can search websites, images and video.
2.MsFreckles.com: Cute little Ms. Freckles gives you all the tools to conduct a meta search here.
3.Kart00: Here, you have the option of only searching English pages or the entire web.
4.Gimpsy: Gimspy specializes in "active sites for active people." You can search by verb or action, by filling in the sentence "I want to…".
5.CustomSearchEngine.com: This site is a link directory for Google’s custom search engine.
6.Rollyo: This highly customizable search engine lets you enter a keyword or phrase and then select specific categories to search, like travel and hotels, health, celebrity gossip and more.
7.Ms. Dewey: Your off-the-wall host Ms. Dewey flirts, sings and offers silly trivia or analysis while you search.
8.Ulyssek Search Engine: You can view your results organized into categories on this site.
9.Cha Cha: This creative search engine makes you feel like you’re sending a text from your cell phone when you search.
10.FactBites: FactBites is "where results make sense" and is touted as a search engine crossed with an encyclopedia.
Open Source Sites
For open source materials that also serve as reference guides, use this list.
1.DataParkSearch Engine: Use this open source search engine to find multilingual sites, pull up "fuzzy searching based on acronyms and abbreviations" and find text files, mp3s and .gif files.
2.Wiktionary: Wikipedia’s free dictionary is a collaborative, multilingual resource.
3.Open Library: This user-generated book catalog has over 13 million books in its library.
4.dmoz: dmoz is an open directory project, where you can search for or edit topics and results for kids and teens, reference materials, business, health, arts and more.
Internet and Computer Reference
Non-techies and experienced web workers may want to brush up on Internet and computer terms by searching these sites and glossaries.
1.CNET Glossary: Use this glossary to look up network terms.
2.Glossary of Internet Terms: From ADN to Meta Tag to SDSL to cgi-bin, find definitions of Internet terms here.
3.Chat Stuff: This short dictionary has translations for popular chat acronyms like AFK, BAK, and BCNU.
4.McAfee Virus Glossary: Learn about online threats and computer security by browsing this authoritative glossary.
5.Tech Encyclopedia: Look up a specific word or click to get a random definition each day.
6.What Is? IT Dictionary: Browse categories like personal computing, call centers, cheat sheets, authentication, network hardware, compliance, Linux, storage management, Telecom, robotics and a whole lot more for tech definitions.
