A webinar on 'Tools and Techniques for Research Work' was held on Wednesday.
It was organised under the joint aegis of IQAC and Central Library of Webinar University and Rabindranath Tagore University. It was organized under a series of webinar.
This webinar was addressed by Expert SK Pathak Deputy Librarian Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (ISER). Pathak specialises in e-resource management, library automation and modern library management. Describing e-resources as a repository of information, he said that latest information is always available on these platforms. Apart from the traditional sources, there is also the Open Axis (OA) source, which researchers should use more and more at the time of lockdown.
He explained to the researchers in detail the importance of citation, calculation of impact factor, pluralism software, research gate, directorate of open access journal, open text book library, the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). He spoke about the use of web and video courses.
Researchers were advised to create Google Scholar ID and Orchid ID only then they would be able to connect globally. He also answered questions from the audience.In response to a question, he said that the impact factor affects the quality of the journal. Impact factors are affected according to subjects. In response to another question, he informed the online website available to students doing research in Hindi language.
He also gave a live demo of modern tools such as Mendley, Scopus and Web of Science. University Registrar Dr. Vijay Singh and Director of IQAC Mr. Nitin Vats described this webinar as useful for the researchers.
Sangeeta Johri Coordinator IQAC, Rakesh Khare Chief Librarian, Deepti Maheshwari Founder, Faculty of Commerce Rabindranath Tagore University and a large number of researchers, faculty and academics participated in this webinar.