Free e-Reference sources
- Encyclopedias
- Columbia Encyclopedia (http://www.bartleby.com/65/ )
- Encyclopedia of Psychology (http://www.psychology.org/ )
- Medical Encyclopedia (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/encyclopedia.html)
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (http://plato.stanford.edu/ )
- WebMD (http://www.webmd.com/ )
- Dictionaries,
Thesauri
Language Dictionaries - Cambridge International Dictionary of Idioms (http://dictionary.cambridge.org/default.asp)
- English to Punjabi Dictionary ( (http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Dictionary)
- Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/ )
- Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary( http://www.oup.com/ )
Subject Dictionaries
- CABI Thesaurus
- Dictionary of Cell & Molecular Biology http://www.mblab.gla.ac.uk/~julian/Dict.html
- Dictionary of the Social Sciences ( http://socialsciencedictionary.nelson.com )
- Library Automation/Technology Glossary (http://www.libraryhq.com/glossary.html )
- Medical Dictionary ( http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html
- Roget’s Int. Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases http://www.bartleby.com/110/ )
- Roget's Thesaurus ( http://thesaurus.reference.com/ )
- Yearbooks, Almanacs, Handbooks
e. Union Budget & Economic Survey ( http://indiabudget.nic.in/ )
f. Global Corruption Report 2005 ( http://www.globalcorruptionreport.org/
g. Guinness Book of World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/)
h. Human Development Reports ( http://hdr.undp.org/reports/)
i. Sipri Yearbook (http://editors.sipri.se/pubs/yearb.html )
j. World Development Indicators 2005 http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2005/wditext/index2.htm
k. World Fact book 2004 http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
- Sources of Biographical Information
- Biographical Dictionary ( http://www.s9.com/biography/)
- Bi ographies of Great Indians http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/
- Sources of Geographical Information
- City Population http://www.citypopulation.de/
- Geography http://www.citypopulation.de/
- Global Gazetteer http://www.calle.com/world/
- Imperial Gazetteer of India http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/
- Imperial Gazetteer of India (Maps) http://dsal.uchicago.edu/maps/gazetteer/
- Indian Historical Maps http://www.geocities.com/narenp/history/maps.htm
- Internet Resources : Geographical Data http://bubl.ac.uk/link/g/geographicaldata.htm
- Maps and GIS sources on the World http://www.albany.edu/~ls973/maps.html
- Maps of India http://www.mapsofindia.com/
- Population Reference Bureau http://www.prb.org/
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/
- World Atlas http://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
- World Flag Database (http://www.flags.net/index.php
- World Gazetteer ( http://www.world-gazetteer.com/home.htm
- Sources of Statistical Information
- Census of India (http://www.censusindia.net/ )
- Asian Development Bank http://www.adb.org/
- Demographic and Health Surveys http://www.measuredhs.com/
- Human Development Resource Centre http://hdrc.undp.org.in/
- Indian Health Statistical Database http://www.indiahealthstat.com/indian/health/National_Family_Health_Survey_1.asp?secid
- International Monetary Fund http://www.imf.org/
- International Statistical yearbooks http://www.nypl.org/research/sibl/yearbook/yearmain.htm
- National Family Health Survey (NFHS), India http://nfhsindia.org/index.html
- Reserve Bank of India http://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/Statistics.aspx
- UNICEF Statistical Data http://www.unicef.org/statis/
- WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS) http://www3.who.int/whosis/menu.cfm
- World Bank Data & Statistics http://www.worldbank.org/data/
- World Trade Organization (WTO) http://www.wto.org/
- Sources of Educational Information
- All India Council For Technical Education(AICTE) http://www.aicte.ernet.in/aicte/home.htm
- Association of Indian Universities(AIU) http://www.aiuweb.org/
- Association of Commonwealth Universities(AICU) http://www.acu.ac.uk/
- Colleges & Universities Worldwide http://directory.google.com/Top/Reference/Education/Colleges_and_Universities/
- Educational Profile of Indian States & UTs http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/stateeduprofile.htm
- Educational Scholarships http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/scho.htm
- Educational Statistics http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/edusta.htm
- Google Directory for Indian Education http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Education/
- Higher Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/higedu.htm
- International Association of Universities(IAU) http://www.unesco.org/iau/index.html
- National Policy on Education(NPE) http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/natpol.htm
- Sources of Funding for International Students - Education http://www.britishcouncil.org/education/funding/
- Study Abroad http://www.studyabroad.com/
- Technical Education in India http://education.nic.in/htmlweb/tecedu.htm
- UNESCO http://www.unesco.org/
- University Grants Commission (UGC) http://www.ugc.ac.in/
- Standards and Patents
- Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS) http://www.bis.org.in/
- Current Awareness Services: Patents and Standards http://www.is.bham.ac.uk/current/patents.htm
- European Patent Office(EPO) http://ep.espacenet.com/
- Google Directory of Patents http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Law/Legal_Information/Intellectual_Property/Patents/
- Google Directory of Standards http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Reference/Standards/
- Indian Patents Database http://pk2id.delhi.nic.in/
- Patents & Standards http://www.lib.polyu.edu.hk/internet/patents.html
- United States Patents(USPTO) http://www.uspto.gov/
- Indian Reference Sources
- Digital Library of India http://www.dli.ernet.in/
- Five Year Plans http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html
- GISTNIC (GISTNIC) http://gist.ap.nic.in/
- Gateway to Government of India Info over the web http://www.indiaimage.nic.in/
- Govt. of India: Directory of Educational Institutions http://goidirectory.nic.in/education.html
- Indian Presidents, Prime Ministers http://www.webindia123.com/history/MODERN/preside.htm
- Internet Indian History Sourcebook http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/indiasbook.html
- Online Encyclopedia of Indian politicians http://www.newsnetindia.org/
J. Portals for Open Access Journals
a) Open J-gate : http://www.openj-gate.com/Search/QuickSearch.aspx
b) Directory of Open Access Journals : http://www.doaj.org/
K Open SMT & Biomedical Engineering Journals
a) http://www.bentham.org/index.htm
b) http://www.springerlink.com/content/
c) http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcvetres
d) http://www.saudijgastro.com/
e) http://www.hindawi.com/journals/grp/
f) http://www.biogeosciences.net/
g) http://www.turkjbiochem.com/eng/index.html
L. e-Thesis
Vidyanidhi: Indian Theses Database : http://www.vidyanidhi.org.in/
M. e-Books
- Bartleby: Geart Books Online ( http://www.bartleby.com/ )
- Digital Book Index (http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm)
- Free Tech Books (http://www.freetechbooks.com/ )
- Google Book Search (http://books.google.com/ )
- Medical Books (http://www.freebooks4doctors.com )
- FreePDFeBooksArchive : http://www.planetpdf.com/free_pdf_ebooks.asp?CurrentPage=1
- Project Gutenberg (http://promo.net/pg/
- Read Print http://www.readprint.com/
- WikiBooks :http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
- Agricultural free e-books : http://nsdl.niscair.res.in/
- ACM Digital Library : http://portal.acm.org/dl.cfm
12. DigitalLibraryat the University of Pennsylvania : http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
- Digital Library of India(1) : http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/
- Digital Library of India(2) : http://dli.iiit.ac.in/
- IEEE Computer Society's Dgital Library : http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl
- IET(Institution of Engineering and Technology) Digital Library
- http://www.ietdl.org/
- International Children's Digital Library : http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
19. Kalasampada: Digital Library Resource of Indian Cultural Heritage : http://ignca.nic.in/dgt_0001.htm
- New York Digital Library Collections : http://www.nypl.org/digital/
- National Science Digital Library : http://ndsl.org/
- Oxford Digital Library : http://www.ouls.ox.ac.uk/eresources/
- Traditional Knowledge Digital Library http://www.tkdl.res.in/
- Universal Digital Library : http://www.ulib.org/
- Conference Alerts (http://www.conferencealerts.com/ )
- Conferences and Events (http://www.chemsoc.org/events/conhome.htm )
- GoogleDirectoryofConferences http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Conferences/
Source : http://www.icarlibrary.nic.in/Free_eReference.htm on date : 19/6/2012