SYLLABUS
Topics*
- Introduction to online information sources, tools and techniques
Online search strategy for retrieving scholarly information
Search engines (SEs), meta SEs intelligent SEs
Federated search tools and remote access tools
Academic SEs (Google Scholar) and Subject Gateways
OPAC, WebOPACs, union catalogues and archives
Open data, Full-text open access journals and e-books
Web 2.0 tools, cloud computing and deep web
Electronic thesis and dissertation (ETD) databases
Online reference managers
Machine translation
Abstracting and indexing databases
Web tools of academic videos and presentations
Google Alerts, Google Books and Google Drive
MOOCs
Preparing and distributing questionnaires online
Research data analysis using MegaStat and open tools
Compiling automatic bibliography (in APA and MLA styles)
Automatic paraphrasing
Creative Commons and sharing of academic literature
Annotating web resources
Plagiarism detection softwares
Creating unique author/researcher identity number
Citation analysis: Impact Factor
Building strong academic presence online
Written test (at the end of the Course)
*majority of the topics are practical in nature
Examination: 100 Marks (30 MCQs (of 75 Marks) + 5 Descriptive Questions (of 15 Marks) + 10 Internal Marks)
ADMISSION
- Admission for 5th COIST starts from: 30th Oct. 2017
- Last date for applying for the Course: 18 November, 2017 [Apply Now]
- Course begins from: 4th Dec. 2017 to 9th Dec. 2017
1. Eligibility: Candidates completed or pursuing Post-Graduate Course in any domain. Admission preference will be given to research scholars
2. Intake: 15 Candidates
3. Fees: Rs. 4000/-
- Fees include course material, writing pad, pen, tea/coffee
- Fees should be paid once the the candidate is selected for joining the Course
- Fees once paid can’t be refunded
Note:
- COIST is a classroom based Course not an Online Course
- COIST is one of the innovative practices of our Library and is not recognized by any regulatory bodies
- We do not have accommodation facility (for the outstation candidates)
- No TA/DA is paid for the participants
APPLY ONLINE
- Apply Online for 5th COIST Certificate Programme
- Online application starts from 30th October, 2017 till 18th Nov. 2017
- Note:
- COIST is a classroom based Course not an Online Course.
- We do not have accommodation facility (for the outstation candidates) in our College in Mumbai.
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