Chavda, Nilam; Chandrakar, Rajesh(Inflibnet center, November 6, 2008)
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Abstract:
The INFLIBNET Centre, being a nodal agency of the academic sector of the country working in
the area of resource sharing among the community, started developing union databases of
library resources available in the university sector. In this regard, PhD dissertation being an
important vital source of information for the academic research community, the Centre in the
initial period of its establishment, started developing the union database of theses with the
support of 82 universities having 52000 records. The database has now 2, 20,206 records
with support from 238 universities. This article explains about the creation of theses union
database at INFLIBNET Centre. It also includes steps involved in creating the database till the
making available online for the user community. Further, it gives complete overview about the
union database of theses.