A Brief Evaluation of Search Facilities and Search Results of Few Resources Accessible through INDEST Consortium

Abstract

The Indian National Digital Library in Science and Technology consortium, setup by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has currently over 140 institutions as members who are taking advantage of cost effective access of premier resources in science, technology and management. Out of the different resources accessible under this consortium, the present study selected four major resources, such as ACM Digital Library, IEEE/IEE Electronic Library, ScienceDirect of Elsevier, and Springer Link to make a comparative assessment of the key features and quantity of records in these. The results identified are presented in tabular form. More exhaustive studies are further planned to categorically identify the best resource to answer a crucial query and in identifying the inherent benefits and limitations of each resource.