Exam Details
| Subject | Reference & Information Sources | |
| Paper | ||
| Exam / Course | Bachelor of Library and Information Science | |
| Department | School of Social Sciences (SOSS) | |
| Organization | indira gandhi national open university | |
| Position | ||
| Exam Date | June, 2016 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
No. of Printed Pages: 6 IBLS-SI
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Term-End Examination
013?1
June, 2016
BLS-5 REFERENCE AND INFORMATION
SOURCES
Time hours Maximum Marks 70
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. Illustrate your answers with suitable examples and diagrams, wherever necessary. Write the relevant question number before writing the answer.
1.1 What do you mean by non -documentary reference sources? Discuss their different categories.
OR
1.2 What are indexing and abstracting periodicals? Discuss their need and functions.
2.1 Identify major ready reference sources used in libraries, Explain how you would evaluate these sources?
OR
2.2 Briefly explain the meaning and scope of travel guides. Describe the categories of travel guides with examples.
3.1 Describe the types of reference sources available for current events. State their uses and limitations.
OR
3.2 Identify various categories of statistical information sources. Discuss the problems associated with the use of these sources.
4.1 Trace the historical evolution of information institutions. Explain their characteristics as source of information.
OR
4.2 Explain the scope and functions of mass media. Discuss the role of mass media in reference services.
5.0 Answer any fourteen questions choosing atleast three from each category
5.1 Name anyone title for each of the following categories
Handbook
Yearbook
District Gazetteers
Children's Encyclopaedia
Atlas
5.2 What information can one find from the following sources?
Indian Books in Print
Dissertation Abstracts
Kessing's Record of World Events
Science Citation Index
Asian Recorder
5.3 Describe the scope of the following reference sources:
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook
Kothari's Industrial Directory of India
Guinness Book of World Records
BIS Handbook
5.4 Name atleast one source for answering each of the following questions
List of books on the subject 'Nanotechnology'
Brief information about South Africa
Impact factor of a journal 'Scientometrics'
Nobel Prize Winners of Bangladesh in 2012
Currency used in Japan
BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN LIBRARY AND
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Term-End Examination
013?1
June, 2016
BLS-5 REFERENCE AND INFORMATION
SOURCES
Time hours Maximum Marks 70
Note: Answer all questions. All questions carry equal marks. Illustrate your answers with suitable examples and diagrams, wherever necessary. Write the relevant question number before writing the answer.
1.1 What do you mean by non -documentary reference sources? Discuss their different categories.
OR
1.2 What are indexing and abstracting periodicals? Discuss their need and functions.
2.1 Identify major ready reference sources used in libraries, Explain how you would evaluate these sources?
OR
2.2 Briefly explain the meaning and scope of travel guides. Describe the categories of travel guides with examples.
3.1 Describe the types of reference sources available for current events. State their uses and limitations.
OR
3.2 Identify various categories of statistical information sources. Discuss the problems associated with the use of these sources.
4.1 Trace the historical evolution of information institutions. Explain their characteristics as source of information.
OR
4.2 Explain the scope and functions of mass media. Discuss the role of mass media in reference services.
5.0 Answer any fourteen questions choosing atleast three from each category
5.1 Name anyone title for each of the following categories
Handbook
Yearbook
District Gazetteers
Children's Encyclopaedia
Atlas
5.2 What information can one find from the following sources?
Indian Books in Print
Dissertation Abstracts
Kessing's Record of World Events
Science Citation Index
Asian Recorder
5.3 Describe the scope of the following reference sources:
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
UNESCO Statistical Yearbook
Kothari's Industrial Directory of India
Guinness Book of World Records
BIS Handbook
5.4 Name atleast one source for answering each of the following questions
List of books on the subject 'Nanotechnology'
Brief information about South Africa
Impact factor of a journal 'Scientometrics'
Nobel Prize Winners of Bangladesh in 2012
Currency used in Japan
Other Question Papers
Departments
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
- National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
- School of Agriculture (SOA)
- School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
- School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
- School of Education (SOE)
- School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
- School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
- School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
- School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
- School of Health Science (SOHS)
- School of Humanities (SOH)
- School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
- School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
- School of Law (SOL)
- School of Management Studies (SOMS)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts (SOPVA)
- School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
- School of Sciences (SOS)
- School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
- School of Social Work (SOSW)
- School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
- School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
- School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
- School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
- Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)
Subjects
- Information Services
- Information Technology: Basics
- Library and Society
- Library Cataloguing Practice Part I : AACR-2
- Library Cataloguing Practice Part II : CCC
- Library Cataloguing Theory
- Library Classification Practice: Part I: Dewey Decimal Classification
- Library Classification Practice: Part II: Colon Classification
- Library Classification Theory
- Library Management
- Reference & Information Sources