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, 2015 | |
| City, State | new delhi, |
Question Paper
1.1 Describe the different types of reference queries and the role of computers in answering them.
1.2 What is bibliographical control? Describe the activities of various organisations in this regard.
2.1 How does a 'Dictionary' differ from an 'Encyclopaedia' Discuss the different types of dictionaries and evaluate anyone of them.
2.2 Define patents and explain their importance as sources of information. Discuss briefly the sources from where patents information can be obtained.
3.1 State the uses of statistical information sources. What are the problems associated with such sources? Evaluate anyone such source.
3.2 Define Maps, Atlases and Globes. Explain their uses and criteria for evaluation.
4.1 What are the different categories of human experts as sources of information Discuss in brief each category.
4.2 Discuss the different modes of mass media.
5.0 Answer any fourteen questions choosing at least three questions from each category
5.1 Write anyone title for each of the following categories
National Bibliography
Abstracting Periodical
International Yearbook
Subject Encyclopaedia
General Language Dictionary
5.2 What information can be found from the following sources
Press in India
Roget's Thesaurus
Current Contents
World Patent Abstracts
Whitaker's Almanac
5.3 Describe the scope of the following reference books
Humanities Index
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Europa Year Book
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
Cambridge Biographical Dictionary
5.4 Name at least one source for answering each of the following questions
Background information on Cataract
Historical monuments of Delhi
Past Prime Ministers of India
Newspapers published from India
Life sketch of Saina Nehwal
1.2 What is bibliographical control? Describe the activities of various organisations in this regard.
2.1 How does a 'Dictionary' differ from an 'Encyclopaedia' Discuss the different types of dictionaries and evaluate anyone of them.
2.2 Define patents and explain their importance as sources of information. Discuss briefly the sources from where patents information can be obtained.
3.1 State the uses of statistical information sources. What are the problems associated with such sources? Evaluate anyone such source.
3.2 Define Maps, Atlases and Globes. Explain their uses and criteria for evaluation.
4.1 What are the different categories of human experts as sources of information Discuss in brief each category.
4.2 Discuss the different modes of mass media.
5.0 Answer any fourteen questions choosing at least three questions from each category
5.1 Write anyone title for each of the following categories
National Bibliography
Abstracting Periodical
International Yearbook
Subject Encyclopaedia
General Language Dictionary
5.2 What information can be found from the following sources
Press in India
Roget's Thesaurus
Current Contents
World Patent Abstracts
Whitaker's Almanac
5.3 Describe the scope of the following reference books
Humanities Index
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Europa Year Book
Webster's New Geographical Dictionary
Cambridge Biographical Dictionary
5.4 Name at least one source for answering each of the following questions
Background information on Cataract
Historical monuments of Delhi
Past Prime Ministers of India
Newspapers published from India
Life sketch of Saina Nehwal
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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