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Are you scrolling yourself to doom?

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          Its past midnight and the posts shows that the situation is getting worse. Thumb up thumb down, switching between Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. This is the new trend that the lockdown has brought in. It has changed people's perspectives and their lives too. Many have come to be familiar with terms such as online classes and work from home which have arguably never been used in this part of the world ever. In these times many people find themselves compulsively scrolling through pandemic news and their social media feeds which goes on way into the night. This is called "doomsday scrolling" or "doom scrolling."                Although late night scrolling is not a new thing and its what counsellors and therapists often hear in their sessions. But in the past it was digging through Twitter for insights on new series episodes or armchair coaching your favorite football team. Now the only thing left to binge-watch is the episodic collapse of the world in

Access to e-resources: NLIST

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"National Library and Information Services Infrastructure for Scholarly Content (N-LIST)" , being jointly executed by the e-ShodhSindhu Consortium, INFLIBNET Centre and the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, IIT Delhi provides for i) cross-subscription to e-resources subscribed by the two Consortia, i.e. subscription to INDEST-AICTE resources for universities and e-ShodhSindhu resources for technical institutions; and ii) access to selected e-resources to colleges. The N-LIST project provides access to e-resources to students, researchers and faculty from colleges and other beneficiary institutions through server(s) installed at the INFLIBNET Centre. The authorized users from colleges can now access e-resources and download articles required by them directly from the publisher's website once they are duly authenticated as authorized users through servers deployed at the INFLIBNET Centre. [Source: https://nlist.inflibnet.ac.in/vabout.php ]  With a wide range of e-resources, NLIST ha

ONLINE LEARNING SITES

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ONLINE LEARNING SITES      W ith the shutdown of schools and colleges amidst this period of lock down, students and teachers both are studying and working from home. Hence, this has resulted in the change in paradigm in the education sector. Where classes are being taken online and students have to adopt a new way of learning by using their smartphones, laptops and desktops.  Although new to this part of the world, it sure looks like it will become integral in this new paradigm shift.  Research also suggests that online learning has shown to increase retention of information and takes less time. Which also means that this trend may continue even after the pandemic.       Apart from the curriculum there are many things that can and should be learned by students of this generation to further their career and diversify their skill sets. Online learning facilitates learning and mastering those much required skills. Why online learning? You can comfortably learn the subject. It provides

ONLINE OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES

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This is a conspectus of a few online open access resources. These resources range from e-books to e-journals databases. The resources have also been arranged in categories from multidisciplinary to subject-specific databases to make it easier for you to find and access them. We hope these will help you find the required information you seek.    EBOOKS Multidisciplinary                                                                         Directory of Open Access Books eGyanKosh       OAPEN           Project Gutenberg Rare Book Room   Michigan University Humanities Text Initiative          Science Direct Public Books Freetechbooks PDF Books Tome National Digital Library of India