http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11532 Search the Channel search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/simple-search http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11561 Title: Internet access and use among business students of a private university of Bangladesh: a survey <br/> <br/>Authors: Mostofa, Sk. Mamun <br/> <br/>Abstract: Examines the use of internet among business students in Darul Ihsan University, a pioneer private university of Bangladesh. A total of 162 questionnaires were distributed and 137 completed questionnaires were returned. Findings reveal a high percentage of internet use among students. More than 56 percent of the respondents use the internet for educational purposes. The access point for them is mostly the university. Google and Yahoo! search engines are found to be more widely used than other search engines. The major problem faced by the students in their use of the internet includes slow access speed. Recommends that the bandwidth should be increased to overcome the problem of slow connectivity of the university to internet and more computers with latest specifications and multimedia facilities should be provided. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 79-86 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11560 Title: Scientometric Portrait of Nobel Laureate Harald zur Hausen <br/> <br/>Authors: Munnolli, S. S.; Pujar, S. M.; Kademani, B. S. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Highlights quantitatively the publication productivity of Harald zur Hausen a renowned scientist and Nobel Laureate in Physiology who was honoured with Nobel Prize for the discovery of <i>human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer</i>. He had 285 publications during 1964 – 2009 in four domains: Adenoviruses (14), Epstein Barr and Herpesviruses (72), Papillomaviruses (122) and other associated disciplines (77). The average number of publications per year was 6.19. Highest Collaboration Rate (1) of Harald zur Hausen was found 13 times of his 46 years of career. Most prolific authors associated with him were: L. Gissman (39), E. –M de Villiers (25), F. Rosl (20), J. R. Schledhofer (19), E. Schawarz (13), R. Heilbronn (12), N. Yamamoto (11) and K. O. Fresen (10). He has reported his research output through 74 different channels include 61 journals (82.43%), 12 Book chapters (16.22%) and 1 Report (1.35%). His most preferred journals for publishing papers were International Journal of Cancer (48), Virology (39), Journal of Virology (33), Cancer Research (14) and Medical Microbiology and Immunology (13). Co-Authorship Index for mega authored papers for domain ‘Papillomavirus’ (154) is more than average indicates this domain involves more of collaborative research. His publication density was 3.60 and publication concentration was 3.49. Harald zur Hausen’s productivity coefficient was 0.50 indicates that he had steady publications record in his scientific career. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 71-78 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11559 Title: Ranking of Indian institutions in agriculture & allied sciences for their research output during 1999-2008 <br/> <br/>Authors: Gupta, B. M. <br/> <br/>Abstract: Analyses the ranking of the India’s productive institutions in agricultural sciences, based on the basis of various quantitative indicators, such as the total number of papers and international collaborative papers and qualitative indicators, such as the average number of citations per paper and h-index value, and also in terms of a new composite indicator, which combines quantitative and qualitative aspects.  Many institutions changed their ranking positions, when their ranking based on mean citation rate and h-index was compared with their ranking based on the composite indicator. Concludes that the ranking based on composite indicator gives much better results than other indicators as it combines both quantity and quality aspects. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 63-70 http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/11558 Title: E-newspapers and e-news services in the electronic age: an appraisal <br/> <br/>Authors: Panda, K. C.; Swain, Dillip K <br/> <br/>Abstract: Attempts to make the user community aware of e-news and e-news services offered by different e-news channels all around the world. Provides a brief discussion of history and developments of e-news services, newspaper websites and latent advantages of e-news in the electronic era. Employs literature survey method to unfold the latest trends of e-news industry and finds that, though e-news services provide immense opportunity to the readers and simultaneous access at infinite points and reading at ones convenience, still a few key technical challenges like, navigational support, hyper linking, and designing of e-newspapers needs to be properly taken care of and tackled with. Concludes with the recommendation that information professionals should take steps to increase the usage of e-newspapers by their intended audience. <br/> <br/>Page(s): 55-62