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Download Solution PDF'Index Indiana' is
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Option 1 : An index to Indian language periodical literature
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Download Solution PDFThe Correct answer is An index to Indian language periodical literature.
Key Points
- Index Indiana was an ambitious project to trace the periodical literature appearing in Indian Language periodicals.
- It is being compiled by the Central Reference Library, Kolkata.
- The first issue of the Index Indiana appeared quarterly in 1977 and since 1981 it is being published as annual cumulated volumes.
- As a beginning 6 languages viz. Bengali, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Tamil, and Malayalam periodicals are covered.
- Indexing articles pertaining to Indian Literature, Social Science, Indian Systems of Medicine, Folk literature, Social Science, Philosophy, etc.
- For science and technology etc. such publications are already available.
- Efforts are being to include all Indian languages.
- This index is divided into three parts –
- classified part,
- subject index, and
- author index.
- The entries are grouped in the classified part according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system.
- The entries under the subject are further arranged by the author and wherever not available then by title
- .All the entries are serially numbered in the classified part.
- The subject and author indices are linked to these serial numbers.
- The experimental issue of October – December 2015 is available on the website in PDF format.