Library

Reference

A major resource is the 10 volume Encyclopedia Indica covering India Pakistan and Bangladesh

To find other encyclopedias or guides for India do a Keyword search in the catalogue for India and the term encyclopedias (or guides) eg. India encyclopedias, India guides, India atlases

Maps of India
Digital colonial documents The project makes available rare colonial documents as searchable internet documents

Journals

Journals are useful for keeping up to date on current issues here are some relevant titles for the study of India

• Business India
• Economic & Political weekly
• India today also available electronically via Proquest
• Outlook

Internet Directory

• Open directory India – English language websites related to India organised by State
• India Virtual Library

Media

Press in India : annual report of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (print)

Databases:

• Factiva - News & Business database. Search publications by region, Southern Asian countries, or browse via the news pages for Asia South/Southeast
• World news connection Information from the Foreign Broadcast Information Service, it includes radio and television broadcasts as well as newspaper articles. Contact the Information desk at your campus for the password.

Webpages:

• The Hindu – Major National daily newspaper
• India Media sites

Politics & Government

• Directory of official websites of the government of India
• Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
• Lok Sabha (House of the People)
• List of political parties

Religion

Note: to find encyclopedias for specific religions in the Library collection do a Keyword search in the catalogue for name of the religion and the term encyclopedias eg. Buddhism encyclopedias

• Hinduism portal
• Buddhism portal

Statistics

• Census of India – most recent census (check the catalogue for previous census)
• Sankhy¯a : the Indian journal of statistics