Tontadarya College of Engineering, Gadag Central Library organized user awareness workshop on “IEEE Explore Digital Library” on 20th November 2016. The Workshop began with a prayer song, the Library Advisory Committee welcomed the gathering. Mr. Manjunath B. Uttarkar, Librarian, introduced the resource person Mr. Akshay Prasanna, Sr. Manager – Global Information Systems and Technologies Pvt. Ltd (GIST), Bangalore. The main objective of the workshop was to bring the awareness about IEEE and its resources among faculty, research scholars and students which would help in their research and publications and also to enhance the knowledge.
The Resource Person gave a detailed insight on IEEE and its resources. He also briefed about the basic search, advanced search, remote access, up-to- date access through mobile apps, choosing topics for projects from IEEE and its importance for placements, creating alerts on new articles and topics, different type of search techniques which help to narrow down the search results etc. He also added on how to publish paper in IEEE conferences and journals and its importance to the students to strengthen their profile for placements as well as for seeking higher studies in abroad. He also highlighted on the free courses available on subjects and plagiarism. There was a good response from the faculty, research scholars and students, who have actively participated in the interactive session and cleared their doubts. The session was informative and very useful. At the end, Prof. S. S. Patil, Asst. Professor and HoD, Basic Science and Chairman of Library Advisory Committee proposed the vote of thanks. Dr. M. M. Awati Principal, TCE, Gadag honored the resource person. Around 40 faculty members and around 300 students participated in the workshop.
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