(Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi)
The Social Science Documentation Centre was set up in 1970 by the ICSSR, which is an autonomous organization established in 1969 by the Government of India. Its objectives are to sponsor and promote research in social science and facilitate its utilization, which it does by awarding grants for research and disseminating knowledge concerning the social sciences. Those interested may take advantage of the services rendered by SSDC:-
- Compilation of short/selected bibliographies tailored to the need of scholars,
- Facility to study on all days of the year except three holidays (i.e. 26 Jan, 15 Aug. and 2nd Oct.) in the premises of SSDC ; publications not available in library are collected from other libraries on inter-library loan basis,
- Supply of photocopies of articles/documents of interest from out of a rich collections of back and current issues of journals/serials, as well as unpublished theses and research reports, subject to the provision of the Copyright Act.
- Facility to get cyclostyling/rotating/ electric scanning.
- Financial assistance under study grant scheme for visiting libraries for collection of material for research.
S. P. AGRAWAL
DIRECTOR
[ADVT]
