a. Reference and inter library loan:

     i. Collection of latest relevant material for use by researchers.
     ii. Preparation of bibliographies on demand and sometimes in anticipation.

If a particular document is not available in the library, it is provided by asking for it on loan from other libraries. Additionally, we also have an arrangement with INSDOC for obtaining copies of required research papers.

b. WII’s L & DC is the only library providing an abstracting service for wildlife literature in India. At present the library has a sizeable number of reprints of research articles on wildlife and conservation. These reprints have been indexed and computerized.

c. Bibliographical services:

The L & DC has bibliography on different subjects. Many are the result of requests made by the faculty members of WII. The library also offers a compiled series of bibliographies in different areas of wildlife science (as given below) :

• An Annotated Bibliography on Musk Deer (Priced publication)

• Application of Telemetry in Wildlife Conservation : An Indexed Bibliography (Priced publication)

• Bibliography on Interpretation and Conservation Education

• Bibliography on Wildlife Management

• Bibliography on Zoo Management

• Bibliography : Wildlife and Protected Area Management in Madhya Pradesh

d. Retrospective search service:

CD/ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) was installed in L & DC in February, 1991. At present there diskettes are available on CD-ROM. Wildlife and Fish Worldwide, Biological Abstracts (BA), and CAB Abstracts. This service is also available to outsiders on payment.

e. Press clipping service:

A clipping service on wildlife conservation and related matters appearing in national media has been started.

f. Current awareness service:

A list of additions to the L & DC is published in our Institute's Newsletter alongwith WII Article Alert service. The Article Alert Service was started in Oct 1990 to channel new items and current information from the latest periodicals/articles received by L&DC for the attention of students, researchers and faculty. Photocopies of the articles are sent to the respondents. The members from other institutions can also avail of the Article Alert Service by sending an annual subscription.

Library Facilities

List of Publication available on Subject Area:

The Library & Documentation Centre focuses to develop its collection on Wildlife, PAs and other related subjects. Therefore, WII L&DC has a variety of collection, to meet the requirements of different users.

The following break-up shows a variety of collection available on different subjects in the library & Documentation Centre.

Secondary Database:

The following secondary databases on the subject are available in the library & Documentation Centre

1. Book Collection: Main database of library holdings of books, theses, dissertations, manual, proceedings, reference books, etc. and over 23000 references available.
    

2. Reprint Collection: A special collection of research articles on wildlife conservation and related fields and over 9000 references available.
    

3. Press Clippings: The press news on wildlife and related areas like animal cruelty and welfare, nature tourism, environmental laws and policies, environmental education, national parks, sanctuaries and reserves, wildlife trade and poaching, etc and 14000 References available.
    

4. Indian Wildlife Abstract: This is the only comprehensive database for wildlife literature in India and 5600 references mostly with abstracts available
    

5. Maps and Toposheets: The database of toposheets and maps (restricted and unrestricted) published by mainly Survey of India and over 7150 references are available.
    

6. Specialized Subject Databases: The Library & Documentation Centre has been compiling topical bibliographies on the different aspects of wildlife and are available in the form of database. These are:

• Musk Deer (Over 300 references)

• Rajaji National Park (Over 360 references)

• Application of Telemetry in Wildlife (Over 2030 references)

• Wildlife literature on Madhya Pradesh, Central Province of India
  (Over 1590 references)

• Mammals in India (Over 4690 references)

• Rainforest in India (Over 800 references)

• Tahr (Over 250 references)

7. Other Databases:

• WII Publications including research papers, manuals, reports etc.

• Directory of Information centers in and around Dehradun

• Directory of forestry institutions imparting forestry training in India.

Abstracting Service

Name of the Publication:
 

WILD (Indian Wildlife Abstracting Service): This is the comprehensive database for wildlife literature in India. 5600 research papers published on India after 1990 are being included in this.

Source of Abstracts
 

Scanning of primary and secondary sources received at the Library & Documentation Centre.

Periodicity
 

WILD is not available in the print form. It is being updated on weekly basis.

Online Journals

• Online access of 14 journals of Springer-Verlag 

• Blackwell Synergy

• Journal "Nature" with ten year archival (1997 onwards). http://www.nature.com/nature/index.html

• AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY :  http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/34629

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT : http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/5346

• ZOO BIOLOGY : http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/35728

• JSTOR (Biological Science collection only)  http://www.jstor.org/   

• MAMMALIA is available now for the year of 2006 & 2007. http://www.atypon-link.com/WDG/loi/mamm 

• Online Journal Down to Earth http://www.downtoearth.org.in/   

• Online access of Science Direct (Environmental Science collection)   http://www.sciencedirect.com 

• Online access of "South African Journal of Wildlife Research"  http://www.sawma.co.za