Full text e-book collection on Terrorism in Google Books

Loan, Fayaz Ahmad Full text e-book collection on Terrorism in Google Books., 2012 . In SAARC Conference for Library & Information Professionals, New Delhi (India), 1-2 December 2012. [Conference paper]

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Purpose The main purpose of the present study is to identify the fulltext e-books in Google Books on Terrorism in general and 9/11 in particular. Design/methodology/approach The Google Book archive was searched using two search terms- Terrorism and 9/11 in advanced search mode. All the hits (results) were retrieved and their bibliographical details were recorded to complete the present study. Findings The results reveal that the total number of fulltext books available in Google Books was 130 mostly written after 9/11 and dealing with political, business, economical, technological and religious aspects of terrorism. The findings also depict that the majority of the books are published by the DIANE Publishing, Darby USA and the prominent authors are corporate bodies of the United States like the US Government Accountability Office and the US House of Representatives. Research limitations/implications The study included only Google Book archive and the other archives/repositories should also be included in future studies. Practical implications The study is very helpful for worldwide social scientists especially political scientists, sociologists, lawyers, psychologists and media specialists conducting research on Terrorism and library and information professionals serving these scholars. Originality/value The study is original research highlighting the role of library and information managers in information discovery and identification on Terrorism.

Item type: Conference paper
Keywords: Keywords E-books, Open access books, Google books, Terrorism, September 11
Subjects: H. Information sources, supports, channels.
H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HO. e-books.
Depositing user: Dr Fayaz Loan
Date deposited: 16 Jan 2018 10:50
Last modified: 16 Jan 2018 10:50
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10760/30826

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