Library & Leaing Group and IEEE Student Branch SJEC in association with IEEE through VTU Consortium organized a user awareness programme on "IEEE Xplore New Features” on 20 th April 2022 between 3.00 p.m. - 4.00 p.m. at Prerana Hall.
Dr Felcy D'Souza, Librarian, welcomed the gathering and introduced the Resource Person Mr. M. S. Srinivasa, the training manager for South states (Kaataka & Telangana) from EBSCO Information Services India Pvt. Ltd. The main objectives of the programme is to provide the awareness on IEEE Xplore e-resource database and its new features such as discovering new ideas for undertaking technical project; enhanced literature search skills; and enable faculty & students to publish faster in IEEE jouals.
The Resource Person gave a detailed insight on IEEE and its resources. He also briefed about the advanced search, command search, citation search, remote access, 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 conference and jouals and its importance to the students to strengthen their profile for placements as well as for seeking higher studies in abroad. During the interaction session, participants raised their queries to the resource person and cleared all their doubts about IEEE database. The resource person conducted the quiz by using Kahoot platform to the participants and the winners based the attractive prizes from the resource person. Finally, the webinar was concluded at 4.15 p.m. with the vote of thanks by Ms. Rupal M D'Souza, Coordinator IEEE student branch. A total of 52 participants including research scholars, faculty and students from SJEC participated in this programme. E- Certificates are issued to all the participants.
