IS Portal

Library and Information Science

RESEARCH UNIT 
Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, 
New Delhi-110 068 www.ignou.ac.in
 
Candidates are required to apply online only. The Online Link for PhD Entrance Portal is as under : 

 

 

Vacancy of Seats/ Specific eligibility criteria and Programme Coordinators

School

Discipline

PhD

vacancies

Name of Programme

Coordinator /

Contact

Eligibility Criteria

School of

Social

Sciences

(SOSS)

Library &

Information

Science

(PHDLIS)

GEN — 06

SC - 01

ST - 00

OBC — 02

EWS — 00

Dr. Z. Yanthan

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011-29572723

 

Master's Degree and/or M.Phil.

Degree in Library and Information

Science

Total - 09

 

Syllabus for Entrance Test

PhD in Library & Information Science (PHDLIS)

 

Section - A

1. Introduction to Research Methodology - Fundamentals of research - Types of research - Research methods – quantitative and qualitative - Research Tools, - Research design - Ethical issues in research (IPR, plagiarism) - Research Communication (report writing, style manuals, web enabled citation management tools) - Methods and techniques of Reviewing (book review, literature review,

Section – B

1. Information, Communication and Society

2. Information Sources, Systems and Services

3. Information Processing and Retrieval

4. ICT Applications

5. Recent Trends in LIS

 

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