** Sorry for Cross postings, if any ** Dear Members, The London School of Economics, Public Policy Group has brought out a handbook on 'Maximizing the Impacts of your Research: A Handbook for Social Scientists'. Even though currently it is in the draft version, the handbook covers various aspects of research impacts and will help researchers in achieving a more professional and focused approach to their research. Some of the topics covered include, citing of publications, citation tracking systems, key measures for academic influence, how better cited etc. I hope you will find this handbook useful for you and your library clientele coming from Social Sciences discipline. Full text of the handbook can be accessed at: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/research/resgroups/LSEPublicPolicy/Docs/LSE... ************ best Regards, Dr Shamprasad M. Pujar Deputy Librarian Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Gen Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East) MUMBAI-400 065, India Phone: ++91-22-2841 6547 E-mail: pujar@igidr.ac.in -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.