The Library Provides Personalized reference services for its users.
Library provides issue and return of books: PG student can borrow 4 books at a time for ten days whereas Fellow students can avail 10 books for 1 month. Full time faculties are entitled for 50 books at a time for 3 months and Part time faculty can have 10 books per course for a period of 1 month respectively. Non-teaching staff are authorized to take 4 books for one month.
Content Page Service
The Library circulates Content Pages of journals subscribed by the library amongst the faculty members of the Institute and fulfils their article request.
Harvard and other Cases
Harvard and other cases recommended by faculty for a particular programme/term, are procured and distributed from the library.
Reference Sources
The Reference Collection include Dictionaries, Encyclopaedias, Periodicals, Theses and Dissertations, Government reports, Acts, Maps, Atlases, Rare Books, and Census data for consultation in the Library only, and are shelved on the west bay of the library and arranged in separate sequences.
Plagiarism, Remote Access & Writing Tools
The Feedback Studio (from Turnitin),RemoteXs (Eclat Engineering) and Grammarly are provided.
Government Offerings
Library avails the useful government offerings like National Digital Library and Research information System -IRINS to the benefit of the institute.
Library Newsletter
Library Newsletter (Quarterly) is published on quarterly basis which brings out the important events, initiatives and activities of the library and the future plans.
Institute Publications
Dissertations, Project Reports, Thesis, Research Reports, Sponsored Project Reports etc., are available in the library for reference.
Text Books
Textbooks recommended by faculty for a particular programme/term, are procured and distributed from the library.
Other Information
- New Arrivals
- Current Awareness Services
- Trainings and Orientations
- Compilation of Bibliographies on selected topics on demand
- Other Documentation and Information Services as and when required
Arrangements
The Library is following the Open Access System, which enables the readers to go directly to the bookshelves and select the books and other sources on their own. The books in the Library are arranged in three classes: The General Shelf Collection, Reserved Shelf Collection and Reference Collection.
New books acquired are classified, catalogued and displayed for 10 days for reference and reservation at the new arrival section just opposite to the circulation counter, and it will be available for circulation after the stipulated period. Books are arranged on shelves according to Call Numbers [Subejctwsie].
When a particular book is required for a user, its Call Number and Accession Number must be correctly ascertained from the ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOGUE (OPAC) available aside the circulation counter and through the Library Knowledge Portal. The user can directly go to the respective shelf where the book is kept according to call number and pick the book. The stack room is provided with guide cards on both sides of the shelves for easy location of the books.