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Library is in
N.B.R.C. Campus, Manesar.
Working
hours:
The Library is open 08 hours. On
Saturday and Sunday Library is closed. The Library remains closed on all Gazzetted holidays.
Lending services are
available Monday to Friday 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon and 02:00 P.M to 04:00 P.M
Contents:
The Library has a total
collection about 2000 printed volumes
including books, textbooks, standards and
theses & dissertations. Books are
organized on open access shelves in various
collections.
General
Collection:
This is the largest
collection of books in the library. Books
for professional reading, research and
supplementary texts are kept in this
collection.
Reference
Collection:
While most books are
available for loan books in Reference
Section, Thesis & Dissertations,
Periodicals and Standards can be consulted
within the library. subject to copyright
regulations reference material can be
photocopied. Photocopy Service is available
in the academic section.
Textbooks
Collection:
Textbooks for Ph.D.
& Integrated Ph.D. courses are kept in a separate
collection. Since only a limited number of
copies of each title are available, students
are encouraged to buy and share their own textbooks.
Attractive discounts have been arranged from
some book dealers to Institute.
Light Reading
Collection:
While the strength of
collection lies in technical subjects, an
impressive light reading (leisure, sports,
fiction, self-development) collection is
available for loan.
Course Material:
Course material in a large number of subjects,
prepared by experts under the sponsorships
of agencies such as All India Technical
Education are very good help for studies.
You may find these course materials in the
General Books section. In
due course, web based course ware will be
made available online.
Journals and Magazines:
Only journals with professional and research
orientation are subscribed by the library. General magazines etc are
also subscribed by library. Library
subscribes to several daily newspapers
including on each in Hindi and English are
subscribed by the regularly.
Links to E-journals
Electronic Library:
The library has established access to
a large number of online and CD-ROM based
electronic information resources, such as
bibliographic databases and electronic
journals. Theses and dissertations submitted
to the Institute in electronic format since
2003 are also now available online on DSpace
server.
How to locate books in the Library:
If you are looking for
all the books on a particular subject, it is
convenient to browse the shelves for that
subject. Library books are arranged
within each collection by their Subject
Codes using Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC)
System.
DDC codes for other main
subject groups are:
000-099
General Works
100-199
Philosophy
200-299
Religion
300-399
Social Sciences
400-499
Language
500-599
Natural Sciences
600-699
Applied Sciences
700-799
Arts
800-899
Literature 900-999
History & Geography
OPAC - Online Public Access Catalogue:
All the books may not be available on
the shelf as many of them might have been
borrowed by other members. To see a complete
list of books on a particular subject one
should look at the library catalogue.
Library catalogue can also be used for
checking particular titles by author's name,
key-word or title. Library catalogue is
computerized and can be accessed from a
terminal in the library. Library catalogue
can also be searched using a common web
browser from any terminal located on the
Campus.
Assistance in searching
the catalogue or locating books is available
from the Help Desk.
Suggestions for
New Books: Library members are
encouraged to suggest new books for
additions to the Library. Suggestion forms
are available at the Help Desk. Please route
your requests through the Head of your
Department. Books that can be useful
in study or research to members are
procured. Please do not forget to check the
New Acquisition display racks for recently
acquired titles.
Borrowing Books
After selecting your
books from the library shelves please
present the same at the lending counter
along with your membership card. Only
members are entitled to borrow books from
the library. If you are not already a member
you may enroll yourself at the Help Desk,
where a copy of
Library Rules outlining the borrowing
privileges and other terms is also
available. In case the book that you wish to
borrow is not readily available on the shelf
you may request the same to be reserved for
you. The library operations are fully
automated. You may enquire about status of
your loans, reservations etc any time at the
Help Desk.
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