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LIBRARY

Introduction
Library is considered as the centre for information storage and retrieval.It performs a supplementary and complementary role in teaching-learning and research activity. The library is situated on the ground floor and caters to the needs of the college students and staff. The Library has 6881 books, 16 periodicals and 6 newspapers. The college library subscribes to N-LIST (National Library and Information Services Infrastructure of Scholarly Content) of UGC INFLIBNET to access e books and e journals. N-LIST is a college component of e-ShodhSindhu consortium with access to 6000+ e-journals , 1,64,300+ e-books and 6,00,000 e-books through National Digital Library.  The library is fully computerized using Koha Open Source Library Software.

Vision

Cater to the dynamic information needs of the VGDC Community in their teaching, learning and research pursuits

Mission

Aims and Objectives of the Library

Library Staff

Name	AsmaTabassum
Qualifications	MLISc , NET
Designation	Librarian

 

 

Library Advisory Committee

There is a Library Advisory Committee which is responsible for the following:

 

The following are the Library Committee members for the year 2021 – 2022

 

Library Automation

 

The Library was automated using proprietary library software “SOUL” of the INFLIBNET in the year 2014 – 2015. In the year 2019 – 2020, the library switched to “Koha” open-source Library software.
The following is the last five years data for Integrated Library Management System (ILMS)

 

Services

The following services are provided to the students and staff of the college

 

LIST OF NEWSPAPERS

ENGLISH

 

TELUGU

                                               
LIST OF PERIODICALS

                                  

 

E-Resources @N-LIST

Subscribed e-Journals and e-Books

E-Journals (Fulltext)

American Institute of Physics [18 titles]

Annual Reviews [33 titles]

Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) [1 title]

Indian Journals [180+ titles]

Institute of Physics [46 titles]

JSTOR [2500+ titles]

Oxford University Press [262 titles]

Royal Society of Chemistry [29 titles]

H. W. Wilson [3000+ titles]

Cambridge University Press [224 titles] (2010-2016)

 

E-Books

Cambridge Books Online [1800 titles]

E-brary [185000+ titles]

EBSCoHost-Net Library [936 titles]

Hindustan Book Agency [65+ titles]

Institute of South East Asian Studies(ISEAS) Books [382+ titles]

Oxford Scholarship [1402+ titles]

Springer eBooks [2300 titles]

Sage Publication eBooks [1000 titles]

Taylor Francis eBooks [1800 titles]

Myilibrary-McGraw Hill [1124 titles]

South Asia Archive [through NDL]

World e-Books Library [Now Available through NDL only]

 

SOME USEFUL  WEBSITES  ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT

www.khanacademy.org
www.academicearths.org
www.coursera.com
www.edx.org
www.open2study.com
www.academicjournals.org 
https://ncert.nic.in/
codeacademy.org

*BOOK SITES*

https://www.doabooks.org/
www.bookboon.com
http://sharebookfree.com
www.manybooks.net
www.epubbud.com
www.bookyards.com
www.getfreeebooks.com
http://freecomputerbooks.com
www.essays.se
www.sparknotes.com

*ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT*

http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
http://www.open.edu/openlearn/
http://open.umich.edu/ -University of Michigan

*ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS*
www.ehow.com
www.whatis.com
www.howstuffwork.com
www.webopedia.com
www.plagtracker.com
www.answers.com

E NEWSPAPERS
https://www.onlinenewspapers.com
https://www.eenadu.net/
https://epaper.thehindu.com/
https://epaper.timesgroup.com/home

*SEARCHING FOR PEOPLE*
■ AnyWho (www.anywho.com)
■ InfoSpace (www.infospace.com)
■ Switchboard (www.switchboard.com)
■ WhitePages.com (www.whitepages.com)
■ WhoWhere (www.whowhere.lycos.com)

*SEARCHING FOR THE LATEST NEWS*
■ ABC News (www.abcnews.com)
■ CBS News (www.cbsnews.com)
■ CNN (www.cnn.com)
■ Fox News (www.foxnews.com)
■ MSNBC (www.msnbc.com)
■ New York Times (www.nytimes.com)
■ USA Today (www.usatoday.com)

*JOURNALS*
https://doaj.org/
http://www.indexcopernicus.com Multidisciplinary
www.oajse.com - Open Access Journal Search Engine
http://www.lub.lu.se/en.html - Lund University
http://www.dovepress.com/ - Free Scientific & Medical Materials
http://www.copernicus.org/ - Access & Publication

ACADEMIC SEARCH/WEB RESEARCH TOOLS/REFERENCE MANAGERS
http://academic.research.microsoft.com - Multidisciplinary
http://www.scirus.com
www.scholar.google.com
http://dbis.uni-trier.de/DBL-Browser/ - Digital Bibliography Library Browser
http://academic.live.com - Live Search Academic
http://www.science.gov/ - USA government for Science
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/index - Computing & Information Sciences
http://www.mendeley.com/ - academic social network/collaboration
http://www.worldcat.org/ - Multidisciplinary
http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu - Voc& Tech Education
http://inspirehep.net/ - Stanford physics information retrieval system

 

ACTIVITES OF THE LIBRARY

 

Book Exhibition is organized in the Department of Library on the occasion of National Library Week (14th – 20th November) A wide range of books were exhibited to encourage and inculcate reading habits in the students and make them aware of the varied collection available in the library.
Books exhibited include books from fiction, biographies, dictionaries, competitive examination books and general collection in English, Telugu and Hindi languages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Department of Library conducted an online General Knowledge Quiz on the occasion of 53rd“National Library Week” ofIndia. The Quiz was open to the students and faculty members from 18th to 20th November, 2020.
The quiz consisted of 20 multiple choice questions each carrying 5 marks (Total 100 Marks) .An e-certificate was issued to the participants who scored 40 % and above

 

Orientation programme is organised  at the beginning of the year for the first year students. The students are informed regarding the library collection, services and a few basic rules and regulations of the library.

• • NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK
  • GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUIZ
  • USER ORIENTATION