Library
Mission
Build collections and create tools to support research, teaching, and learning.Provide access to and promote the discovery and use of local and external information resources.Ensure the preservation and long-lasting availability of Library collections and resources.Develop, encourage, and sustain expertise, skill, commitment and an innovative spirit in its staff to provide library services and Resources .Increase collaboration with students and faculties.
Objectives
Library is to serve the information needs of the faculties and students To build up a sample collection of Books, Journals, E-services and Institution Repository. To promote optimum use of Library materials Provided Internet service to users To strive to advance methods of Health Information provision through modern Information technology To identify the problems faced by the users while the library and its resources To know the purpose and motivations of visiting the library
Vision
To serve the information needs of its users, as a center of intense intellectual inquiry, the RCL Library shares with the intuition the aspiration to be the most dynamic learning environment.
Library Features
Facilities & Policies
Library Timing | Monday To Friday | 8.20 am to 5.30 pm |
Saturday | 8.20 am to 2.30 pm |
Circulation Timing | Monday To Friday | 9.30 am to 4.30 pm |
Saturday | 9.30 am to 1.30 pm |
Circulation of Materials:
Users may borrow books and non-books (non-books include journals, magazines, newspaper, bound volumes, compact disks and project report) during working hours at the library circulation counter. PG Students may borrow three books and UG Students may borrow two books and Book Bank Student (SC/ST Student) may borrow four books in their name. The books are issued for students maximum twenty days and two times renewals and teaching staff may borrow ten books and non-teaching staff may borrow five books. The books are issued for staff one month.
The Library materials in certain advertised categories may not be issued without special permission of the Librarian as following:
- Unbound Parts/Current Issues of Journals.
- Hand Books.
- Dictionaries.
- Reference Books.
- Project Reports.
Fine will be charged on late return of books.
Issued items from the library may not be taken outstation unless special permission is given.
Students should deposit their borrowed card in the library before they go on leave.
Loss and Defacement of Books and Non-Books:
The Cost of replacement with double amount along with the fine will be charged to the person for loss or damage the library materials. Any student if determined to have defaced or damaged any library item intentionally will have his/her library privileges revoked for a period of time determined by the Library Committee.
Students must take care of Library Materials and must not deface then by underlining, writing or drawing in them by removing any part of them, or in any other way.
Weed out Policy:
Weeding is the ongoing evaluation of the library collection with a view to removing those items which are no longer useful to library users.
Code of conduct:
- Keep your belongings in property counter
- Scan your college ID Card for Log Entry
- Borrowing materials without a valid identity card number is prohibited.
- Not permitted to use another Identity Card.
- Do not reshelf Books, Periodicals etc., leave them on the tables properly after use.
- Talking is strictly prohibited in the Library.
- Food or Drink is not allowed in the Library.
- Making Noise, Spitting are strictly prohibited.
- Reference Books are meant for Reading in Library only.
- Student shall take care of their Personal belongings if anything loss, Library is not Responsible.
- Laptop if used in the library must have their own cable connector.
- Mobile phones are to be set in the “OFF” or “VIBRATOR” mode prior to entering the Library.
Services & Membership
Library Services:
- Computerized Services.
- E-Resources Facility.
- Library Electronic Services (LES).
- SC/ST Book Bank Facility.
- Inter Library Loan (ILL).
- Reference Service.
- Referral Service.
- Reprographic Service.
- Wi-Fi.
- Non Visual Desktop Access.
- Plagiarism Check.
Library Institutional Membership:
- INFLIBNET N-LIST.
- DELNET.
- National Digital Library (NDLI Club).
Electronic Resources
Open Access E-Books | |
e-PG Pathshala | |
National Digital Library | |
National Academic Depository(NAD) | |
Swayamprabha | |
Vidhyamitra | |
Swayam | |
https://swayam.gov.in/ | |
American Libraries (>1,651,000 Books) | |
Universal Digital Lib. (Million Books Project) | |
Open Access Publishing in European Networks - OAPEN (About 1000 titles) | |
Biodiversity Heritage Library (>46,000 Items) | |
UC Press E-Books, 1982-2004 (>500 Public Access) | https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?style=eschol;smode=advanced |
UN University Full-Text Publications/p> | |
FreeBooks4Doctors | |
Open Library (1 Million Books) | |
South Asia Archive | |
Google Books | |
Karnataka State Textbooks | |
Gnanasangama | |
World e-Books Library | |
Online books | |
Community Books (>94,000 Books) | |
Universal Digital Lib. (Million Books Project) | |
Project Gutenberg (>33000 Books) | |
Canadian Libraries (>318,000 Books) | |
Open source Shakespeare |
Open Access E-Resources | |
National Digital Library of India | |
Educational Video Databases | https://manjunathaj.weebly.com/educational-video-database.html |
Research Funding Agencies | https://www.aicte-india.org/opportunities/students/research-funds |
Massive Online Open Courses(MOOCs) | |
Open Knowledge Repository |
E-Journals | |
Economic and Political Weekly | |
Bioline International | |
BioMed Central (STM) | |
HighWire Press | |
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) | |
Indian Journals | |
Journals of Himalayan Studies | |
Scholarly Journals in Google Scholar | |
IGNOU Online Journal Portal | |
E-Journal Economics |
E-Theses & Dissertations | |
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) | |
Vidyanidhi | |
Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD) | |
Vidyanidhi | |
MGU PhD Theses Archive | |
Shodhganga-Indian ETDs (INFLIBNET) | |
CalTech Electronic Theses and Dissertations | |
etd@IISc: IISc Repository of Theses and Dissertations | |
OhioLINK: Electronic Theses and Dissertations Centre | https://www.ohiolink.edu/content/ohiolinkelectronicthesesanddissertations |
PQDT Open(ETD’s) Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Resources |
Online Databases | |
Geography: ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews | |
Journal of Economic Abstracts | |
Higher Education Abstracts | |
Political Science: ICSSR Journal of Abstracts and Reviews | |
Indian Citation Index (Needs First Time Free Registration) | |
ISID (Institute for Studies in Industrial Development) | |
Molecular Biology Database Collection (2005 update) | |
World Banking Abstracts | |
Education Resources Inf. Center (ERIC) | |
Digital History |
Statistical Databases | |
Social Science Data Services (Data for Research) | |
Census of India | |
ISID (Institute for Studies in Industrial Development) | |
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation | |
Election Commission of India | |
Directorate of Economic and Statistics | |
Indiastats | |
Office of National Statistics |
Reference Sources | |
The free dictionary by Farlex | |
Virtual Learning Resource Centre | |
Global Research Gateway | |
Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing | |
World Digital Library | https://www.loc.gov/collections/world-digital-library/about-this-collection/ |
Wikipedia | |
Wikipedia – Kannada | |
Literary Encyclopedia | |
Scholarly Societies Project | |
Biblomania Reference(Online Literature >2000) |
Open Access Institutional Repositories (Indian Universities) | |
Mahatma Gandhi University | |
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment | |
Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) | |
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) | |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics | |
IIT Kanpur (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) | |
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) | |
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) | |
Information and Library Network Center (INFLIBNET) | |
NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository | |
Cochin University of Science & Technology (CUSAT) | |
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University | |
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) | |
OpenDOAR(List of World Repositories) | |
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (IISc) | |
Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (ICAR) | |
Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK) | |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research | |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) | |
Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) | |
Management Development Institute (MDI) | |
National Centre for Catalysis Research (NCCR) | |
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum Univeristy (PDPU) | |
Thapar University (TU) | |
University of Delhi | |
University of Hyderabad | |
Digital Library of the Commons Repository |
Open Access Directories | |
JURN Directory (Arts, Humanities) | |
Open Access Journals Search Engine (OAJSE) | |
Free Medical Journals | |
Free Medical Journals | |
Selected Open Access Journals (ICAST) | |
JURN Directory (Arts, Humanities) | http://www2.derby.ac.uk/response/links-mainmenu-23/64-oar/108-j |
Subject Specific | |
SOSIG Social Science Information Gateway | |
English Literature on the Web | |
Human Security Gateway | |
Scott's Botanical Links - Subject Index | |
Biology Browser | |
The Mathematical Atlas | http://amser.org/index.php?P=AMSER--ResourceFrame&resourceId=4131 |
Math on The Web |
Harvesters and Search Engines | |
BASE - BIefeld Academic Search Engine | |
Social Science Research Network | |
OAIster (25 Million Articles, Books, etc) | |
HighWire Press | |
Vikaspedia | https://vikaspedia.in/education/career-guidance/useful-web-resources/useful-websites-for-students |
E Content Govt of India, MHRD | |
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) | |
Cross Archive Search Service for Indian Institutional Repositories (CASSIR) | |
BASE - BIefeld Academic Search Engine | |
Social Science Research Network | |
OAIster (25 Million Articles, Books, etc) | |
HighWire Press | |
Vikaspedia | https://vikaspedia.in/education/career-guidance/useful-web-resources/useful-websites-for-students |
E Content Govt of India, MHRD | |
RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) | |
Cross Archive Search Service for Indian Institutional Repositories (CASSIR) | |
Google Scholar | |
SCIRUS | |
E learning Websites |
Patents / Newspapers / Technical Reports | |
Indian Patent Office | |
US Patents | |
Canadian Patents Database | https://search.open.canada.ca/en/sd/id/c5325763-2ba1-47a6-92a4-678070cfd781 |
European Patent Office | |
NTIS: National Technical Information Service | |
Free Patents Online (Multi-Country) | |
NTRS: NASA Technical Report Server | |
News Papers & Magazines (World) |
SN | E-Resource | Access / Deliverables | Subject Covered | URL Link |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NDLI (National Digital Library of India) | 8,64,90,225 e-Resources | All | https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/ |
2 | NLIST INFLIBNET | e-Journals – 6,150 e-Books – 31,39,309 | All | https://iproxy.inflibnet.ac.in:2443/login |
3 | DELNET | Union Catalogue of Books 3,28,75,350 records, Union List of Journals 51,670 records, Union Catalogue of Journals 20,235 records, Articles Database 11,24,250 records, Union List of CD-ROMS 61,750 Database of Theses and Dissertations 1,30,753, Union List of Video-Recordings 6,000 records, Union List of Sound-Recordings 1,025 records. | All | http://164.100.247.26/ |
4 | ProQuest (Research Library) | 2,500+ eJournals | All (Multidisciplinary) | https://www.proquest.com/?accountid=174132 |
5 | ProQuest (Academic Complete) | 2 Lakhs+ eBooks | All (Multidisciplinary) | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/msrcascin/home.action |
Open Access Resources
Open Access E-Books | |
e-PG Pathashala | |
DOAB | |
OAEPN | |
Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) | |
Google Books | |
Project Gutenberg | |
American Libraries | |
Canadian Libraries | |
UC Press Collection | https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/search?style=eschol;smode=advanced |
Open Access E-Journals | |
DOAJ | |
Indian Journals | |
Pubic Library of Science | |
National Library of Medicine | |
Medknow |
Open Access E-Thesis and Dissertation | |
NDLTD | |
NPTEL | |
Cambridge Dictionary and Thesaurus |
Downloads
Library Best-User Award
Library introduces the 'Best Library User Award' for Staff and Students. Memento/Book and Certificate in the form of award is given to the best users during Annual Day.
Library Staff
Mr. Kiran Kumar Nandi | View Profile |
Chithrakala M.G | View Profile |
Contact
The Librarian
Ramaiah College of Arts, Science & Commerce
(Graduate & Post Graduate Studies)
MSR Nagar, MSRIT Post, Mathikere,
BENGALURU - 560 054
Email: librarian@msrcasc.edu.in