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Central Library - Services
Central Library - Services

Circulation service

Circulation services include assistance in borrowing/ returning/ renewal of borrowed books and other reading material. Library staffs are available to help you with your queries and to locate books and study aids

Reference Service

Central Library has an impressive collection of text books and reference books (Encyclopedia, Handbooks, Manuals, Databanks for Competitive exams, expensive books), Project reports, Theses, Proceedings, Journals and Periodicals.

Electronic resources like CD/DVDs/ Audio cassettes and e-book/e-journals /theses/project reports also available in virtual library for reference.

Resource Sharing (Inter library Loan)

CARE has an institutional membership with DELNET, British Council library and American library, to provide printed books and electronic resources on an inter library loan, to provide anexpanded access to both print and online literature search.

Virtual library

All online databases like ProQuest, DELNET, SCC online, Pharma Intelligence can be accessed through virtual library. Students can utilize this for project report preparation, paper preparation for conferences/seminars/assignments, OPAC search and all academic activities.

E-Learning facility & Online Database

The Virtual library is stocked with 182262 electronic books subscribed from ProQuest online databases specially for medical, allied health sciences, and nursing students and 505 electronic books from DELNET. SCC online and Pharma intelligence databases are available for Law and Pharmaceutical sciences.

All the computers have a Wi-Fi connection, for unhindered access to online resources

Multimedia Resource Service

To enable students to attend/ access lectures delivered by distinguished faculty, video lectures / NPTEL online course videos /MOOCs (Massive online open access courses) head set, mike and web camera are provided.

NPTEL e-Learning Facility

Virtual library enables the students to access the video lectures of NPTEL, assignment submission and faculty interaction. Students can also attend these lectures using their own laptops.

Online Public Access Catalogue – OPAC

OPAC is useful to search and locate books and other resources availability in our library.

SMS alert service

SMS alerts directed to library users notify them about the new arrivals. Reminder messages are also sent to the users’ registered mobile numbers.

Library Management System(LMS)

Central Library operation a Library Management System developed in house by our own IT Team, and this is software is used for acquisition, circulation, report generation and stock verification.

Reprographics facility

Re prographic services like print, scanning and copying are available in the library at nominal charge.

Separate Reading rooms for Students and faculty members

Reading rooms with the perfect ambience have been separately earmarked for undergraduate and postgraduate students, research scholars and faculty.

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