Central Library
A library is the heart of an academic institution. Our institution encourages all students and staff members to make the best use of the library that has been carefully built up since the inception of the college as a cardinal support services of the Institute. The prime objective of our library is to provide the right information to the right readers at the right time in the right manner by bibliographic sources and full text sources in the form of print as well as digital in the disciplines of Science, Engineering, Technology, Humanities, Management, general and etc., are kept in separated places such as Stack Section, Reference Section, and Periodical Section to support the scholarly and informational needs of the Institute Community . The library is housed in a spacious area of 840 Sq.m., fully computerized with Reference Section, Magazine Section, Stack Area and Digital Library . Presently there are more than 25430 books and 4218 reference volumes stacked for the benefit of staff and students. The library subscribes more than 90 specialized journals, over 40 them being international. We are also a member of US information service (USIS), British Council Library, CSIR, DELNET, CII, Madras Productivity Council and Anna University.
Constant addition of titles and volumes in all the fields of Engineering, Management, Basic Science and Humanities is the regular feature of our library. Every effort has been made to obtain all titles recommended by the faculty. Newspapers, weekly and fortnightly magazines of repute are subscribed to enable the students to keep abreast of day-to-day trends. The library comprises of an Audio-Visual section equipped with videocassettes and CDs. We are having Bar-coding and Internet connectivity. One Xerox machine has been provided for taking copies from library itself.
Library Resources- Stack Collection Details | |
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Volumes | 25430 |
Title | 4218 |
National Journals | 48 |
International Journals | 1450 |
Magazines | 45 |
Daily Newspapers | |
Back Volumes | 260 |
CD-ROM | 65 |
Project Reports | 820 |
Journal Section: Current issues are displayed in the periodical display rack and back volumes were bound at regular intervals
Print Journals | Department wise list |
E-journals | |
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IEEE | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp |
SCIENCE DIRECT | https://www.sciencedirect.com/ |
ASCE | https://ascelibrary.org/ |
Springer | https://link.springer.com |
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Directory of Open Access Journals (Covers over 2000 open access journals on all major subject areas) https://myownjournal.com |
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Electronic Library of Mathematics (by European Mathematical Society and Zentralblatt Math and Includes journals, monographs and lecture notes) |
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DIGI Zeitschriften (Completely or partial on-line available magazines ) |
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Seals(Swiss Electronic Academic Library Services) Portals (Provides free online access to archives of Commentarii Mathematici Helvetici and lenseignement mathatique ) |
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Goettinger digitization center GDZ (Provides free online access to monographs, articles etc in mathematics ) |
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Numdam Website ( The NUMDAM programme is supported by the French ministry of higher education and research by CNRS. It attempts to retro-digitize the ancient mathematics documents published in France ) |
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The NASA Astrophysics Data System (The Digital Library for Physics, Astrophysics, and Instrumentation developed by NASA) |
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HighWire Press (Standford University) |
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CERN Document Server (Over 800,000 bibliographic records, including 360,000 fulltext documents, of interest to people working in particle physics and related areas. Covers preprints, articles, books, journals, photographs, and much more.) |
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SPIRES – HEP Literature Database (Search more than 500,000 high-energy physics related articles, including journal papers, preprints, e-prints, technical reports, conference papers and theses, comprehensively indexed by the SLAC and DESY libraries since 1974.) |
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Gallica – National Library of France (Please select Recherche and then Periodique from this web site to see the list journals including Royal Society of London’s Journals available) |
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Scirus – a science specific search engine |
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Open J-Gate (Open J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global journal literature in open access domain.) |
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https://www.library.auckland.ac.nz/guides/eng/resources/es.htm |
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https://www.ias.ac.in Indian academy of science publications |
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https://www.niscair.res.in NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository |
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National Digital library – https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/ |
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World digital Library – https://www.wdl.org/ |
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https://www.techbook sforfree.com/science. shtml |
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https://www.pdfdrive.net/ |
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https://www.onlinebooks4free.com |
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https://www.freeonlinebooks.org |
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https://freeonlinebooks.net |
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https://www.freetechbooks.com |
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https://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm |
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https://www.readprint.com |
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https://www.freecomputerbooks.com |
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MIT Course Material available at www.ocw.mit.edu |
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National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL): www.nptel.iitm.ac.in |
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Digital Library – Digital Library has started functioning from 15/7/2011. More than 10,000 documents of lectures and lecture notes prepared by IIT and MIT professors are available in the form of videos, PDF and PPT. |
Transaction of Books (Issue & Return) | Reference | Reprographic (Xerox) |
Internet & Intranet | Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) | Group Discussion Room |
Reservation of Books | Reminder for overdue books | Inter Library Loan |
Periodical utilization |
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Photocopying charges : Students, faculty and other members Re.1.00/- |
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Fine will be collected for the late return of books as follows: |
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Till first week after the due date Rs. 1.00 per day |
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From Second week onwards from the due date Rs. 2.00 per day |
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From Third week onwards from the due date Rs. 5.00 per day. |
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Members who do not return the books even after 30 days from the due date will lose the right to borrow books. |
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BCL -10 cards borrow 4 books and 2 magazines against each card : Website: www.britishcouncil.org.in |
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DELNET- Developing library Network (International Library Network) – avail any book, Xerox or soft copy of any journal article through ILL (Inter Library Loan) Website: www.delnet.nic.in |
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MALIBNET – Madras Library Network – 3 cards –can access all the MALIBNET member institutions Website: www.malibnetonline.com |
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IIT Madras – One card –borrows one book and refers all journal Website: www.iitm.ac.in |
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Anna University- 5cards – borrows one book against each card and can refer all journals : Website: www.annauniv.ac.in |
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Before entering the library, Users (Staff & Student) should leave their belongings at the property counter and must scan their ID cards in e-gate at the entrance. |
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Strict silence should be maintained inside the library. |
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Books will be issued only under the Non-Transferable Institutional ID Card |
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If the borrowed book is not returned on the due date, a fine must be paid until the book is returned |
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In case of damage or loss of book, the borrower should provide a new book along with overdue charges. Otherwise the triple-price of the latest edition of book will be collected along with penalty of overdue |
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Writing in the books, dog-earing, tearing pages and tampering the date – slip or any other type of mutilation of books and journals etc., are punishable offences |
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Reference books, Back Volumes, and Journals are allowed to lend out of the library and return the same within another working day from the date of borrowing. |
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Library is a silence zone. Mobile phones and watch alarms should be switched to silent mode before entering the Library |
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The Apposite authority will take necessary action against the users who violate the library rules and regulations |
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Private books and personal belongings are to be deposited at the entrance. Any printed materials, documents and CD-ROMs will not be permitted to be taken inside the library |
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During Library hours the concerned library staff in charge will take care of entries and to maintain discipline in the library premises. Anyone found disturbing the library atmosphere will be asked to leave the library |
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All Library transactions should be through circulation counter only |
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Library members should produce their valid ID card whenever they borrow/return /renew their books at the circulation counter |
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Members are not allowed to use other ID card |
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Students can also renew their books through online renewal system, which is an Intranet Service. Books will be renewed only if the title does not attract fine, reservation and also if it is not renewed 10 times already |
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During Study holidays and Exam days Telephone and E-mail renewals are allowed, if the books does not attract fine and reservation |
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Members are encouraged to check their library transaction details in Online Book Renewal link in http://dlib.svce.ac.in or 192.168.6.70 |
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Reference Books, Back Volumes and Periodicals are not issued |
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Members are responsible for the books issued to their account. |
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Under special circumstances Librarian has the right to recall any issued books even before the due date. |
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The users should not bring the borrowed books inside the library unless they want to return them |
The following entitlements apply to books in the general loan collections of the Central Library.
Membership Category | Borrowing Entitlements | Loan Period |
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Professor | 10 Books | 30 Days |
Associate Professor | 08 Books | |
Assistant Professor | 06 Books | |
Supporting and Administrative Staff | 04 Books | |
Under Graduate Students | 05 Books | |
Post Graduate Students | 06 Books |
Library Working Time (Except Institutional Holidays)
Reference Service | 9.00 A.M. to 6. 00 P.M. |
Transaction Service | 9.15.A.M. to 5.00 P.M |
Name | Dr. C. Balasubramani |
Designation | Chief Librarian |
Educational Qualification | MLISC, MPhil, PhD |
Experience | 19 Years |
Name | C.Rajangam |
Designation | Librarin |
Educational Qualification | MLISC |
Experience | 22 Years |
1 | Dr.K.S.Srinivasan | Principal | Chairman |
2 | Dr.E.Dhiravidachelvi | Head - Academics | Member |
3 | Dr.B.JANARTHANAN | Head – Research | Member |
4 | Dr. I. Manju | Head - Training | Member |
5 | Dr B Muthukumar | Head - Placement | Member |
6 | Mr.Abdul Rohuman | IV Yr Student Rep | Member |
7 | Ms.Fahima S | III Yr Student Rep | Member |
8 | Mr.MD.Najumudeen | II Yr Student Rep | Member |
9 | Mr.C.Rajangam | Librarian | Member Secretary |