- About Central Library
- Library Officers
- Library Assistants
- Sections
- Library Collection
- Services
- e-Databases
- e-Reference
- e-Journals
- Video-on demand
- Open CourseWare
- Open Access Journals
- Conferences and Seminars
Central Library
The Dravidian University Central Library was started in the year 1997 with a small collection of books. Initially, the library was situated in camp-office at Kuppam. Later it was shifted to the Periyar Bhavan in the new campus and was housed in Narayana Guru Bhavan. The present library shifted to its new state- of –the- art building on 9th August 2018. The present library is built on an area of 5580 sq.ft and it is furnished with modern furniture. The University Library is centrally situated and easily accessible to all the departments in the campus. The library serves the information needs of the students, research scholars, teaching faculty and non-teaching staff of the University and borrowers numbering around 1900. |
Library Officers
The day-to-day functions of the Central library at Dravidian University are efficiently managed by a team headed by a Qualified Librarian with more than 25 years of professional experience. He is supported by an Assistant Librarian, Documentation Officers along with a team of well trained library staff.
Sections
Acquisition Section |
The physical book stock of the library grows continuously by section procuring books, back volumes of periodicals, microfilms, and rare collection of books etc. in quotation calling method. There are 22 departments on the campus having an annual book grant of Rs. 20, 00000/- per annum to the library for the purchase of books and journals. |
Technical Section |
All the books acquired by the library are processed scientifically for their arrangement in the shelves. The library follows Dewey decimal classification. The book numbers are given using the Cutters table. Books are catalogued according to AACR-2. Library of congress subject headings are used for providing subject headings. |
Stack Area |
The Stack area is spread to half of the building. Books on Philosophy, Religion, Social Sciences, Language, Sciences, Technology, Fine Arts, Literature and Geography and History are arranged in the stack area. Books about 18000 volumes in Dravidian languages like Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam and Tulu etc. are kept separately in the stack area. |
Textbook Section |
Multiple copies of the standard text books on different subjects are kept in this section on the recommendations of the respective heads of the departments mainly for consultation by the students and staff. |
Reference & Quick reference section |
The reference sources like Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Lexicographys, Directories, Year Books, Hand Books, Statistical Sources, Biographical Sources, Geographical Sources, and Reports are being maintained properly in this section for reference. Apart from the reference books, text books are also being maintained in this section. Doctoral Theses and M.Phil Dissertations of the Dravidian University is processed and maintained properly in this section. |
Periodicals Section |
The Indian and foreign periodicals are being subscribed. The library is proposes to subscribe Indian as well as foreign journals as per periodically utilizing the UGC grants and the annual budget every year. Current issues of journals in the subject areas of Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, Computer Science, Bio-Technology and Business and Management are arranged alphabetically by title. A selection of popular magazines is available in the Current Periodicals area. Back issues can be found in the display shelves. Journals do not circulate. Presently 155 journals/magazines are available in this section. |
Circulation Section |
This is a pivot of the library besides extending transaction facilities to its readers. The circulation section looks after the work of registration of borrowers, maintenance of relevant records, reservation of books on demand, collection of overdue charges and reminding the borrowers for returning books after the due date and finally issuing of no-dues certificates. |
Competitive Examinations Cell |
In order to encourage the students to prepare for competitive examinations and seek jobs an exclusive section has been created in the library. The magazines and books are acquired relating to national and state level recruitment tests such as UPSC, APPSC, NET, Banking, Railways, LIC. Various employment notifications, forth-coming conferences, admission notifications would be displayed on the notice board to help the readers. The material available in this section is being fully utilized by the students to plan their career development and for seeking employment. |
Competitive Examinations Cell |
In order to encourage the students to prepare for competitive examinations and seek jobs an exclusive section has been created in the library. The magazines and books are acquired relating to national and state level recruitment tests such as UPSC, APPSC, NET, Banking, Railways, LIC. Various employment notifications, forth-coming conferences, admission notifications would be displayed on the notice board to help the readers. The material available in this section is being fully utilized by the students to plan their career development and for seeking employment. |
Newspapers and Magazines Section |
The library acquires 6 English, 9 Telugu, 2 Tamil, and 2 Kannada Newspapers covering national, regional and local papers. 25 magazines are received in the library, which include competitive and socio, economic, political and cultural. |
Library Automation |
The library automation helps libraries for excellent control over collection. The Library Automation work has been under taken in the DU library and 45000 volumes are entered with using SOUL software. |
Digital Library |
Without a Soul Can it be a Library? Sri Narayanaguru Bhavan, now filled with treasures of knowledge of the Digital Collection, is assuming its new functions in the service of culture, languages, technology and science assigned under the patronage of His Excellency the Vice-Chancellor of Dravidian University. For the benefit of the students, research scholars and staff of Dravidian University, Digital library/ internet facility has been provided to update knowledge and to utilize electronic information services in the library. The Campus-Wide 2 GB Optic Fiber Cable (OFC) network of Dravidian University connected to library. The Library has 3 servers, 48 PCs, 2 printers and 2 photo copiers. Automation of Library operations are in progress. Digital Library services are available to the users with 38 PCs at free of cost. e- Journals are subscribed through DELNET etc. Number of open access journals, databases and other useful resources are available for the academic community.1218 CDs/DVDs are available which contains e-books and subject materials. DELNET (ILL/Resource Sharing) The library is a member of the DELNET. The library maintains excellent relations with a number of major Institutions and libraries in India through DELNET, for exchange of books, journals articles for the mutual benefit of the users. It provides the delivery of individual books and journal-articles, as and when required by the member-libraries. Click here visit DELNET http://delnet.nic.in/ OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) facility is now available at the library entrance to facilitate online search of books available in the library with Title, Author, Keyword and Subject search options |
Library collection
Collection Status | Total | |||
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Print Collection |
Books |
Text Books/General Books |
66,620 |
84,400 |
Reference Books |
7,566 |
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Encyclopedias/ Dictionaries/Hand Books |
4,171 |
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Competitive Books |
1,569 |
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Gift Books |
4,474 |
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Periodicals |
Journals |
97 |
142 |
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Magazines |
45 |
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News papers |
Telugu |
09 |
18 |
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English |
06 |
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Tamil |
02 |
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Kannada |
01 |
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Electronic Collection |
E-resources |
DELNET |
All Delnet Online databases |
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Open access Journals |
Thousands of journals/magazines |
Services
- Reprography Service
- News paper clipping service
- Book Lending Service
- Inter Library Loan / Document delivery service (through DELNET)
- Reference Service
- Referral Service
- Serials Service
- User Awareness Service
- Resource Cell for Competitive Examinations
- Access and Issue of CD-ROMs
- New arrivals display / Online new arrivals service
- Book Exhibitions / Book shop visits
OPEN ACCESS (FREE) ACADEMIC ELECTRONIC ARCHIVES
ArXiv.org – An Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant archive of electronic preprints in physics, mathematics, computer science, and non-linear sciences. Created by Paul Ginsparg in 1991, it is one of the oldest archives of free online scholarship.
HighWire Press – Division of the Stanford University Libraries producing online versions of peer-reviewed journals and scholarly content.
Department of Energy Information Bridge – Full-text research and development reports in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and other topics.
US Department of Energy – Energy, Science, and Technology Preprints – Searchable gateway to preprint servers that deal with scientific and technical disciplines such as physics, materials, chemistry, biology, environmental sciences, and nuclear medicine, related to the activity of the department.
CiteSeer – Autonomously creates citation indexes of scientific literature. Generates citation statistics and allows easy browsing of the context of citations. Texts freely available in PDF, PS, HTML format.
CCSD: Thèses-en-Ligne – Eprint repository of French theses in various scientific domains [French/English].
CCSD: Hyper Article Online -An interface for submitting scientific papers to the article database of the French Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe. Papers in mathematics, physics, information science are instantly and automatically directed to “arXiv” [bilingual site in English/French].
NASA Astrophysic Data System – Free online abstracts and full-text papers in astronomy, astrophysics, planetary sciences, and solar physics.
Southampton CiteBase Services -Eprints service provider hosting digital archives of the University of Southampton.
OAIster – Gives access to a large number of eprints archives and electronic resources and through the OAI harvesting protocol reveals digital resources previously “hidden” from users behind web scripts.
CERN Document Server – Articles and preprints collection aiming to cover the published and pre-published literature in particle physics and its related technologies. The collection includes about 400,000 documents, many of which in full-text access.
EPrints in Library and Information Science – E-LIS is an open access archive to deposit preprints, postprints and other documents in the field of library and information science in electronic format.
Uppsala University Publications – Full-text working papers and research reports in PDF format.
Free Full-Text Science Archives – A directory with annotated links to institutional full-text scientific archives.
Document and Publication Server of the Humboldt University of Berlin. – (EDOC) Provides free access to publications, theses and dissertations, electronic e-print journals. [English and German]
Digital Library of Information Science and Technology – (DLIST) Developed by the School of Information Resources and Library Science and the Arizona Health Sciences Library at the University of Arizona using Open Archives Initiative (OAI) compliant Eprints v.2 software.
Philsci Archive – An electronic archive for preprints in the philosophy of science.
eScholarship Repository – Repository of the University of California, U.S., offering a broad range of e-books, journals and peer-reviewed scientific documents. Includes submission guidelines, editing assistance and FAQs.
Cogprints – Makes preprints and reprints of papers in all areas of the cognitive sciences freely available on-line. Authors can deposit their work in the archive after a (free) registration.
Virginia Tech – Electronic Theses – Searchable and browsable digital archive of theses and dissertations.
University of California – Service provider hosting electronic archives for research units and departments at the University of California.
Digital Library and Archives – Virginia Tech – Open Archive Initiative (OAI) compliant digital repository. E-journals, electronic theses and dissertations, faculty archives.
University of Trento Eprints archive – A digital repository (OAI compliant) of full-text scientific publications produced by professors and researchers of the University of Trento, Italy.
The Digital Library of the Commons – Gateway to the international literature on the commons, this working paper archive provides access to author-submitted papers, as well as full-text conference papers, dissertations, working pre-prints and reports.
Documents in Information Science – (DoIS) – Database of articles and conference proceedings published in electronic format in the field of library and Information science.
Caltech Library System Papers and Publications – Eprint repository of academic papers in the field of library and information science.
Cryptology Eprint Archive – Provides access to author-submitted research papers in cryptology.
Nottingham Eprints – An experimental project to investigate the institutional use of eprints services at the University of Nottingham. Browsable and searchable digital archives of several research units and departments.
Organic Eprints – Open access archive for papers related to research in organic agriculture.
NUI Maynooth Eprint Archive – The National University of Ireland Maynooth’s pilot electronic print project is intended to act as a central repository for the research output of NUI Maynooth academic staff and departments.
Institut Nicod Eprints Archive – Online research papers in philosophy, sociology and cognitive science of the Jean Nicod Institute’s members.
ArchiveSICÂ –Â French digital archive providing free access to full-text papers in the domain of information and communication science [bilingual site in English/French].
Caltech Computer Science Technical Reports – Electronic archive of freely downloadable full-text technical reports in PDF format.
The Computation and Language Eprint Archive – An electronic repository of full-text papers in computational linguistics, natural language processing, speech processing.
AKT Eprints Archive – Electronic archive of the Advanced Knowledge Technology Project. Downloadable papers in knowledge management.
Bergen Open Research Archive (BORA) – Digital repository of a research institutions in Norway. Includes full-text peer-reviewed journal reprints, theses, dissertations and other academic research materials. [English, Norwegian]
Elektronische Bibliothek der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen – Digital archive providing full-text access to papers, theses and dissertations in PDF format.
Electronic Publications of the WU-Wien – Electronic archive providing full-text access to working papers and dissertations of the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration.
Caltech Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory – Archive of freely downloadable technical reports from several labs in the domain of earth sciences at CalTech.
Computer Science Teaching Center – A digital archive of peer reviewed resources for teaching computer science. Submission restricted to registered users.
History and Theory of Psychology Prints – (HTP) Gives access to full-text of refereed papers. Registered users may also deposit appropriate material.
ANU Library Eprints – Browsable electronic pre- and post-print repository of the Australian National University.
Fourth International Symposium on Cavitation – (CAV 2001) Proceedings of the symposium, downloadable from this electronic repository hosted by the Caltech Library System.
Centre for Logic, Epistemology and the History of Science – Preprints by members and visiting researchers of the CLE, a research institute at the University of Campinas, Brazil.
Caltech Electronic Theses and Dissertations – Searchable and browsable repository of theses and dissertations from Caltech.
HofPrints – An electronic archive for papers produced by members of the Hofstra University Community. It includes papers written by faculty and administrators, papers delivered at Hofstra University sponsored conferences as well as invited lectures.
IOWA University – Computer Science Technical Reports – Digital repository of full-text technical reports downloadable in multiple formats.
MIT Theses: Science, Technology, and Society – Searchable collection of selected MIT master’s and doctoral theses available online.
SISTA – Publication database with search engine from the Katholieke university, Netherlands. Includes books, papers, reports and theses on different scientific topics.
Collection on Critical Global Issues – Full-text access to publications in the fields of agriculture and land management, development, environment and sustainability, food and nutrition, natural resource development, science and technology.
World Environment Library – New Zealand Digital Library Project provides full text access to publications in the fields of agriculture, biodiversity, climate change, environmental impact assessment, energy, health, natural resources, policy, sustainable development, waste management and water.
Archivio E-Print – Institutional archive hosted by the library services of the University of Florence. Contains teaching and research documents.
Medical and Health Library -Hosts full-text publications in the fields of clinical treatment, emergencies, essential drugs, family planning, food and nutrition, health education, HIV/AIDS, medical equipment, prevention, public health, sanitation.
Computer Science Technical Reports – Free access to more than 45,000 technical reports in computer science extracted from nearly 300 sites around the world.
Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI)Â –Â Provides free or very low cost online access to the major journals in biomedical and related social sciences to local, non-profit institutions in developing countries.
AGORAÂ –Â Provides access to over 500 journals from major scientific publishers in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA is available to students and researchers in qualifying not-for-profit institutions in eligible developing countries.
Open Society Institute – OSI. Promotes the development and maintenance of open societies around the world through an array of activities dealing with educational, social, legal, and health care reform.
International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications – INASP. Its mission is to enhance the flow of information within and between countries, especially those with less developed systems of publication and dissemination.
International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)Â –Â Assists developing countries to realise locally owned sustainable development by harnessing the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
The Essential Electronic Agricultural Library (TEEAL)Â –Â A full-text and bibliographic CD-ROM library of over 140 of the world’s most important scientific journals in the field of agriculture. It is available well below cost to over 100 of the lowest-income food deficit countries, as listed in the World Bank’s World Development Report.
International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP)Â –Â Technological support for the delivery of scholarly content. Develops protocols for the delivery of scholarly content, provides software for journal management and publication, hosts a database of free scholarly journals and resources.
Book Aid International – Provides books to libraries, hospitals, refugee camps and schools in order to support literacy, education, training and publishing in over 40 countries around the world. Concentrates over 85% of its resources on 13 countries in sub-Saharan Africa.
James Burke’s Knowledge Web – Digital incrarnation of the James Burke’s television programs. Visitors can create their own pathways through history, contribute content and investigate virtual reality learning spaces.
Public Library of Science – PLoS. Non-profit organization of scientists committed to making the world’s scientific and medical literature freely accessible to scientists and to the public around the world. Promotion of free access online journals and eprints archives.
Electronic Reference
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Subscription of e-journals
Dravidian University is a member of INFLIBNET & DELNET e-Resources
 INFLIBNET e-Resources Subscribed for Dravidian University (click Here)
 DELNET e-Resources Subscribed for Dravidian University (click Here)
Video-on demand lectures through YouTube
YouTube is a hub for videos from over 100 of our leading university and college partners. Think campus tours, news about cutting-edge research, and lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders. There are also 200 full (and free!) courses, in a range of subjects, from some of the world’s most prestigious universities, inclu
YouTube is a hub for videos from over 100 of our leading university and college partners. Think campus tours, news about cutting-edge research, and lectures by professors and world-renowned thought leaders. There are also 200 full (and free!) courses, in a range of subjects, from some of the world’s most prestigious universities, inclu
Open Course Ware
Open CourseWare, or OCW, is a term applied to course materials created by universities and shared freely with the world via the internet. The OCW movement began at MIT with the launch of MIT OpenCourseWare in October 2002. Since then, a number of universities have created OCW projects.
According to the website of the OCW Consortium, an OCW project:
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Open Acces Journals
The Electronic Library of Mathematics –  450  online journals  http://www.emis.ams.org/journals/ .
Medical& Bio-technology journals – 430 online journals. http://www.freemedicaljournals.com/
Engineering Library-University of Cincinnati – Science and Engineering Databases Online.http://www.libraries.uc.edu/libraries/engr/selfhelp/alphlist.html
Engineering and http://www.web-books.com/eLibrary/Journals.htm
http://www.bentham.org/open/a-z.htm-Â 175 open access journals
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/titles.html (49 full open access STM journals)
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/fprender.fcgi?cmd=full_view 275 open access journals
Indian >Academy of Sciences (IAS) – 11 free Indian online journals –  http://www.ias.ac.in/
http://www.knowledgecenter.unr.edu/ejournals/free.aspx  4500+ e-journals
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)Currently 1210 journals are searchable at article level  http://www.doaj.org/
Lebanese American University – 600 free e-journals. http://www.lau.edu.lb/libraries/free-journals-list.php
Intute search engine list of 350 freely available full-text sciences, engg. and tech. e-journals      http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/ejournallist.html
High Wire Press- Earths largest free-full science archives (journals) 320 journals http://highwire.stanford.edu/Institute of Physics electronic journals(IOP) 60  e-journals http://www.iop.org/EJ/welcome