SHRI CHINAI COLLEGE OF COMMERCE & ECONOMICS

LIBRARY

 

Five Laws of library Science

1. Books for use
2. Every book its reader
3. Every reader his/her book.
4. Save the time of the reader
5. Library is growing organization

 

Education and library service are twin sister and one cannot live apart from the other.

Shri Chinai College of Commerce and Economics Library was set up in 1963 with few collections in a small classroom. At present our library is located in 2442 sq. ft. area at second floor of the premise. Library functions are partially automated with SOUL 3.0 library software. The library is having a good no of Encyclopaedias, dictionaries, References, Religious, storybooks, textbooks in its collections .Library regularly subscribes to Journals, magazines and periodicals, and Newspapers for its users.

 

Sr.NO	Section Name	Nos.
1	Aided Section books	22896
2	Non-aided Section books	5670

 

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF LIBRARY –

1. To cultivate the reading habits in the minds of students/readers, books are to be made available.
2. To provide the textbooks and reference books to the deserving and desirous students/readers.
3. To make available the reading material required for the competitive examinations to the students.
4. To provide the extension service to students/readers by providing them books, Periodicals, etc on a loan basis.

LIBRARY FACILITIES –

Reading Room Facility – The library has a very large reading room, at a time 100 students are seated for study. It is open from 8 .30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. regularly.

1. New arrivals list is published/displayed on the notice board /circulated in staff, students by using social media.
2. Easy and simple subjective arrangement of books for easy retrieving.
3. Lending service – The library is issuing every student one book for a week on a library ticket /card.
4. Book bank scheme-
5. Periodicals service
6. Newspaper reading service /readers can read Newspaper in the reading room and old issues are available on demand.

List of Daily News Papers

Sr	Name Of News Paper	Medium	Level
1	Maharashtra Times	Marathi	State
2	Loksatta	Marathi	State
3	Times Of India	English	National
4	Indian Express	English	National
5	Economics Times	English	National

 

1. Reference services
2. Old exam papers service
3. Book bank scheme

Digital resource:-

Currently we are not providing our own digital resources but we encourage students to became a member of our country’s digital repositories i.e. NDLI.  Links of other free resource so that students can save their time and directed towards the right resource.

You will get information in form of books, audios and videos as well and that to without paying anything for the same. Students have to get click on the link given below the register them freely and utilize the vast amount of information available.

E-Repository

• NDLI:- http://www.ndl.gov.in/

FREE E-BOOKS

• Google books:- https://archive.org/details/googlebooks
• free e-books:- https://www.free-ebooks.net/
• e-balbharti:- https://cart.ebalbharati.in/BalBooks/ebook.aspx
• Pdf drive:- https://www.pdfdrive.com/
• free tech books:- https://www.freetechbooks.com/
• E-pathsala :- https://epathshala.nic.in/process.php?id=students&type=eTextbooks&ln=en
• Shakespeare collection :- https://shakespeare.folger.edu/
• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) :- https://www.doaj.org/

Multilingual E-Books

• Hindi:- https://www.hindibookspdf.com/free-hindi-books/
• Marathi:- https://sahitya.marathi.gov.in/
• Sanskrit:- http://www.sanskritebooks.org/2010/09/download-free-sanskrit-books-from-digital-library-of-india/
• Gujarati:- https://www.aksharnaad.com/
• Urdu:- https://rekhta.org/ebooks
• Tamil:- https://freetamilebooks.com/
• Bangla:- https://www.ebanglalibrary.com/
• Panjabi:- https://punjabilibrary.com/

Publishers & Aggregators Open E-Resources

• Springer publisher:- https://link.springer.com/search?query=library&facet-content-type=%22Book%22&package=openaccess
• Oxford press:- https://global.oup.com/academic/open-access/titles/?cc=in&lang=en&

Audio E-Books

• Achieve org.:- https://archive.org/details/librivoxaudio?tab=collection
• Loyal books:- http://www.loyalbooks.com/
• stories:- https://stories.audible.com/discovery
• Audio files:- https://www.audiofilemagazine.com/

E-Journals

• J-stor:- https://about.jstor.org/oa-and-free/open-access-journals/
• Econbiz:- https://www.econbiz.de/

E-Thesis and Dissertations

• Shodhganga:- https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
• Shodhgangotri:- https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/
• EBSCO:- https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/

Open Access Database                                                                                                         

• Google scholars:- https://scholar.google.com/
• Research gate:- https://www.researchgate.net/
• High wire:- http://portal.highwire.org/lists/browse.dtl
• Microsoft Academic:- https://academic.microsoft.com/home

Open Educational Resources

• epg pathsala:- https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
• Khan Academy:- https://www.khanacademy.org/

 Biographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopaedia, Thesaurus and Atlas

• Biographies :- https://www.biography.com/
• Marathi English Dictionary with voice pronunciations:- https://www.shabdkosh.com/dictionary/english-marathi/
• Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary:- https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com
• Oxford Learners Dictionary :- https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
• Encyclopaedia Britannica:- https://www.britannica.com/
• World Atlas:- https://www.worldatlas.com/aatlas/world.htm
• City Population:- http://www.citypopulation.de
• Maps of India:- https://www.mapsofindia.com/
• Guinness World Records:- https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/
• Imperial Gazetteer of India:- http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/

Statistical Database

• Reserve Bank Of India: Statistics on Indian Economy:- https://www.rbi.org.in/
• Census: Statistics of Demography, education etc.:- http://censusindia.gov.in/
• Government of India: Indian Statistics:- http://www.mospi.gov.in/
• The World Bank:- http://www.worldbank.org/en/research
• World Trade Organization (WTO):- http://yojana.gov.in/CMS/(S(qsoy2x45nkw0qsfvecsywj45))/Default.aspx
• Statista: Statistics and data with 600 industries and 50+ countries:- https://www.statista.com/
• Human Development Reports:- http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports

  Indian Government Resources

• Foreign Trade :- http://dgft.gov.in
• Import/export Policy:- http://www.exim-policy.com
• India Statistical Reports:- https://archive.org/details/universallibrary
• Ministry of Commerce:- http://commerce.gov.in
• Planning Commission- Five years plans:- http://planningcommission.nic.in/plans/planrel/fiveyr/welcome.html
• RBI Bulletin :- https://bulletin.rbi.org.in/
• Union Budget and Economic Survey:- https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/

Library Event

Library Book Exhibition

Library Quiz Competition

Quiz