About Library

LIBRARY

            The Don Bosco College Kohima Library came into existence along with the establishment of College on 1^st July, 2015. The Library is an automated library using Integrated Library Management System (ILMS) software called eBLIS.

            It has a collection of 7,445 books and subscribed to 15 peer-review journals. Yearly new books are added in the library. It has separate general reference section providing the documents i.e., General Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, General Knowledge Books, Handbooks, National and State Newspapers, Monthly and Weekly Magazines, Employment News, etc. It is also Keeping CDs, DVDs, Thesis and some rare documents. The books are arranged according to DDC classification number.

Library Services and Facilities:

1. 1. The Library has a reading room with 40 users seating capacity (It’s going to expand).
2. It has separate general reference section, subject reference section, North-East books section and reprographic section.
3. The Library follows open access system by which a reader can select his/her desired book(s) directly from the stack.
4. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is available for checking the availability of a book.
5. There are eight computers in the library to accessing OPAC, E-resources and other educational related assignments.

Library Hours:

Monday to Friday	8:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Saturday	8:30 AM to 12:30 PM
2nd Saturday	Library Closed.
4th Saturday	General Holiday

LIBRARY RULES AND REGULATION

General Rules:

• Identity card is compulsory for getting to the library.
• All the users must observe total silence in the library and its environs at all times.
• All bags, cases, folders, etc. must be kept in the property counter.
• Users must enter in the entry register to accessing the library.
• Used of mobile phones is strictly prohibited in the library.
• Refreshment of any kind shall not be taken anywhere in the library premises.
• The library staffs have the right to ask students to leave the library if they are behaving inappropriately or causing disturbance to other users.
• No books or periodicals from outside will be allowed inside the library or reading room.
• Show the books and other materials which are being taken out of the library to the staff at the entrance counter.
• The librarian may recall any book from any member at any time and the member shall return the same immediately.

Book Issuing System:

• Books will be issued on presentation of the library card along with the ID card.
• Library borrower cards are not transferable. The borrower is responsible for the books borrowed on his/her card.
• Users are instructed to check the books while borrowing and they will be responsible for any type of damage of mutilation noticed at the time of return.
• The length of time that books may be borrowed :
  i. Students may borrow two books at a time for a period of one week, renewable two times,
  ii. A member of the teaching staff may borrow up to six books at a time for a period of two weeks, renewable four times,iii. A member of the non-teaching staff may borrow two books at a time for a period of two weeks, renewable two times.
• The due date of the book will be extended to the same member if there are no other applicants for it. A book may be reissued to the same member if there are no other applicants for it.
• Books borrowed should be returned on or before the due date stamped, if returned late overdue fine will be charged for the delayed period.
• Overdue charges or fines :
  For Students a fine of Rs. 1 per day will be charged of delay.For Teaching Staff members a fine of Rs. 2 per day will be charged of delay.
  For Non-Teaching Staff members a fine of Rs. 2 per day will be charged of delay.
• Book not to be issued :Reference books (Encyclopaedia, Dictionaries, Yearbooks, Multivolume books, etc.), Newspapers, Journals and Magazines are not to be issued. It can only be used within the library.
• Book lost :If the books are lost, then the borrower shall replace the books of the same edition or latest edition or pay the cost of the book with late fine.
• Care of library books :Marking, underlining, writing, tampering and tearing away the pages of books are punishable with fine or replacement of the book or both.
• Loss of cards :Loss of borrower card should be reported to the librarian. Duplicate card may be issued against formal application and fine.
• Validity of cards :Library borrower cards are valid for the entire duration of the course to access library facilities. At the end of the course borrower cards shall be returned to the library.
• No due certificate :Each student shall obtain No due certificate from the library after returning all the books issued, surrendering the borrower’s cards and after paying outstanding dues, if any.

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Sl. No.	Institutional Repository	Origin	Description	URL
1	Inflibnet	India	Here you can find articles published in all conventional proceedings of INFLIBNET Centre, More over you can also look for various training material,press clippings, news letters etc	VIEW
2	NISCAIR	India	You can now access full text articles from research journals published by CSIR-NISCAIR! Full text facility is provided for all nineteen research journals viz. ALIS, AIR, BVAAP, IJBB, IJBT, IJCA, IJCB, IJCT, IJEB, IJEMS, IJFTR, IJMS, IJNPR, IJPAP, IJRSP, IJTK, JIPR, JSIR & JST. NOPR also hosts three Popular Science Magazines viz. Science Reporter (SR), Vigyan Pragati (VP) & Science Ki Duniya (SKD) and a Natural Products Repository (NPARR).	VIEW
3	eGyanKosh	India	A National Digital Repository in India which store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country.	VIEW
4	NIT, Rourkela	India	An open access repository containing resources pertaining to Odia literature and culture, OAOB provides free access to researchers, scholars, historians, librarians, and the general public at all point in time.	VIEW

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SL. NO.	OPEN ACCESS SITES	SUBJECT COVERAGE	URL
1	National Digital Library of India	It provides all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners.	VIEW
2	Swayam Prabha	Free DTH Channel for Education.	VIEW
3	e-PG Pathashala	A Gateway to all Post Graduate Courses	VIEW
4	Project Gutenberg	Educations, Fictions, Fine Arts, Geography, History, Language and Literature, Law, Psychology and Philosophy, Religion, Science, Social Science and more.	VIEW
5	Authorama	Literature, Fictional Book Collection	VIEW
6	GuruKPO	Collections of all subjects disciplines from 10th standard Level to Post Graduate Level.	VIEW
7	FreeBookNotes	Original and largest literature study guide, collections of free book notes, study guides, book summaries, chapter summaries, and analyses available for thousands of books, plays, and poems.	VIEW
8	Internet Archive	Collecting and archiving of all fields in form of e-book, video, audio, website, image, software.	VIEW
9	Literary Theory and Criticism	Open access collection of scholarly articles, lectures, ebooks and eZines in Literary Theory and Criticism.	VIEW
10	Cambridge University Press	Politics, History, Law, Religion, Economics, Literature, Life Science, Sociology, Management, Environmental Science, Archaeology and more.	VIEW
11	ReadPrint	Collections of Essays, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Plays, Poetry, Short Stories.	VIEW
12	SpringerLink	Computer Science; Social Science; Education; Economics; Engineering and more.	VIEW
13	HathiTrust	Millions of mixed titles digitized from libraries around the world.	VIEW
14	Rare Book Room	Art, Botany, Cartography, Chemistry, History, Law, Linguistics, Litearture, Mathathemetics, Mechanics, Medicine, Music and more	VIEW
15	Jstor	Area Studies, Arts, Business and Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicines and Allied Health, Science and Mathematics, Social Science	VIEW
16	IGNOU	Study materials for Master Degree, Bechlor Degree, Post Graduate Diploma & Certificate, IGNOU Diploma and Certificate in all subject fields.	VIEW
17	Open Book Publishers	Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Politics, Sociology, Education, History, Environment Studies, Law, Literature, Language and culture, Mathematics, Media studies and Journalism, Philosophy, Sciences, Women and Gender Studies.	VIEW
18	Directory of open access books	43,980 academic peer-reviewed books from 659 publishers in all displines	VIEW
19	FreeBookCentre.net	Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature and Fiction, Law, Business and Finace, Medicine and more.	VIEW
20	Open Textbook Library	Business, Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Humanitoies, Journalism, Media Studies and Communication, Law, Mathematics, edicine, Natural Sciences, Social Science.	VIEW
21	Openstax	Mathematics, Science, Social Sciences, Humanities, Business.	VIEW
22	Wikibooks	Computing, Engineering, Humanities, Language, Mathamatics, Miscellaneous, Science and Social Sciences.	VIEW
23	UCL Press	Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Law, Liguistics, Literary Studies, Media Studies, Politiocal Science, Science, Sociology, Sustainability and Development Studies, Urban Studies.	VIEW
24	Open Culture	Collection includes great works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry, including works by Asimov, Jane Austen, Philip K. Dick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Neil Gaiman, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Ernest Hemingway, Virginia Woolf & James Joyce.	VIEW
25	Social Science Cyber Library	Brings together all open access e-resources in form of e-books, e-journals, video lectures, subject gateways, databases, useful websites etc. in the field of Social Sciences at one place.	VIEW
26	PDF Drive	Environment, Science & Technology, Fiction, Children & Youth, Health & Fitness, Biography, Politics & Law and more.	VIEW

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OPEN ACCESS E-JOURNALS
SL. NO.	OPEN ACCESS SITES	SUBJECT COVERAGE	URL
1	Directory of open access Journals (DOAJ)	More than 15,145 Journals from various disciplines	VIEW
2	Jstor	Arts, Business & Economics, History, Humanities, Law, Medicine & Allied Health, Science & Mathematics, Social Science.	VIEW
3	Sage Open	Business & Management, Communication, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Humanities, Information Science, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology,	VIEW
4	Springer OAJ	Geography, Business, Management & Law, Engineering, Chemistry, Social Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, etc.	VIEW
5	Open Access Library	Social Sciences, Humanities, Science & Technology, Engineering, Management, etc.	VIEW
6	Taylor and Francis	Economics, Business & Industry, Finance, Physical Science, Earth Science, Environment & Sustainability, Computer Science, Bioscience, Medicine, Engineering.	VIEW
7	BMJ Open	Communication, Medical Science, Health Economics, Mental health, Sociology, etc.	VIEW
8	Paperity	Applied Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences	VIEW
9	BioMed Central-BMC	Biomedicine, Computer Sc, Education, Engineering, Life Sciences, Maths, Social Science, Chemistry, Criminology, Earth Sciences, Materials Science, Psychology, and more.	VIEW
10	COGENT OA	Arts & Humanities, Biology, Business Management, Economic & Finance, Education, Engineering, Environmental Science, Food & Agrculture, Maths & Statistics, Social Sciences, Physics, and more.	VIEW
11	ELSEVIER Science Direct	Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Science, health Sciences, Social Science and Humanities	VIEW
12	Indian Society for Education and Environment (isee)	Science and Technology, Economics and Development, NanoScience,Drugs & Disease, Medicine & Healthcare, Bioinformatics & Biotechnology, Information & Management, Energy, Innovative & Development, Oncology and Radiation Biology, Automation & Artificial Intelligence	VIEW
13	Knowledge Unlatched (KU)	Anthropology, Communication, Literature, History, Linguistics, Politics, Sociology.	VIEW
14	SSRN	Applied Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences	VIEW
15	Sabinet	Arts, Anthropology, Economics, Education, Engineering, History, Law, Humanities, Literature, Linguistics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, and more.	VIEW
16	Hindawi Publishing	Biological Sciences, Medicine, Case Reports, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and Education, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science.	VIEW
17	Oxford Academic	Arts and Humanities, Law, Medicine & Health Science & Mathematics, Social Science	VIEW

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Sl. No.	Journal Name List	Url
1	Higher education for the future	VIEW
2	Journal of education for sustainable development
3	Indian historical review
4	Studies in history
5	Indian economic and social history review
6	India quarterly
7	Indian journal of public administration
8	International studies
9	Sociological bulletin
10	Contributions to Indian Sociology
11	Society and culture in south Asia

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