Library
The main library of the college, called Sri Bharathi Theertha Library is the cynosure of all eyes. Spread over about 10,000 square feet, the library is home to about 47,000 books. Endowed with a mezzanine floor that houses a portion of the library's book racks, the library is centrally air-conditioned and provides a lovely ambience to sit and read.
The people who run the library are:
* Management Staff
Open Access system is followed in the library for all books and closed access system for reference books and journals, magazines and periodicals. There are shelf guides provided to facilitate easy access to books. There is also an Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) that visitors to the library can use to know the availability of books. The OPAC area of the library is an enclosure furnished with 5 computers, which students and faculty members can use to access the OPAC.
Library automation has been done using Autolib. All resources of the library have been bar-coded and bar-code scanners are used along with Autolib for the issue and return of books. Internet facility is also available in the library if students wish to browse for information.
Special Features of the Library
Well furnished areas to read
Librarian's cabin
Air-conditioning
Mezzanine floor
OPAC service
Five computers accessible to students in a separate area
Bar-coding of all library resources
Bar-code scanners are used in the issue and return counters
Internet browsing service which can be accessed by all users
Power backup for computers
All stock is maintained through the Library Automation software, Autolib
All data are maintained in central servers
Backups of data are taken every day from the central server
Store Room
Reference section
Special place for research scholars to do reference comfortably
Large number of journals in various subjects
Back volumes of journals
Services available in the Library
INFLIBNET’s N-LIST programme which gives access to more than 50,000 e-Books and more than 1,200 e-Journals
OPAC
Internet browsing service which can be accessed by all users
Bulletin Board Service
Educational CDs
Display racks for journals
Photocopying facility
Reprographic facility
Clip Boards
Special collections
Periodicals, magazines and journals are available for reading
Newspaper service
List of new arrivals is pasted in the notice board frequently
Selective dissemination of information (SDI) and current awareness services (CAS) are carried out systematically
Feedback is collected and necessary steps are taken based on the feedback
Important topics from periodicals and journals are pasted regularly in the notice board to expose the new arrivals or publications to the users
Clippings and new arrivals are displayed and exhibitions are arranged to create interest in students, making the system more accessible and easy
Scrap book is maintained
Reader facility is extended for visually challenged students
Important subject databases
Back volumes of journals
Membership of the USIS Library at Chennai
The Library Committee allocates funds to various departments for purchase of books and oversees the overall functioning of the library. It also suggests and implements innovations and brings in technology improvements.
Book exhibitions are held now and then with displays of books from the reference section in order to showcase the available materials to freshers.
List of Journals
Health Physics
International Journal of Nano-Technology
American Journal of Physics
International Journal of Physics
International Journal of Pure & Applied Physics
New Advances In Physics - An International Journal
Indian Journal of Science & Technology
Economic Affairs (International)
Global Review of Business & Economic Research
Indian Economic Journal
Sustainability Tomorrow
Journal of Rural Development
Southern Economist
India Economy Review
ACM: Journal of the ACM
ACM: Transactions on Computer-Human Interactions
ACM: Transactions on Information & System Security
ACM: Transactions on Algorithms
International Journal of Image Processing & Networking Technology
International Journal of Neural Networks & Applications
International Journal of Ubiquitous Computing
International Journal of Computer Science & Knowledge Engineering
Journal of Computer Science
Journal of Computer Science & Applications
Living Digital- Technology Review
Mathematical Modeling & Applied Computing
Current Science
Resonance
Bulletin of Materials Science
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
Journal of Biosciences
Journal of Chemical Sciences
Journal of Earth System Science
Journal of Genetics
Pramana
Proceedings - Mathematical Sciences
Sadhana
List of Magazines
Amman Darisanam
Amudha Surabhi
Deiviga Jnanam
Frontline
Madras Musings
NBT Newsletter
Nuclear India
Sri Ramakrishna Vijayam
Suttru Soozhal
Tamil Arasu (English)
Tamil Arasu (Tamil)
Tapovan Prasad
Tattvaloka
Vaikarai
Vedanta Kesari
Vivekavani
List of Dailies
Business Line
Dinamani
Financial Express
The Economic Times
The Hindu
The Indian Express
Some of the E-Resources available under INFLIBNET's N-LIST Programme
American Institute Of Physics ( 18 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
American Physical Society (10 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
Annual Reviews (33 Titles And 10 Years Rolling Backfiles Access)
Cambridge University Press (224 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
Institute Of Physics (46 Titles And Access From Vol 1)
Oxford University Press (206 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
Royal Society Of Chemistry (29 Titles And 10 Years Backfiles Access)
Economic And Political Weekly (1 Title And Acces Form 1966)
Indian Journals (150+ Titles And Access From 2007)
Ebscohost(H W Wilson )(2800+ Titles )
Mathscinet (Bibliographic Database)
Cambridge Books Online (1000 Titles)
Oxford Scholarship-Ebooks (902 Titles)
Netlibrary-Ebscohost (936 Titles)
Myilibrary-Mcgraw Hill-Ebooks (1124 Titles)
Hiindustan Books Agency -Ebooks (65 Titles)
Institute Of South East Asian Studies(Iseas) Books (382+ Titles)
Springer Ebooks (2005-2011) (1500 Titles)
Taylor And Francis -Ebooks (1000 Titles)
Taylor And Francis -Ebooks (1000 Titles)-New Platform
AI EDAM
APSIPATransactions on Signal and Information Processing
Combinatorics, Probability And Computing
Journal of Functional Programming
The Knowledge Engineering Review
LMS Journal of Computation and Mathematics
Mathematical Structures in Computer Science
Natural Language Engineering
Organised Sound
Probability in the Engineering and Informational Sciences
RAIRO - Operations Research
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications
ReCALL
The Review of Symbolic Logic
Robotica
Theory and Practice of Logic Programming
Reflections on Computer Science
Computer Science Research Articles
Computer Algebra Algorithms
Techniques & Architectures For Fault Tolerant Computing
Computing the Future
Special Issues on Computational Science & Engineering
Special Collections
World Bank Repository
Library support grant of Rs. 1.5 lakhs for buying books on Environmental Economics from the World Bank through the Department of Environment, Government of India under the capacity building program on Environmental Economics.
Materials acquired under special schemes (IEEE, ACM, NBHM, DST, etc.)
Malcolm Elizabeth Adiseshaiah Trust – 139 books
Physics (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
Economics (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
Zoology (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
Mathematics (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
Commerce (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
History (Books acquired under the UGC Minor Research Project)
Competitive Examinations
MCA Entrance Examination
MBA Entrance Examination
GMAT
GRE
TOEFL
TNPSC
GK books
CAT
SLET
BSRB
UPSC
Book Bank
General book bank in the main library
Book bank in the Departmental libraries
Book bank for SC/ST Candidates of MCA
Others
Collection of Sir. C.V. Raman works – 385 Volumes
Books funded by Meera Memorial Trust for Physics - 505
Atlases - 28
Maps – 37
Encyclopedia – 57 volumes
Software manuals – 65
Project Dissertations / Thesis - 1425
Tamil Pezhai – 306 Volumes
Video Tapes - 45
Departmental Libraries and Departmental Book Banks
Each Department houses a mini library in which relevant books are kept for students and faculty to borrow. There is a periodical shifting of books done between the Main Library and the Departmental libraries so that latest books relevant to the courses of study are maintained in the Departmental libraries.
The Departmental Book Banks are maintained in the main library itself.