In the year 1966, Library was established in the institute and after a decade it is renamed as Resource Centre with enhanced facilities. The Resource Centre building is spread over in 240 sq. mt. space and it is completely furnished to cater the reading and lending facilities. The entire independent building is wi fi enabled and designed for laptop use. Reference and digital knowledge center is completely air conditioned. Resource centre approximately 30,000 books, 4000 back volumes and nearly 1600 current periodicals (journals). A comprehensive range of videos, DVDs, CD-ROMS and electronic resources, including- e journals, is also available and for our users. Exclusive reading lounge in the ground floor for reading newspaper, magazine and also for private reading. complete lending (issue and return of documents) service have been automated with bar code system. The Resource Centre is organizing short term training programmes for Library Science Teachers / Librarians in the emerging areas. Under the civilian training programme ITEC/SCAAP scheme of Ministry of External Affairs, GoI, Resource Centre is conducting Advanced Certificate Course on “Modern Library Practices” for Overseas Library Science Teachers and Information Science Professionals.
To acquire, organise and provide access to various kinds of information sources including books, journals, theses, etc both in print and electronic forms and provide excellent IT based information services and be partner in the pursuit of academic excellence by teacher trainees of India and Overseas, researchers and faculty.
To Collaborate with other institutions at local, regional, national and international levels for mutually beneficial resource sharing
To promote excellence to library staff and other faculty in technical institutions of India and Overseas.
Services are provided to the members only. Non-members will be allowed with permission
Books must be returned on before the due date and books will be renewed if there are no reservations.
Loss of Books, if any, shall be reported immediately to the resource centre on the prescribed form.
If the borrower is unable to replace the lost books, the cost is recovered, price of the book plus procurement charges 10 %
Members are requested not to bring their belongings inside the resource centre.
Use of edibles in the Resource Centre is strictly prohibited.
Reference materials should not be taken outside from the Resource Centre.
Patrons are responsible for complying with the limitation of copyright act while photocopying a resource centre book.
Strict silence must be observed in the Resource Centre.
Readers should not write in, mark or otherwise disfigure/damage books, furniture etc.
| Duration of Loan | Books Eligibility | Loan Period |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty & Group ‘A’ Staff | 10 | 1 Month |
| Non-teaching Staff | 5 | 1 Month |
| Group ‘D’ Staff | 2 | 1 Month |
| Long Term Trainees | 5 | 15 Days |
| Research Scholars | 5 | 15 Days |
| Short Term Trainees | 2 | 5 Days |
If the borrowed books / journals are not returned within due date, the Resource Centre will collect overdue charges
| 1 | Monday to Friday | 09:00 Hrs - 17:30 Hrs |
| 2 | Circulation Counter (Mon-Fri) | 09:30 Hrs - 17:00 Hrs |
| SL.No | CLOSED PUBLIC HOLIDAY’S | DATE | DAY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PONGAL | 15.01.2019 | TUESDAY |
| 2 | REPUBLIC DAY | 26.01.2019 | SATURDAY |
| 3 | MAHAVIR JAYANTHI | 17.04.2019 | WEDNESDAY |
| 4 | GOOD FRIDAY | 19.04.2019 | FRIDAY |
| 5 | BUDDHA PURNIMA | 18.05.2019 | SATURDAY |
| 6 | IDU'L FITR (RAMZAN) | 05.06.2019 | WEDNESDAY |
| 7 | ID-UL-ZUHA (BAKRID) | 12.08.2019 | MONDAY |
| 8 | INDEPENDENCE DAY | 15.08.2019 | THURSDAY |
| 9 | VINAYAKAR CHATHURTHI/GANESH CHATHURTHI | 02.O9.2019 | MONDAY |
| 10 | MUHARRAM | 10.09.2019 | TUESDAY |
| 11 | MAHATMA GANDHIS BIRTHDAY | 02.10.2019 | WEDNESDAY |
| 12 | DUSSEHRA (Maha Navmi) | 07.10.2019 | MONDAY |
| 13 | DUSSEHRA | 08.10.2019 | TUESDAY |
| 14 | DIWALI | 27.10.2019 | SUNDAY |
| 15 | MILAD-UN-NABI | 10.11.2019 | SUNDAY |
| 16 | GURU NANAKS BIRTHDAY | 12.11.2019 | TUESDAY |
| 17 | CHIRISTMAS DAY | 25.12.2019 | WEDNESDAY |
The Resource Centre holds a good number of learning and teaching materials books, periodicals, reports, video cassettes, CDs, Multimedia CDs, etc.. as detailed below.
| 1 | Books | 29877 |
| 2 | Magazine | 9 titles |
| 3 | News papers | No's |
| 4 | English | 3 |
| 5 | Tamil | 1 |
| 6 | Hindi | 1 |
| 7 | Video Cassettes | 339 |
| 8 | Multimedia CDs | 148 |
| 1 | Current Science | http://www.currentscience.ac.in/ |
| 2 | Bentham 175 Open Access Journals | http://www.bentham.org/open/a-z.htm |
| 3 | Bulletin of Materials Science | http://www.ias.ac.in/matersci/index/html |
| 4 | Directory of Open Access Journals -Provides access to over 1500 + learned journals covering all major disciplines. | http://www.doaj.org/ |
| 5 | High Wire Press- Earths largest free-full science archives (journals) 320 journals | http://highwire.stanford.edu/ |
| 6 | Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS) – 11 free Indian online journals | http://www.ias.ac.in |
| 7 | Indian Journals | http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx |
| 8 | Indian National Science Academy journals (INSA) | http://www.insa.nic.in/ |
| 9 | Institute of Physics electronic journals(IOP) 60 e-journals | http://iopscience.iop.org/journals |
| 10 | Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | http://www.ac.in/jaa/index/html |
| 11 | Journal of Bioscience | http://www.ias.ac.in/jbiosci/index/html |
| 12 | Journal of Chemical Sciences | http://www.ias.ac.in/chemsci/index.html |
| 13 | Journal of Earth Systems Sciences | http://www.ias.ac.in/jessci/index_body.html |
| 14 | Journal of the Indian Institute of Science http://journal.library.iisc.ernet.in/ | http://journal.library.iisc.ernet.in/ |
| 15 | Niscair Full Text Journals | http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ |
| 16 | Sadhana | http://www.ias.ac.in/sadhana/index.html |
| 17 | Open Access Journals Search Engine | http://www.oajse.com/ |
| 18 | Medknow Publications Journals | http://medknow.com/ |
| 19 | Proceedings-Mathematical Sciences | http://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Proceedings_%E2%80%93_Mathematical_Sciences// |
| 20 | 49 Full Open Access Stm Journals | http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ |
| 1 | Top internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge. | http://www.bartleby.com/ |
| 2 | Digital Library of India is digitizing all the significant literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind and making them freely available, in every corner of the world, for our education, study and appreciation and for all our future generations | http://www.dli.ernet.in/ |
| 3 | DOAB | http://www.doabooks.org/ |
| 4 | Download all kinds of Engineering Books for Free. | http://www.engmatl.com/ |
| 5 | Download engineering books | http://downloadengineeringebooks.blogspot.in |
| 6 | Ebook4free | http://www.ebooks4free.net |
| 7 | Free-Books | http://www.free-books.org |
| 8 | FREE E-BOOKS | http://www.bookfordownload.com/ |
| 9 | Free-ebooks | http://www.free-ebooks.net |
| 10 | Free fiction books | http://www.freefictionbooks.org/ |
| 11 | Free Tech books | http://www.freetechbooks.com/ |
| 12 | Project Gutenberg offers over 38,000 free ebooks | http://www.gutenberg.org/ |
| 13 | Virtual books | http://www.virtualbooks4u.blogspot.in/ |
| 1 | Berkeley’s Open Courseware | http://webcast.berkeley.edu/ |
| 2 | IGNOU RESOURCES | http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/ |
| 3 | Open Yale Courses | http://oyc.yale.edu/ |
| 4 | National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) | http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/ |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | http://ocw.mit.edu/ |
| 1 | Australian theses are now searchable via the National Library of Australia’s Trove service. Trove is a free repository of Australian material, including almost a million Australian theses. | http://www.caul.edu.au/caul-programs/australasian-digital-theses/finding-theses |
| 2 | Canada Thesis Portal | http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html |
| 3 | DART-Europe is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses. | http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php |
| 4 | Penn State Electronic thesis and dissertations | https://etda.libraries.psu.edu/ |
| 5 | SEALS Digital Commons contains the digital collections of the academic institutions in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. | http://vital.seals.ac.za:8080/vital/access/manager/Index |
| 6 | Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre | http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ |
| 7 | University of Helsinki Digital Theses - Finland | http://ethesis.helsinki.fi/en |
| 1 | Online Newspaper Directory for the World | http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ |
| 2 | India News Papers Directory | http://www.e-paperview.com/bharat.html |
| 1 | One look Dictionary | http://www.onelook.com/ |
| 2 | Encyclopedia | http://www.encyclopedia.coml |
| 3 | Encyclopedia Britannica | http://www.britannica.com |
| 4 | Merriam Webster Dictionary | http://www.merriam-webster.com |
| 5 | Engineering Dictionary | http://www.engineering-dictionary.org/ |
| 6 | Webster’s Online Dictionary | http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org |
| 1 | Journal of Engineering Education | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21689830 |
| 2 | European Journal of Engineering Education (Taylor and Francis) | https://www.tandfonline.com |
| 1 | ASCE Library | https://ascelibrary.org |
| 2 | Springer | https://link.springer.com |
Dr. R. Ravichandran,
Senior Librarian,
National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research,
Taramani, Chennai 600 113,
Phone: (044) 2254 5469 / 2254 5468
Fax: (044) 2254 1982
E-mail: ravi@nitttrc.ac.in
