Library Resources
I. Print Resources
I. Print Resources
Titles 50092
a Books
Volumes 148310
International Journals 99
b Periodicals National Journals 299 414
Magazines 16
Dailies 14 14
c Back Volumes 16467
d Theses/Dissertations 5302
II. Electronic Resources
e AV (CDs & DVDs) 5714
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Online Journals (Click here) - On-campus access
The Central Library provides information catering for the learning community of VISTAS by training them to access various subscribed Online Resources through Digital Knowledge Resource Centre. The Library Subscribes 18 Databases for the Students, Research Scholars and Faculties to fulfill their Knowledge thirst on research work.
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Inter Library Loan
The Central Library provides the ILL service, whereby the users of this library can utilise the following networks for their learning and research aspect.
Madras Library Network (MALIBNET) Click here
Our Library is an Associate member of the Madras Library Network (MALIBNET), Chennai which is the consortium of more than 50 libraries in the city like IIT, CLRI, ANNA UNIVERSITY, MADRAS UNIVERSITY, etc. Our Library users are using other nearby libraries for Books & Periodical Reference through MALIBNET Cards.
Developing Library Network (DELNET) Click here - On-campus access
DELNET has been actively engaged with the compilation of various Union Catalogues of the resources available in member-libraries. It has already created the Union Catalogue of Books,Union List of Current Periodicals, Union Catalogue of Periodicals,CD-ROM Database,Database of Indian Specialists, Database of Periodical Articles, Union List of Video Recordings, Urdu Manuscripts' Database, Database of Theses and Dissertations, sample databases of language publications using GIST technology and several other databases. The data is being updated in these databases and is growing rapidly. All the DELNET databases have been resident on DELSIS, an in-house software developed on BASISPlus, an RDBMS, the product of Information Dimensions Inc. of USA which has been provided to DELNET courtesy National Informatics Centre,NewDelhi. DELNET provides an array of facilities. DELNET'S relentless efforts in resource sharing have proved extremely effective. It has contributed a lot towards the modernisation of libraries in India.
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Shodhganga - Electronic Theses & Dissertations (Click here)
The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides a platform for research students to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the entire scholarly community in open access. The repository has the ability to capture, index, store, disseminate and preserve ETDs submitted by the researchers.
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National Digital Library of India (Click here)
Our Central Library is an Institutional Member of National Digital Library of India, a Ministry of Education under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology has initiated this pilot project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find out the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. The Library encourages the students and faculties to enroll their details under its Institutional Membership Login. Currently there are more than 600 members are already enrolled and utilizing this facility.