1. Digital Libraries
The patrons have access to vast number of digital contents from several digital libraries across the globe. Some of the digital libraries are given below:
1.1. World Digital Library (WDL): WDL is Launched by UNESCO and 32 partner institutions in 2009. WDL Makes available free of cost multilingual digital material from different countries and cultures around the world. Has 19,147 items from 193 countries. Includes maps, rare books, sound recordings, photographs etc. To Access WDL please click
World Digital Library
1.2. National Digital Library of India (NDLI): National Digital Library of India is hosted by IIT Kharagpur, its project under Ministry of Human Resource Development. NDLI integrates all existing Digitized/digital content of the nation and provides one single window access with e-learning facility. It provides free/open access to learning resources and has User Group from primary to higher education, includes • Study at home, Books in Science, Humanities, Mgt, Engineering, law, literature. • School /CBSE Board Books and learning content • Covid-19 Research Repository • Featured Collections: Talks / Webinars Ancient Indian Art You can access the national digital library here
NDLI.
1.3. National Science Digital Library: National Science Digital Library (NSDL) aims to provide comprehensive S & T Information to students of science, engineering and technology in the country. It’s a project of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). NSDL provides curriculum-based content to address the information needs of the undergraduate students of science and Technology. The content creation and development for NSDL has gone through rigorous procedures to make available quality content for the students. Authored by eminent teachers and validated by renowned faculty in Indian universities and colleges. To access National Science Digital Library please click
NSDL.
2. E-Books: Patrons have access to several e-books in different subjects on various platforms, some of which are mentioned below.
2.1. Project Gutenberg: Online library of free e-books: Is Online library of open access e-books. Founded by Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg in 1971 its mission is to encourage creation & distribution of e-books. Patrons can easily access, and no special Apps are required to read the e-Books. Searches can be made by Author, Title, Subject, Language, Type, and even popularity. You have options to explore frequently downloaded top 100 books, or recently added new e-books. This library has Offline catalogue: A handy e-book listing. To explore free e-books please click
Project Gutenberg
2.2. Hathi Trust: E-books: Hathi Trust is a Partnership of Academic and Research institutions, it offers collection of millions of titles of books in different subjects digitized from libraries around the world. To explore interesting e-books please click
Hathi Trust.
2.3. Google books: The Google Books Library Project offers many Free Books available on public domain. It aims at scanning and making searchable the collection of several major research libraries, along with bibliographic, snippets of text from a book are often viewable. Books out of copyright and in the public domain is fully available to read or download. To Access books from Google please click
Google books.
3. References Sources
3.1. Directories
3.1.1. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): DOAJ is a directory of open access journals, launched in 2003. It is an independent nonprofit organization managed by Infrastructure Services for Open Access (Community interest company) based in UK. DOAJ database contains over 15,000 peer reviewed Open Access Journals covering all areas of Science, Technology, Medicines, Social science arts and humanities. To access DOAJ journal please click here
DOAJ.
3.1.2. Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB): DOAB is a directory of Open Access Books; it is non-profit legal entity under Dutch law established by OAPEN Foundation and Open Edition in 2012 in close cooperation with DOAJ. The Foundation is based at the National Library in the Hague. It is a community-driven discovery service that indexes and provides access to scholarly, peer-reviewed open access books and helps users to find trusted open access book publishers. All DOAB services and data is freely available. To access please click
DOAB.
3.2. Thesaurus and Dictionaries
3.2.1. Merriam Online Dictionary and Thesaurus: Online Merriam Dictionary and Merriam Thesaurus, is Thesaurus/Dictionary by Merriam –Webster, it searches more than 2,75,000 related words, synonyms/ antonyms, gives Meanings and Sample sentences on how words are used etc. To access this dictionary and thesaurus please click
Merriam Online.
3.2.2. Your Dictionary: Your Dictionary brings 16 authoritative sources of definitions and meanings including Webster’s New World College Dictionary and The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language and The American Heritage Dictionary of English language. Your Dictionary Thesarus can also help you to find right word for a letter or essay or synonyms from trusted sources like Webster’s New World Roget A to Z Thesaurus. To explore please click
Your Dictionary.