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Welcome to the Indala College of Engineering Library!

Our state-of-the-art facility provides an extensive collection of academic resources to support your learning and research needs. With a diverse range of books, journals, e-resources, and comfortable study spaces, our library offers a conducive environment for intellectual growth. Our dedicated staff is always ready to assist you in finding the information you require. Visit us today and unlock a world of knowledge at Indala College of Engineering Library.

Library Rules

Working Hours & Holidays

Days	Time
Monday to Saturday	09.30AM – 05.00PM hrs

*The library remains open on all days of the year except on National Holidays.

Library rule

General Rule

Strict silence and discipline to be maintained in the Library.

Talking or group discussion is not permitted in the Library.
Use the library books and furniture very carefully.
Eatables, Audio-Visual device, Mobile phones, and other equipments & their use is strictly prohibited.
Minimized assignments/ Journals writing in the library.
Every student entering in the library premises should have a valid college identity card.
If a student so found without the Identity Card, no library facility for that day will be available to him/her.
If any reference is required, student should approach the Librarian.
All cases of disregard of these rules will be reported to the Principal for appropriate action.

Circulation Counter Instructions

For making the Library Card, two Stamp-size photographs are required.
Two Library cards are issued to each student for 4 years.
Library Cards are non-transferable.
The holder of the membership card is responsible for the books borrowed by him/her.
Students can borrow two books for reference purpose against college identity card at a time from the Library. The reference books cannot be taken out of Library premises. These reference books must be returned to the library before the close of the library on the same day.
No books will be reissued without presenting them physically.
Borrowers may check the books while getting them issued.
Current periodicals and rare books are to be used in the Library and will not to be issued for external use.
If mutilated or lost, the borrower will have to replace the book with a new copy or pay the amount of the current price along with the over due charges if any.
If the membership cards are lost, the Librarian should be informed immediately. In genuine cases a duplicate set may be issued on payment of Rs.10/-. And for that an application should be made to the Principal.
The Computer terminal/s (OPAC) provided for students to search and requisition of books shall be used with atmost care.
While taking NOC from library, students are required to submit their library cards to the Circulation counter.

Reference Section Instructions

Use this section for browsing reference books, data sheets, journals & magazines only..
Pure reference books are only for random reading & not to be issued out

Baggage Counter Instruction

Personal belongings are permitted to be kept on the storage rack, while entering in the Library, against token issued by baggage counter staff.
Only notebooks, notepads and writing material is allowed in the reading sections of the library

Penalty

Students found responsible for any damage caused to the library property will be required to replace the material or pay the price of the property, beside the penalty imposed upon them by the authority.
Student found using mobile phone in library premises, will have their phones confiscated by the library staff & submitted to the admin office for further action.
If the student is found without an Identity Card, no library facility for that day will be available to him/her.
If Reference book is not returned on the same day fine of Rs.50/- per day per book will be charged.

Circulation Rule

Book Allocation Rule

Category of Membership	No. of Books	Period of Loan
Students	02	7 Days
Teaching Staff	05	Three Months
Non Teaching Staff	02	15 Days

Circulation Rules

General books are issued to all eligible members as per their entitlements.
Reference books, bound volumes, and are not issued outside the library.
The readers should check the book thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, pictures etc., while borrowing the book.
No book in damaged condition will be accepted from the reader. Mutilated or spoiled books will have to be replaced by the borrower.
Books issued will not be accepted back on the same day.
Reader can claim books (reserve) already issued, at the circulation counter.
Loss of book must be reported immediately. Late fees, if any, will be charged till the loss of book is reported. If the original library book is returned after reporting it lost, the fine will be calculated till the date of its return.
For the rules for replacement of lost book kindly contact the Circulation Section.
Books are reissued only if there are no claims.
The borrowing facility can be withdrawn or restricted in case of misbehavior or misuse of the library.

Issue/Return Timing

Days	Time
Monday – Saturday	10.00 AM – 04.00 PM

Online Resources

E - Contents

A) ONLINE ACADEMIC & RESEARCH JOURNALS:

1) IEEE- ASPP & POP :-Journals, Transactions, and Magazines with conference proceedings)

A powerful resource for discovery and access to technical content
Access to full-page PDF images; including all original charts, graphs, diagrams, photographs and illustrative material
Access IEEE-ASPP using http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp

2) ASME :-

publishes 28 prestigious journals.
Access ASME Digital Library using http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org

3) ASCE:-

Civil Engineering research and practice
publishes 35 journals
Access ASCE using : http://ascelibrary.org/

4) Springer Nature::-

Second-largest publisher of journals in the science, technology, and medicine (STM) Journal coverage: 4700 Indexed
452 journal titles
Access Springer Nature using: https://link.springer.com

B) Question Papers:

University examination papers are scanned, and e-question papers are available.
Access through Question Papers

C) NPTEL:

Initiative by IITs and IISc.
E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering
Access through http://192.168.0.2/NPTEL

D) National Digital Library:-

Initiated by Ministry of Human Resource Development
Digital contents including books, articles, videos, audios, thesis and other educational materials under a single umbrella
Access through https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

Open Access Resources

OPEN ACCESS (FREELY ACCESS) E-RESOURCES

Open E-Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) –

A dissertation or thesis is a work submitted in support of candidature for a under graduate, master’s degree, or doctorate degree respectively, which presents the author’s research and findings. Electronic versions of theses and dissertations are called ETDs. ETDs replaced paper theses and dissertations and it can be similar to their paper predecessors in that they may have figures, tables, footnotes, and references. Links are given below :

Open Access Theses Repository	Links
Shodhganga	http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
DART-Europe	http://www.dart-europe.eu/basic-search.php
LSE Theses Online	http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/view/sets/DEPTS.html
DSpace@Cambridge	https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/
NDLTD	http://search.ndltd.org/index.php
Open Thesis	http://www.openthesis.org/
Dyuthi Digital Repository	http://dyuthi.cusat.ac.in/xmlui/
USU Institutional Repository	http://repository.usu.ac.id/handle/123456789/21
KrishiKosh (कृषिकोष )	http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/
EThos: e-theses online service	http://ethos.bl.uk/ProcessSearch.do
ISIM Dissertations	https://openaccess.leidenuniv.nl/handle/1887/4948
Open AccessTheses and Dissertations	https://oatd.org/
Shodhgangotri	http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/

E- Journals

NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository –

NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository You can now access full text articles from research journals published by CSIR-NISCAIR! Full text facility is provided for all eighteen research journals viz. ALIS, 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).

Link : – http://nopr.niscair.res.in/

SpringerOpen

The SpringerOpen portfolio has grown tremendously since its launch in 2010, so that we now offer researchers from all areas of science, technology, medicine, the humanities and social sciences a place to publish open access in journals and books. Publishing with SpringerOpen makes your work freely available online for everyone, immediately upon publication, and our high-level peer-review and production processes guarantee the quality and reliability of the work. Link :- https://www.springeropen.com/ Elsevier Open access journals All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.

Link :- http://nopr.niscair.res.in/

SAGE Open access journals

SAGE Open is a peer-reviewed, “Gold” open access journal from SAGE that publishes original research and review articles in an interactive, open access format. Articles may span the full spectrum of the social and behavioral sciences and the humanities. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).Elsevier Open access journals All articles in open access journals which are published by Elsevier have undergone peer review and upon acceptance are immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.

Link :-http://journals.sagepub.com/home/sgoa

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed in DOAJ. All data is freely available. Link :- https://doaj.org/

HighWire Free Online Full-text Articles

(List limited to journals published online with the assistance of HighWire Press) HighWire Press is the largest archive of free full-text science on Earth! As of 3/25/15, we are assisting in the online publication of 2,434,604 free full-text articles and 7,659,003 total articles. There are 4 sites with free trial periods, and 84 completely free sites. 163 sites have free back issues, and 346 sites have pay per view!

http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

The European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) Journals

he EURASIP was founded on 1 September 1978 to improve communication between groups and individuals that work within the multidisciplinary, fast growing field of Signal Processing in Europe and elsewhere, and to exchange and disseminate information in the field all over the world. The association exists to further the efforts of researchers by providing a learned and professional platform for dissemination and discussion of all aspects of signal processing. Link :- http://highwire.stanford.edu/lists/freeart.dtl

Institute of Physics electronic journals (IOP)

Link :- http://iopscience.iop.org/journalList

Digital Library Of The Commons Repository

The Digital Library of the Commons (DLC) is a gateway to the international literature on the commons. The DLC provides free and open access to full-text articles, papers, and dissertations. This site contains an author-submission portal; an Image Database; the Comprehensive Bibliography of the Commons; a Keyword Thesaurus, and links to relevant reference sources on the study of the commons.

Link :- http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/

The Royal Society Journals

The Royal Society is a Fellowship of the world’s most eminent scientists and is the oldest scientific academy in continuous existence.

Link :- https://royalsociety.org/journals/

OMICS International Open Access Journals

Make the best use of Researched information from 700+ peer reviewed, Open Access Journals operated by 50,000+ Editorial Board Members and esteemed reviewers and 1000+ Scientific associations in Medical, Clinical, Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Technology and Management Fields. Meet Inspiring Speakers and Experts at our 3000+ Global Conferenceseries Events with over 600+ Conferences, 1200+ Symposiums and 1200+ Workshops on Medical, Pharma, Engineering, Science, Technology and Business

Link :- https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access.php

ARPN Journal of Science and Technology

Journal of Science and Technology (ISSN: 2225-7217) is an international, open-access journal that publishes research intensive articles and scientific manuscripts and survey based contributions focusing all aspects of science and Technology. The objective of this journal is to bring together research fellows from academia and professional practitioners from industry to enlighten the latest topics of interest and building long lasting collaborations.

Link :- http://www.ejournalofscience.org/

Free E – Books Websites

Free E – Books Websites	Links
University of Pennsylvania	http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books
Project Gothenburg	http://www.gutenberg.org
Free e books	http://www.free-ebooks.net
Campus books	http://www.campusbooks.com
University of Virginia; e-book Library	http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ebooks/ebooklist.html
NAP Open Book	http://www.nap.edu/index.html
Internet public Library	http://www.ipl.org/div/books
Direct Text book	http://www.directtextbook.com
E-books	http://e-books.org
E-books Palace	http://www.ebookpalace.com
Electronic Library of Mathematics	http://www.emis.de/journals/short_index.html

Directory of open access books

The primary aim of DOAB is to increase discoverability of Open Access books. The directory is open to all publishers who publish academic, peer reviewed books in Open Access and should contain as many books as possible, provided that these publications are in Open Access and meet academic standards

Link :- https://www.doabooks.org/

Intech Open access books –

InTechOpen is the world’s largest Science, Technology and Medicine Open Access book publisher. With a goal to provide free online access to research since 2004, InTechOpen has published 3,377 books and 49,848 scientific works total by 108,482 international scientists. Link :- https://www.intechopen.com/about-intech.html

Open Access Institutional Repositories–

DSpace@MIT

DSpace@MIT is a growing collection of MIT’s research that includes peer-reviewed articles, technical reports, working papers, theses and more. End-user downloads of the 60,000+ items regularly exceed one million per month.

Link :- https://www.intechopen.com/about-intech.html

eGyanKosh- a National Digital Repository

eGyanKosh- a National Digital Repository to store, index, preserve, distribute and share the digital learning resources developed by the Open and Distance Learning Institutions in the country. Items in eGyanKosh are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved by IGNOU, unless otherwise indicated. To access the items in repository registration is required. Registration is free. :-

Link :- http://www.dspace.org/resources/

Hindawi Open Access journals

Hindawi publishes peer-reviewed, Open Access journals across many areas of science, technology, and medicine, as well as several areas of social science. Hindawi’s journals are indexed in the leading abstracting and indexing databases, including the Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, INSPEC, Mathematical Reviews, and Chemical Abstracts.

Link :- https://www.hindawi.com/journals/