College Library
The new Library building was inaugurated on 5-12-2016 under the Govt. of Tamil Nadu and it was constructed in nearly 3.86 Crore Rupees with air condition facilities in 8402 sq.ft. To enhance and enrich the knowledge of the students and scientist, a well-equipped digital Library Centre is available with a total print collection of 17870 Text books, which includes Back volumes, and Reference books and also digital collections etc.
The library has automated through Koha-Open-source Integrated Library Management System (ILMS).The College library is mainly providing with the documents collection of Agriculture, Horticulture, allied sciences and general resources to support the educational & research development activities of the users. It has access to more than 3000 e-books in full text form of Electronic mode and also around 4000 journals (CeRA) full text access facility in the e-form available at Library.
Collection Documents:
| Documents | Nos |
|---|---|
| Text Books | 17870 |
| Reference Books | 3250 |
| Back volumes | 594 |
| Thesis/Reports | 90 |
| Video Lessons | 105 |
| Journals | 5 |
| Magazine | 5 |
| News Paper | 5 |
LIBRARY e-SERVICES:
- User orientation
- Reference Services
- Current Awareness Service (Digital Display)
- Inter Library Loan
- Lending of Books (Issue/Return)
- Reprography Services
- Web OPAC (Catalogue)
- Digital Library services and e Resources Access
- Wi Fi facility Internet Access (BSNL ILL 2 Mbps)
- Remote login for E-Resources Access
- Koha-Open-source Integrated Library System (ILS)
- PGS Course Teaching
E-JOURNALS: CeRA (Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture )
Consortium for e-Resources in Agriculture (CeRA) has been established under the NAIP for providing online access to e-journals and resources in over 120 ICAR libraries. The main Objective is to expand the existing R & D information resource base of ICAR Institutions/Universities, etc., comparable to world leading institutions/organizations, and nucleate e-access culture among scientists/teachers in ICAR Institutes / Agricultural Universities. Most of the agriculture related journals from selected publishers are available in CeRA. At present, around 3900 journals (National & International) are accessible.
To access CeRA, use the URL: https://jgateplus.com
