Guru Tegh Bahadhur Library

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Guru Tegh Bahadur Library, a vital resource hub designed to support the academic and research needs of our university community. Our library is a modern, centrally air-conditioned facility that houses a diverse collection of over 253 resources, including reference books, E- Newspaper, Newspaper, course study materials, and textbooks across various disciplines such as Management, Humanities, and Social Sciences, as well as Certificate and Diploma courses. In addition to our extensive collection of traditional print materials, the library also offers access to theses, industry standards, and bound volumes of journals. To further enhance research capabilities, we subscribe to a wide range of electronic resources, including e-journals, e-books, and e-standards, ensuring that our users have access to the latest information and research developments. Our library operations are fully automated through the KOHA Library Management System, allowing for efficient management and easy access to resources. Users can conveniently search our library catalog (OPAC) from anywhere, while access to subscribed electronic resources is available on campus. The library is maintained by a dedicated team of qualified library professionals who are committed to providing exceptional service and support to all users. We invite you to explore our resources and take advantage of the many services we offer to enhance your academic journey.

MISSION

At the Guru Tegh Bahadur Library, our mission is to empower the academic community by providing access to a diverse range of information resources and services. We strive to foster a culture of lifelong learning and intellectual growth by:

Supporting Education: Offering comprehensive resources that enhance the learning experience for students, faculty, and researchers.

Promoting Research: Facilitating access to scholarly materials and databases that encourage innovative research and critical thinking.

Encouraging Collaboration: Creating a welcoming environment that promotes collaboration and knowledge sharing among users.

Embracing Technology: Utilizing modern technologies to improve access to information and streamline library services.

Cultivating Literacy: Providing guidance and support in information literacy to empower users to navigate the vast landscape of information effectively. We are committed to serving as a vital resource for knowledge, fostering academic excellence, and contributing to the overall mission of the university.

Ebooks

Open Access Books/Publishing Directories

• Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB) (http://doabbooks.org)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) (http://www.doaj.org)
• Free Medical Journal (http://www.freemedicaljournals.com)
• Institutional ARCHIVES Registry (http://roar.eprints.org)
• Open Access Directory (http://oad.simmons.edu/ /oadwiki/main_page)
• DOAR (http://www.opendoar.org)
• ROAR (http://roarmap.eprints.org)
• ROAD (http://road.issn.org)

Open Access Search Engines

• BASE:Bielefed Academic Search Engine (http://www.base-search.net)
• CiteSeerX (http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu)
• Core: Connecting Repositories (http://core.kmi.open.ac.uk/search)
• Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.co.in)
• Microsoft Academic Search (http://academic.research.microsoft.com)
• OAIster (WorldCat) (http://oaister.worldcat.org)
• OAJSE (http://www.oajse.com)
• JURN (http://www.jurn.org)

Indian Open Access Journals

• CSIR-NISCAIR Journals (http://www.niscair.res.in/periodicals/researchjournals)
• Indian Academy of Science (http://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Overview)
• Medknow Journals (http://www.medknow.com)

Open Access Journal Publihers

• Biomed Central (http://www.biomedcentral.com)
• Computational psychiatry (http://computationalpsychiatry.org)
• Intech (http://www.intechopen.com)
• Journal Springer Open (http://journal.chemistrycentral.com)
• Network Neuroscience (http://www.mitpressjournals.org/netn)
• Open Mind (http://open-mind.net)
• PLos (http://www.plos.org)
• PeerJ (https://peerj.com)

Open Access E-books

• Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts (http://infomotions.com/alex)
• Amedeo Challenge (http:/ /www.amedeochallenge.com)
• Authorama (http://www.authorama.com)
• Bartleby (http:/ /www.bartleby.com)
• DOAB: (open sources.docx)
• eBooks@Adelaide (https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au)
• OAPEN (http:/ /www.oapen.org/home)
• Open Library (https://openlibrary.org)
• In Tech open Books (http://www.intechopen.com/books)
• Project Gutenberg (http://www.gutenberg.org)
• Read Print (http://www.readprint.com)
• Rare Book (http://www.rarebookroom.org)
• The American School of Classical Studies at Athens(ASCSA) (http:/ /www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/ publications/open-access-ebooks)
• The Universal Digital Library Million Book Collection (http://ulib.isri.cmu.edu/)

Open Textbook Projects/Portals

• Openstax (https://openstax.org/)
• Open Textbook Library (https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks)
• Open SUNY Textbooks (https:/ /milneopentextbooks.org/)
• MIT OpenCourseWare: Online
• Textbooks (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/onlinetextbooks/)
• Luminos (University of California Press) (https://www.luminosoa.org/)
• BCcampus: Open Textbook Collection (https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-ourcollection/find-open-textbooks/)
• eCampusOntario Open Library (https://openlibrary.ecampusontario.ca/)
• Merlot (https://www.merlot.org/merlot/)
• UCL Press Open Access
• Books (https:/ /www.uclpress.eo.uk/collections/open-access)
• Open Book Publishers (https:/ /www.openbookpublishers.com/)
• Open Textbook Initiative (Australia) https://emedia.rmit.edu.au/oer/)
• LibreTexts: Free the Textbook (https://libretexts.org/)
• 200 Free Textbooks: A Meta
• Collection (https:/ /www.openculture.com/free textbooks)
• Intechopen (https://www.intechopen.com/)
• MIT open courseware (https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm)
• Saylor (https:/ /www.saylor.org/)
• GALILEO Open Learning Materials (https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/all-textbooks/)
• NOBA (https://nobaproject.com/)

Open Access Standard Sources

• ECMA International open standards (http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Standard.htm)
• OASIS Open standards (https://www.oasis-open.org/standards)
• Open Geospatial Consortium (http://www.opengeospatial.org/standards/is)
• World Wide Web Consortium Open Standard (http://open-stand.org)

Open Access Patent Sources

• AusPat (http:/ /pericles.ipaustralia.gov.au/ols/auspat/guickSearch.do)
• Esp@cenet (http://ep.espacenet.com)
• Indian Patent Office (http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearch)
• US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) (http:/ /patft.uspto.gov)

Open Access ETD Sources

• Australian University Theses & Dissertations (http://trove.nla.gov.au/result?g=+&lformat=Thesis)
• DiVA portal (http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/search.jsf)
• Indian Patent Office (http://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearch)
• NDTLD (http://www.ndltd.org)

Open Access Theses and Dissertations

• OATD (http://oatd.org)
• PQDT OPEN: ProQuest Digital Theses (http://pqdtopen.proquest.com)
• ShodhGanga, India (http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in)
• Theses Canada (Library and Archives Canada) (http:/ /www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/thesescanada/index-e.html)

Archives

• ArXiv.org (http://arxiv.org)
• CERN Document Server (http://cds.cern.ch)
• Cogprints (http://cogprints.org)
• Cryptology ePrint Archive (http://eprint.iacr.org)
• Eprint Network (http://www.osti.gov/eprints)
• HAL-SHS Archive of scientific literature (https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/search/index)
• HAL open archive Scholarly documents (https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/search/index)
• Institut Nicod Eprints Archive (http://jeannicod.ccsd.cnrs.fr/search)
• Medi Hal open archive of scientific images (https://medihal.archives-ouvertes.fr)
• Organic eprints (http://orgprints.org)
• RePEc (Research Papers in Economics) (http://repec.org)
• Solar Physics E-Print
• Archive (http://solar.physics.montana.edu/cgibin/eprint/defau/t page.pl)

Open Education Courseware

• Carnegie Mellon (http://oli.cmu.edu//earn-with-o/i/see-our-free opencourses)
• Johns Hopkins OpenCourseWare (http://ocw.jhsph.edu)
• MIT Open Courseware (OCW) (http://ocw.mit.edu)
• Notre Dame (http://ocw.nd.edu)
• NPTEL (http://nptel.ac.in)
• OpenMichigan (http://open.umich.edu/education)
• Open Yale Courses (http://oyc.yale.edu/courses)
• Oxford Mathematics OpenCourseWare (https://courses-archive.maths.ox.ac.uk/)

Consortium of Open Courseware (OCW)

• GUIDE - Global Universities in Distance Education (http://www.guideassociation.org)
• ISSUU: Open Course Ware Consortium (http://issuu.com/ocwconsortium)
• OCW Consortium Europe (http://www.opencourseware.eu)
• Ocw Universia
• Consortium (https://www.oeconsortium.org/members/view/215/)
• Social Science Research Network (https://www.ssrn.com/en)

Open Online Learning Tools

• Codecademy (http://www.codecademy.com)
• Coursera (https://www.coursera.org)
• Duolingo (https://www.duolingo.com)
• Edu Topia (https://www.edutopia.org/blog/googles-open-course-buifder-todd-finley)
• Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org)

Massive Open Online Courses

• Open Online education (https://edu.goog/e.com/openonline/index.html)
• Purdue OWL (https://owl.english.purdue.edu/ow/)
• Queensland University of Technology (https://www.gut.edu.au/study/open-onfline/earning)
• Udemy (https://www.udemy.com)

Virtual Libraries/Subject Gateways

• Hathi Trust Digital Library(https://www.hathitrust.org)
• Infoport (http://infoport.inflibnet.ac.in)
• Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)
• Intute (http://www.intute.ac.uk)
• Social Science Cyber Library (http://www.socsccybraryamu.oc.in/index.php/users-component/subject-gateways)
• Vifamath: the Virtual Library of Mathematics (http://vifamath.de)
• WWW Virtual Library (http://vlib.org)
• WorldWideScience.org (https://worldwidescience.org/)

Open Access Video Lectures

• Academic Earth (http://academicearth.org)
• Bioinformatics Centre of BTIS net (https://sites.google.com/a/sgbau.ac.in/bioinformatics-centre-ofbtisnet/ open-access-videolectures)
• Engineering Tube (http://engineeringtube.net)
• Free Lecture videos (http:/ /www.freelecturevideos.com)
• Free Science Videos and Lectures (http://www.freesciencelectures.com)
• Open Yale courses (http://oyc.yale.edu)
• Video Lecture (https:/ /video lectures.net/)