Library is the heart of an educational institution. It caters to the information needs of its clientele i.e. students, faculty and staff members. It houses variety of information sources like printed books, e-books, periodicals, e-journals, newspapers, question banks, etc

Organization of the Library

The library is organized into the following sections:

• Reading Hall – 150 users can use the library at a time
• Newspapers and Magazine Section
• Stack Section – the books meant for lending are arranged subject-wise
• Question Bank Section
• Circulation Counter
• Digital Library Section

Libray Area

• Sq Ft = 4334.5

Digital Library

• The digital library with 20 computers.
• All the twenty computers have internet connection.
• The students and faculties are free to browse the net for their academic, project work and preparing themselves for competitive exams

Working Hours

• Working Days :  9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
• Examination Days :  9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
• During Vacation :  9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
• Holidays :  Sunday and National Holidays

Contact Detail

Dr. S. Maheswari
Librarian
Mangayarkarasi College of Arts & Science for Women
Madurai – 625 402.
E_mail : mkwclibrary@gmailcom

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Rules and Regulations

The users of the library have to adhere to the following rules and regulations.

Users are advised to maintain complete silence inside the Library.
Student identity card is mandatory for all Library related activities.
The students are not allowed to use other’s identity card.
Mobile phones and any kind of electronic gadgets are strictly prohibited inside the library.
Users are responsible for the books issued to them.
Users are advised to inspect the book’s condition before issuing it. Any damaged is covered in the books should be brought to the attention of the library staff on
Any issued book that is lost must be reported immediately to the Librarian/Library staff.  The member must replace the missing book or pay the cost of the most recent edition of the lost book, plus any outstanding charges.
The Library is not responsible for personal property left on its premises that is lost or damaged.
Users must display their files, file covers, books and others to the Library staff on duty at the check-point before leaving the Library.
Eatables are not permitted inside the Library.
Users should not reshelf the books on their own

INFRASTRUCTURE

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Resources
Printed Resources

LIST OF PERIODICALS – TAMIL

Dinamalar
Dinamani
Dinathandhi
Dinakaran
The Hindu
Employment News

LIST OF PERIODICALS – ENGLISH

The Hindu
The Indian Express
Employment News

Magazines (17)

Competition Success Review (CSR)
Civil Service Chronicle
Yojana (English)
Kurushethra (English)
Banking Service Chronicle
General Knowledge Today
Mathematics Today
Physics for you
Chemistry Today
Reader’s Digest
Career 360
PC Quest
Tamil Computer
Women’s Era
Current Affairs
Yoga & Total Health
Digital Learning Magazine

Open Access Resources

Search Engines and Aggregators

• https://www.google.com/
• http://scholar.google.com/
• academic.microsoft.com
• https://www.base-search.net/about/en/
• https://www.wolframalpha.com/

Aggregators

• https://gettheresearch.org
• https://www.pdfdrive.com/
• https://www.paperity.com/ (first multidisciplinary aggregator of open access journals and papers)
• https://core.ac.uk/
• https://archive.org/ (library of millions of books, movies, software, music etc.)
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ (30 million citations)
• http://repec.org/

Journals

• https://road.issn.org/
• https://www.elsevier.com/about/open-science/open-access/open-access-journals
• http://www.kkhsou.in/library/oajse/
• http://www.opensciencedirectory.net/
• http://www.openaccessjournals.com/journals.html
• http://www.wileyopenaccess.com/view/journals.html
• http://www.jscholaronline.org/
• http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=open_access_publications_list
• http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/jrnlallbooks/all/open-access
• http://www.emeraldinsight.com/page/openaccess
• doaj.org (13600 journals and 42 lakh articles)
• https://www.ias.ac.in/Journals/Overview/ (Indian Academy of Sciences Journals)
• http://nopr.niscair.res.in/ (18 research journals and 3 popular science magazines)

Institutional Repositories

• https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar
• http://roar.eprints.org/

Open Access theses, dissertations and Books

• https://oatd.org/
• https://pqdtopen.proquest.com/search.html
• http://www.ndltd.org/
• http://ethos.bl.uk/Home.do;jsessionid=0AC7EAA7BD348911F6D005DA0A599AEE
• https://sg.inflibnet.ac.in/
• http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk

E-Books

• https://www.doabooks.org/
• http://www.oapen.org/home
• http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/Publishers_of_OA_books
• https://www.gutenberg.org/
• http://www/tamilvu.org(Tamil Virtual University)
• https://www.projectmadurai.org/

Open Educational Resources

• https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
• http://videolectures.net/
• https://www.oercommons.org/
• https://www.teachertube.com/

Current Affairs

• https://www.tnpscthervupettagam.com/
• https://www.shankariasacademy.com/current-affairs/
• https://www.winmeen.com/tnpsc-tamil-current-affairs/

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