Bodhisattva Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Library

Bodhisattva Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Library is the heart of academic and research activities of the Gautam Buddha University. It has been catering to the needs of faculty members, research scholars, and students on campus effectively. It has huge volumes of books and e-journals which cover the disciplines of management, computer science, information technology, biotechnology, Humanities, and other related areas. The library is located on the outer circle of the schools as the background of Tathagat’s statue. The library is well equipped with modern facilities, spacious stack halls, 2000-seating capacity reading hall, reference sections, catalogue area, multiple loaning counters, and is managed by a highly dedicated team of professionals. The mission of Bodhisattva Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Library is to “provide high quality services in support of the teaching and research objectives of the University communities”. The plans to remain open round the clock.

The Bodhisattva Dr. B. R.Ambedkar Library liaises with academic staff and researchers to identify the information needs of library users, procures material and provides services to make required information available, provides a conducive environment to study and research, and facilitates users with advice, assistance and skills training in using documents and information sources.

About Us

The Bodhisattva Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Library constructed in 1.78 lacs sqft. and spread over five story building. Established in 2008 and shifted to its new building in 2010.
Library has huge collection of books, journal and E-journals which cover the disciplines of Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, Biotechnology, Humanities, Social Sciences, Law, Environmental Science, Engineering, Buddhist Studies and other related areas.
The Library is well-equipped with modern facilities, spacious stack halls, reading halls with 2000-seating capacity, reference sections, catalogue area, digital library and is being managed by the Library staff.
The Central Library is a fully automated with Libsys and RFID systems.

Objectives

i). To advance and support teaching and learning activities of the university.

ii). To support research activities of the university.

iii). To procure, process, organize, display, facilitates access to Scholarly communications.

Future Plans

• Close Circuit TV on all floors.

• Collaboration and form partnerships with other leading National and International Universities.

• Establishment of Braille Section for special users .

• To develop and implement of Institutional Repository.

• Development text book and reference section.

• Digitization of institute project reports, technical reports, annual reports, faculty publication, conference proceeding etc.

• Increase and strengthen use of reading material and technology.

• Implementation of a user-friendly search and discovery tool.

Opening Hours

Days	Timing(Open & Close Time)
Monday to Saturday	09:00 am to 06.30 pm

*Note: One reading hall 24x7 (including Sunday and Public holidays)

Library Services

Access to Abstracts and full text of E-Resources
Circulation Services
Display of New Arrivals
Document Scanning, Photocopy & Printout Services
CAS, (Current Awareness Services)
Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI)
Reference and Information Services
Internet Services

Library Collection

S.No.	Document Type	Total Collection
1.	Text Books	45888
2.	Meditation	567
3.	Reference Books	110
4.	Book Bank	12104
5.	Other Books	762
6.	E-Books	500
7.	CD/DVD	2400
8.	Project Reports/Theses	1243

List of Print Journals/ Magazine

S.No.	Title
1.	World Focus (English Version)
2.	Yojna (English Version)
3.	Kurukhsetra (English Version)
4.	Pratiyogita Darpan (Hindi Version)
5.	Pratiyogita Darpan (English Version)
6.	Civil Services Chronicle
7.	Frontline (English Version)
8.	Economic and Political Weakly (English Version)
9.	Down to Earth (English, Hindi Version)
10.	India Today (English, Hindi Version)
11.	Competition Success Review

List of Daily Newspapers:

S.No.	Name of Newspapers
1.	Amar Ujala
2.	Dainik Jagran
3.	The Economic Times
4.	Employment News
5.	Hindiustan (Hindi)
6.	Hindustan Times
7.	Mint
8.	Nav Bharat Times
9.	The Hindu
10.	The Times of India

Membership Rule

All faculties, staff, scholars and students of GBU are entitled to become Library members. Registered Members must produce his/her identity card at the entrance of the Library failing which admission may be refused. Special care should be taken that the Identity Card/Membership Card is not misplaced or lost. If a membership card is lost, it must be reported immediately to the library to avoid any misuse. However, the members will be responsible for the misuse of the ID card, if any.

Issue-Return Rule

S.No.	Category	No. of Books	Duration
1.	Research Scholars	8	45 Days
2.	Students	4	15 Days

Fine for Late Return Books

Members have to return all the issued books on the time failing which fine of Rs. 5 per day per book shall be charged.

General Rules

All the members are required to maintain proper discipline in the library premises, and observe library rules.
Silence shall be observed in the library.
Users found talking loudly, shouting or quarreling or including in eve-teasing or any other act of indiscipline shall be liable to be punished as per University Rules.
Smoking/Spitting is strictly prohibited in the library.
Damage to the library property may lead to the withdrawal of library membership. In serious cases, a heavy fine and other disciplinary action will be levied/ taken.
The use of mobile phones is not allowed in the library.
Any member who is guilty of taking a book out of the library without authorization shall be liable to disciplinary action and withdrawal of library privileges and/or fine. University librarian shall impose any one or more of the following penalties, in case of indiscipline:
a) Warning (by the librarian)
b) Fine
c) Temporary or permanent withdrawal or cancellation of library membership.

E-Journals available through ONOS

S.No.	Publisher	URL	No. of Journals	Links/Action
1	AAAS- Science	https://www.science.org/journal/science	1	View
2	ACM Digital Library	http://dl.acm.org/	158	View
3	American Chemical Society	http://pubs.acs.org/	87	View
4	American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)	http://www.aiaa.org/journals/	9	View
5	American Institute of Physics	https://pubs.aip.org/	28	View
6	American Mathematical Society Journals	http://www.ams.org/journals	9	View
7	American Physical Society	http://publish.aps.org/browse.html	15	View
8	American Society for Microbiology	https://journals.asm.org/	25	View
9	Annual Reviews Journals	http://arjournals.annualreviews.org	51	View
10	ASCE Journals Online	http://ascelibrary.org/	36	View
11	ASME Journals Online	http://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/	35	View
12	Bentham Science Journals	http://benthamscience.com/	118	View
13	BMJ Journals	https://journals.bmj.com/home	36	View
14	Cambridge University Press Journals	https://www.cambridge.org/core	442	View
15	Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Journals	https://www.cshlpress.com/	8	View
16	Elsevier Science Direct Journals	http://www.sciencedirect.com/	2387	View
17	Emerald Publishing Journals	https://www.emerald.com/insight/	311	View
18	ICE Publishing Journals	http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com	34	View
19	IEEE Journals	http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/	210	View
20	Indian Journals.com	http://indianjournals.com/	258	View
21	Institute of Physics Journals	http://iopscience.iop.org/journals	74	View
22	Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Wolters Kluwer Journals	https://oce.ovid.com/	305	View
23	Oxford University Press Journals	https://academic.oup.com/journals/	375	View
24	Project Muse	http://muse.jhu.edu/	731	View
25	Sage Publishing Journals	http://journals.sagepub.com/	988	View
26	SPIE Digital Library	https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/	11	View
27	Springer Nature Journals	http://link.springer.com/	2405	View
28	Taylor and Francis Journals	https://www.tandfonline.com/	2548	View
29	Thieme Journals	https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/all/home.html	51	View
30	Wiley Journals	https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/	1333	View

E-Journals/Database

S.NO	Details:	Links
1	Taylor & Francis Online
2	Oxford Academic Journals - Oxford University Press
3	JSTOR
4	Springer Link
5	Emerald Insight
6	IEEE Xplore
7	SCC online (IP accessible) (free registration required)
8	South Asia Archive
9	World eBook Library
10	India Quarterly
11	Indian Journal of Public Administration
12	International Studies
13	Jadavpur Journal of International Relations
14	Vikalpa
15	SCC Online (IP Accessible) {Free Registration Required}

E-Books

S.NO	Details:	Links
1	Comprehensive Nanoscience and Technology
2	Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry
3	Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
4	Encyclopedia of Biological Chemistry
5	Encyclopedia of Genetics
6	Encyclopedia of Immunology (Second Edition)
7	Encyclopedia of Information Systems
8	Encyclopedia of International Media and Communications
9	Encyclopedia of Mathematical Physics
10	Encyclopedia of Modern Optics
11	Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition)
12	Encyclopedia of Stress (Second Edition)
13	Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict (Second Edition)
14	Encyclopedia of Virology (Third Edition)

Developing Library Network (DELNET)

Contact library for user name and password

Open Access E-Journals/Database

S.NO	Details:	Links
1.	Directory of Open Access Journals
2.	Directory of Open Access Databases (LOADB)
3.	Taylor & Francis
4.	SANKHAYA , the Indian Journal of Statistics (Indian Statistical Institute)s
5.	Public Library of Science (PLOS)
6.	PubMed (Medical Science)
7.	BioMedCentral (Biomedical, Medicine, Biology & Biotechnology)
8.	Medknow Publications: Publisher of peer reviewed scholarly journals.
9.	MedlinePlus (Medical science)
10.	Indian Council of Medical Research
11.	Free Medical Journals
12.	Springer Open
13.	Nature.com (Multi-disciplinary)
14.	AgEcon (Agriculture and Applied Economics)
15.	AGRICOLA (Agriculture)
16.	arXiv (Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics)
17.	Open Biology (Royal Society of Chemistry)
18.	Royal Society Open Science (Royal Society of Chemistry)
19.	Biographical Memoirs (RSC) (all issues are now freely available, apart from the most recent issue)
20.	NISCAIR Online Periodicals Repository
21.	NCERT Journals
22.	Indian Academy of Sciences
23.	Advances in production Engineering and Management
24.	The Electronic Library of Mathematics (ELibM)
25.	Academic Journals (Science, Art, Education, Legal)
26.	Computational Linguistics (MIT)
27.	Journal of Digital Information
28.	Cogprints (Multidisciplinary)
29.	Strategian (Multi disciplinary)
30.	Mathguide (Mathematics)
31.	eigenFactor.org (Impact factor Science/Social Science)
32.	The WWW Virtual Library
33.	Sociosite(Social Science)
34.	CiteULike (Citation Database)
35.	Psych Web (psychology topics and APA reference Style)
36.	Foreign Trade Review
37.	India Quarterly
38.	Indian Journal of Public Administration
39.	International Studies
40.	Jadavpur Journal of International Relations
41.	Vikalpa
42.	SCC Online (IP Accessible) {Free Registration Required}

Open Access E-books

S.No.	Details	Links
1	Directory of Open Access Books
2	Book Gold Mine
3	Bartleby.com
4	E-BookLobby
5	The complete work of Shakespeare
6	OAPEN (Law, Science Social, Sciences, Arts and Humanities)

Open Access Thesis /Dissertation/Projects

S.No.	Details	Links
1	Vidyanidhi: Indian digital library of electronic thesis (University of Mysore)
2	Shodhganga
3	Shodhgangotri
4	NDLTD
5	Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard
6	Caltech THESIS: A Caltech Library Service
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S.No.	Details	Links
1	Digital Library of India
2	The Directory of Open Access Repositories (Covered all the Subjects)
3	The National Science Digital Library
4	National Science Foundation
5	National Digital Library of India (free registration is required to access NDL resources)
6	SciDev.Net
7	Computing Research Repository (Cornell University USA)
8	Dspace@MIT

Open Data

S.No.	Details	Links
1	Central Statistical Organisation CSO
2	Indiastat.Com
3	Data.Gov.in
4	International Monetary Fund (IMF) Data
5	World Bank Data
6	United Nations (UN) Data Portal

Online Public Access Catalogue

Access only in GBU campus

Download Forms:

S.No.	Details :	Download Link
1	Book Recommendations Form
2	E-Resources/Print-Journal Recommendations Form
3	Library membership form for Faculty/staff
4	Library membership form for Research Fellow
5	Library membership form for Research Scholars
6	Library membership form for Students (offline mode)
7	Library membership form for Students (online mode)

Contact Us

Dr. Maya Mishra

Deputy Librarian
Bodhisattva Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Library
Gautam Buddha University
Greater NOIDA
Uttar Pradesh (INDIA) - 201312
+91-120-2346262
mayamishra@gbu.ac.in