National Digital library of India

The National Digital library of India is a project under Ministry of Human Resource Development, India. The objective is to collect and collate metadata and provide full text index from several national and international digital libraries, as well as other relevant sources. 

NDLI has been developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. It is single window platform that collects resources  from premier learning institutions in India and abroad and other relevant sources. It is open to all at free of cost.Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find out the right resource with least effort and in minimum time.

https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/

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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 nineteen research journals viz. ALIS, AIR, 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).
 Click the links for more details 

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

Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) 

Applied Innovative Research (AIR) 

Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika (BVAAP) 

Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IJBB) 

Indian Journal of Biotechnology (IJBT) 

Indian Journal of Chemical Technology (IJCT)

Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section A (IJC-A)

Indian Journal of Chemistry -Section B (IJC-B)

Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Sciences (IJEMS)

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB)

Indian Journal of Fibre & Textile Research (IJFTR)

Indian Journal of Geo-Marine Sciences (IJMS)

Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources (IJNPR)

Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP) 

Indian Journal of Radio & Space Physics (IJRSP)

Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)

Journal of Intellectual Property Rights (JIPR)

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research (JSIR) 

Journal of Scientific Temper (JST)

CD/DVDs

The Central Library has more than 500 CD/DVDs

Book Arrangement in Shelf

Books in  library are arranged by subject using the Dewey Decimal Classification system. Each subject is given a number called a Call number, and the books are then shelved in numerical order.

The Dewey Decimal Classification divides all knowledge into ten main subject areas, which are each assigned a range of numbers:

000 – 099 General subjects, computing
100 – 199 Philosophy, psychology
200 – 299 Religion
300 – 399 Social sciences
400 – 499 Language
500 – 599 Natural sciences, mathematics
600 – 699 Technology (applied sciences)
700 – 799 Arts, entertainment
800 – 899 Literature
900 – 999 History, geography


The main subject areas are subdivided into smaller and smaller sections, giving more specific subjects like:

  • 600 Technology (applied sciences)
  • 610 Medical sciences and medicine
  • 620 Engineering & allied operations
  • 630 Agriculture
  • 640 Home economics & family living
  • 650 Management & auxiliary services
  • 660 Chemical engineering
  • 670 Manufacturing
  • 680 Manufacture for specific uses
  • 690 Buildings

and again subdivided into ...

650 Management & auxiliary services

650.1 Personal success in business
651 Office services

651.3 Office management

651.5 Records management

651.7 Communication Creation and transmission of records

651.8 Data processing Computer applications
652 Processes of written communication

652.3 Typewriting

652.5 Word processing
653 Shorthand
654 not used
655 not used
656 not used
657 Accounting
658 General management

  • 658.1 Organization and finance
  • 658.2 Plant management
  • 658.3 Personal management
  • 658.4 Executive management
  • 658.5 Management of production
  • 658.7 Management of materials
  • 658.8 Management of distribution (Marketing)
659 Advertising & public relations


Every DDC call number begins with a three-digit whole number, and some are followed by decimal numbers. The second part contains three letters called book number. So a call number is the combination of both Class number and Book Number.

DDC Call Number

Let's illustrate how a DDC call number works using the following book :


The Declaration of Independence  by the United States of America  -  Call Number  973.3 UNI  -D



The first line of a DDC call number identifies the subject of the work and each digit has a specific meaning. In our example, the digits may be interpreted thus:
  • The first number, 9, places the book in the 900s which is History & Geography,
  • The second number, 7, places the book in the 970s which is General History of North America,
  • The third number, 3, places the book the in 973s which is United States,
  • The fourth number, 3, places the book the in 973.3s which is Revolution and confederation, 1775-1789,
  • Thus 973.3 is used for materials about the American revolution and confederation which occurred between 1775 and 1789.
Fortunately, you do not need to memorize this. However, you may use this knowledge to your advantage.

The second line identifies the author of the work by using the first three letters of the author's last name, or the corporate name. In this example, the author is a group or corporate entity with no "last name," so the first three letters of the whole name are used, UNI.

The letter D is  indicated the first letter of the Title.

When using the call number, treat the number that precedes the decimal/period/full stop as a whole number, and that which follows it as a decimal number. Therefore, 091 comes before 910, and 940.13 comes before 940.3. Letters on the second line are read alphabetically.

DDC Numbers Arranged in Alpha-Numeric Order.

Special Collections


The college has different types of special collections on the basis of special utility of different groups of readers and on the basis of special occasions. The library has added books and other materials to the following special collections.

1.     Kerala studies

2.     Special collection on Swami Vivekananda

3.     Nirmala College library special collections

4.     Women studies

5.     Research studies of the college community

6.     Research reports of the college community

7.     Career books

8.     CD Collections

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E-theses


It is a partnership of research libraries and library consortia who are working together to improve global access to European research theses.

Digital Repository of Cochin University of Science and Technology(CUSAT)

University of Exeter Theses



IndCat: Online Union Catalogue of Indian Universities is unified Online Library Catalogues of books, theses and journals available in major university libraries in India.   
This site provides an annotated list of reference websites

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Service from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam , Kerala.

Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). 

OpenThesis is a  repository of theses, dissertations, and other academic documents.

The Shodhganga@INFLIBNET Centre provides  to deposit their Ph.D. theses and make it available to the public in open access. 

 University of Kentucky  free Electronic Theses and dissertations.



 Digital repository of Theses and Dissertations of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, IndiaShodhGangotri : Repository of Indian Research in Progress details (Synopses/Research Proposals for PhD programme)


E-Books


It is a directory of free online books. From romance fiction to computer language manuals etc.

This  website offers thousands of free books for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.


This site provides free text books and course notes, free courses, information on free internet libraries .

It is full-text online library of over 78,000 books and 9 million articles on subjects like Psychology, Education, Law, Sociology, Anthropology, Political Science,  Economics etc.

The International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) is a trade and standards organization dedicated to the development and promotion of electronic publishing.

 The IPL has resources for various subjects like arts and humanities, business, computers, education, leisure, health, law and government, regional, science, social science and much more.

Bookboon provides online textbooks for students for subjects like accounting,Engineering, Biology, Calculus, Career, Chemistry, HRM ,IT Management, languages, natural sciences etc   in PDF format.

Project Gutenberg offers over 45,000 free ebooks

It is a global textbook project seeks to provide access to free quality textbooks to students in developing nations.

Planet eBook is the home of free classic literature. The novels and books are entirely free to download.

Open Access E-Books

College Magazines


Nirmala College Magazine pdf Collection 


College Magazine Digitization 
By  Documentation Section, Central Library, 
Nirmala College Muvattupuzha


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E-Journals by the Indian Academy of Sciences

 Bulletin of Materials Science: The Bulletin of Materials Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Indian Academy of ...