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The Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce’s Library y has been serving its users’ information needs since its inception in 1986. It started with 200 books and currently has a collection of more than 12,000 books.

Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce, Chembur – Knowledge Centre

The Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce’s Library is more than just a collection of books—it’s a vibrant academic hub designed to inspire curiosity, support research, and foster a lifelong love for learning. Whether you’re preparing for exams, diving into research, or simply exploring new ideas, our library is your gateway to knowledge.

Library Information Technology has changed the world and it plays a key role in retrieving information due to which our Library collections are not only limited to printed documents but also to electronic resources.

About the Library

Established in 1993, the library has grown into a dynamic resource center supporting academic disciplines. The Mahatma Night Degree College of Arts and Commerce’s Library has been serving its users’ information needs since its inception in 1993. It started with 200 books and currently has a collection of more than 46,000 books. Over the past 32 years it has emerged as a library rich in resources which are required for teaching learning process and for overall development of students and staff of the college. The library, is now automated with LIBRARY OXYGEN AND KOHA Integrated Library Management Software.

Library collection includes reference, rare, text and other books, besides periodicals (popular magazines and national and international journals and subject specific audiovisual resources)

The Library is on the Fifth floor of the college building. It has a total area of 1620 Sq. feet. It has a spacious reading room with the seating capacity of 110 students.

Library Hours

MONDAY TO SATURDAY – 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Membership

  • Library membership is open to Staff and students of the college.
  • Guest membership is also available to provide reading facilities for researchers, students and senior citizens.
  • Alumni pursuing further education can also take membership for reading purposes.

Objectives

  • To acquire library resources and services in line with the demands of the curriculum and needs of users and to support the mission and vision of the College
  • To provide instruction and assistance in the effective use of learning resources/services and train users in the art of self- education.
  • To make the library an organization for curriculum enrichment, lifelong personal development of the students and dissemination of good literature.
  • To encourage the formation of a lifetime reading habit for learning, for exploration, and for recreation amongst the students and staff and prepare them for responsible leadership.
  • To act as a scholastic liaison with academic developments and inform faculty and students of the services that library has to offer them.

Collection

  • Books
  • Competitive Exam Books
  • Journal and Magazines
  • Newspapers
  • CDs
  • College Publications
  • Staff Publications

Reference Books Includes:

  • Thesis
  • Dissertation
  • Research Projects
  • Back issues of Magazines
  • Encyclopedias
  • Dictionaries
  • Atlases and Maps
  • Yearbooks
  • Syllabus

LIBRARY RULES

Important things to remember…

  • Absolute silence is requested in the library.
  • Eatables are not allowed inside the library.
  • Do not sleep in the library.
  • Exchange of I-Card or Library card is not allowed.
  • If any book is lost the borrower is liable to replace it.
  • Users are responsible for the physical condition of the book.
  • Students are allowed to keep library books during the university examination.
  • All book bank books should be returned to the library within one week after the exam.
  • A late fee of Re.1 per day per book shall be charged for those who fail to return the book on the due date.
  • The reading material like reference books / question papers / newspapers / syllabus issued on the Reading Room card should be returned on the same day.
  • Every student is expected to read and follow the instructions displayed on Library notice Board.

SERVICES

  • Circulation (Issue, Return, Renew)
  • Access to Internet
  • Access to E- Books and E- Journals
  • Reference service
  • Journals Back volumes
  • Reading Room Facility
  • Previous years question Papers

BOOK BANK SCHEME

The scheme is available for economically challenged and deserving students of Degree College i.e. F.Y., S.Y. and T. Y. B.Com. Students.

HOME LENDING

The books are issued for the period of seven days. Issued books should be returned on or before the due date mentioned in the book. A fine of Re.1/- per day will be charged on the late return or overdue material.

OPEN ACCESS

In order to offer easy access and hands on experience on the books, open access is provided to the entire library collection. Students are allowed to browse through the shelves and issue the desired book.

REFERENCE SERVICE

Library has a good collection of reference sources such as subject encyclopedias, yearbooks, dictionaries, Competative exams books,Atlases etc. Students can refer these information resources in order to have detail information about the subject of their interest.

INTER LIBRARY LOAN

A service whereby resource sharing facility provided to the staff and students of the college. Through the inter library borrowing of the library resources from other colleges or from the university.

CURRENT AWARENESS SERVICE

This service is provided through library display board and through emails to the staff members of the college.

Periodicals

Journal Subscribed by the Library

  1. International Journal of Leadership
  2. Disabilities and Impairments
  3. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Science and Technology
  4. Current Science
  1. International Journal of Financial Management
  2. Journal of Commerce and Accounting Research
  3. Anwesh – International journal
  4. Indian Journal of Sustainable Development

Magazine

MAGAZINEFREQUENCY
Business IndiaMonthly
Competition SuccessMonthly
Corporate CitizenWeekly
Economic and Political weeklyMonthly
Employment NewsMonthly
SpanMonthly
Front LineWeekly
GK General Knowledge TodayMonthly
India Today (English)Monthly
JanataMonthly
National Geographic MagazineMonthly
OutlookMonthly
Reader's DigestWeekly
School ScienceMonthly
Shikshan SankramanMonthly
Tell me WhyMonthly
The WeekMonthly
University NewsWeekly
The WeekMonthly

NEWSPAPER

FREE PRESSENGLISH
HINDUSTAN TIMESENGLISH
LOKMATMARATHI
LOKSATTAMARATHI
MALYALA MANORAMAMALYALAM
NAV BHARATHINDI
NAV BHARAT TIMESHINDI
THE ECONOMIC TIMESENGLISH
THE INDIAN EXPRESSENGLISH
THE TIMES OF INDIAENGLISH
BUSSINESS LINEENGLISH
THE HINDUENGLISH

OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

TitleURL
Directory of Open Access Scholarly Journals in Educationwww.ergobservatory.info/ejdirectory.html
Directory of Open Access Journalswww.doaj.org
CogPrints, an electronic archive for self-archive papers in any area of Psychology, Neuroscience and Linguistics, and many areas of Computer Science (e.g. artificial intelligence, robotics, vison, learning, speech, neural networks), Philosophy, Biology, Medicine, Anthropology that are pertinent to the study of cognition.www. Cogprints.org
E-Books Directory is a daily growing list of links to freely accessible ebooks, documents and lecture notes found all over the internet. You can submit your own ebooks, or add other resources you come across. Look below for the main directory of categories.www.ebookdirectory.com
Yojana is a monthly journal devoted to the socio-economic issues.www.yojana-gov.in
The National Academies Press (NAP) publishes the publications of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.www.notes.nap.edu
Math world is an online mathematics reference work, created and largely written by Eric W.www.mathworld.wolfrog

N-List Data Base

National Digital Library

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