Borrow, Renew, Return
All the students,
research scholars, faculty members, and non-teaching staff of CUTN can register
themselves for the membership of the Library. Their entitlement, in terms of
the number of books that can be borrowed by them, is as follows:
|
Category of Members |
No. of Books that can be issued |
Duration of Issue |
|
Students |
4 |
14
days |
|
Research
Scholars |
6 |
28
days |
|
Faculty |
10 |
28
days |
|
Non-Teaching
Staff |
2 |
14
days |
Library Membership
All students,
faculty, and employees of the Institute are entitled to the membership of the
Library. The library membership form is available online on the Library website
and also at the Circulation Counter at Central Library.
Borrowing Rules
The readers should
check the books thoroughly for missing pages, chapters, etc. while getting them
issued.
No book in damaged
condition will be accepted from the users on return. Damaged books will have to
be replaced by the borrower.
Issue & Return Timings
Faculty, Students,
Research scholars can Self Check-in & Self Check-Out the books using RFID
Self Check-in & Self Check-Out Kiosk and Book DropBox at any time till the
Library is open.
Books can be
borrowed from Circulation Counter, Central Library from 9:00 AM to 6 PM during
the weekdays.
Renewal of Books
You can renew
library book/s through the online catalog (OPAC) by using your library
credentials (ID number and password) OR at the library circulation counter
during working hours. Two times renewal is allowed if there is no request by
any other user to the book that is borrowed by you.
Reservation of Books
Please contact
Circulation Counter for reservation of the books.
Cost recovery of Lost Books by
the Library members
If the book is lost,
you can either replace the book with the new one (current edition of the book)
or else you have to pay the current market price of the book plus Handling
charges.
Overdue Fine
Items that are
returned after the due date are considered overdue. Overdue charges: Rs. 1.00
per day for each book issued.
Reference Service
We invite you to
come to the library and meet with a librarian in person for assistance with
your research queries or information needs. Library Staff at the Central
Library will also help you with a broad range of reference assistance:
Directional:
§ Navigating
the library
§ Locating
specific resources like books and periodicals on-site
Technical:
§ How to
log in to your OPAC account
§ Accessing
digital resources off-site
Ready Reference:
§ Basic
factual information
§ Call
number inquiries
§ Item
location
§ General
library information
Reference:
§ Finding
articles, books
§ Basic
instruction and guidance on searching the online catalog and e-resources
§ Direction
to relevant subject databases
Consultation:
§ Assistance
with extensive literature reviews
§ Creating
bibliographies
Get reference help
by email by sending in your questions by using our email form. Please be sure
to include your name, university ID number, and contact information. We will do
our best to respond within 24 hours (Monday-Friday) if possible.
Current Awareness
JournalTOCs table of
contents service allows you to keep up-to-date with newly published scholarly
material by enabling you to browse, view, save, and search across thousands of
journal tables of contents from hundreds of publishers. Free registration allow
you to create a customized list of your most important and favorite journals,
and includes export options such as email alerts, RSS feeds, formats for
bibliographic managers, and customizable API for web pages.
Google Scholar
Create search alerts
§ Run
search in Google Scholar, choose any filters that you wish to apply to your
search
§ Click the
“Create alert” envelope icon in the left sidebar of your results page
§ Enter
your email address and choose the number of results that you would like to
receive per email
§ Click
“Create Alert”
§ You will
be asked to enter the words that you see in the box and click “Create Alert”
again
§ A
verification email will be sent to your email address, click the confirmation
link to in the email to begin to receiving alerts when new citations that meet
your search criteria become available
Create citation alert
§ Perform a
search for the article for which you wish to receive citation alerts
§ On the
results page, click on the “Cited by …” link below the article; a page with the
list of articles that have cited your article will appear
§ Click on
the “Create alert” envelope icon in the left sidebar of the page
§ Enter
your email address and choose the number of results you would like to receive
per email
§ Click
“Create Alert”
§ You will
be asked to enter the words that you see in the box and click “Create Alert”
again
§ A
verification email will be sent to your email address, click the confirmation
link to in the email to begin to receiving alerts when you article has been
cited
Google Alerts tracking service for search-engine
results that watches for online new content by monitoring Web pages indexed by
Google and e-mails users when it locates new items
Conference Alerts – Locating papers
delivered at conferences can sometimes be difficult, but they are often the
only record of vital new research results. Some conference listings include: Allconferences.com