Services

 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