Library Resources
New technologies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, and non-print media have changed the very nature of the library’s learning resources. Nehru Library possesses a very rich collection of 3,11,097 volumes of books, bound volumes of journals and other reading material to cater to the informational and scholarly requirements of its patrons. In addition to its rich collections in its major areas of thrust like Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Sciences, Home Science, Basic Sciences (Botany, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biotechnology, Fisheries, Microbiology, Sociology, and Zoology), Food Science and Technology, and Vety. Sciences, a large number of books of general interest are also available in the library. Presently, this Library subscribes to 694 journals of which 225 are foreign. The Library has exchange relations with several foreign and Indian publishers. HAU Journal of Research, Haryana Veterinarian, Haryana Kheti, and Thesis Abstracts are official publications of this University which form the backbone of the exchange programme.
Periodicals subscribed during 2007-08
New technologies, interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research, and non-print media have changed the very nature of the library’s learning resources. Nehru Library possesses a very rich collection of 3,11,097 volumes of books, bound volumes of journals and other reading material to cater to the informational and scholarly requirements of its patrons. In addition to its rich collections in its major areas of thrust like Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Animal Sciences, Home Science, Basic Sciences (Botany, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Genetics, Biotechnology, Fisheries, Microbiology, Sociology, and Zoology), Food Science and Technology, and Vety. Sciences, a large number of books of general interest are also available in the library. Presently, this Library subscribes to 694 journals of which 225 are foreign. The Library has exchange relations with several foreign and Indian publishers. HAU Journal of Research, Haryana Veterinarian, Haryana Kheti, and Thesis Abstracts are official publications of this University which form the backbone of the exchange programme.
| Total Learning Resources (March 31, 2008) | |
|---|---|
| Books | 2,02,436 |
| Periodicals | 96,628 |
| Theses | 9,577 |
| Microfilms | 377 |
| CD-ROM Databases | 151 |
| Books & Theses on CDs | 1,802 |
| Total | 3,11,097 |
Periodicals subscribed during 2007-08
- Nehru Library
- Foreign 145
- Indian 267
- Free/Exchange 57
- Home Science
- Foreign 1
- Indian 7
- Outstations 177
- Standing Orders 44
- CD-ROM (Databases) 5
- e-Journals 74
| CD-ROM Databases | ||
|---|---|---|
| S.No. | Database Name | Period |
| 1 | CABI Abstracts | 1972 to current |
| 2 | AGRICOLA | 1970 to current |
| 3 | Biological Abstracts | 1997 to current |
| 4 | Indian Science Abstracts | 1990-2000 |
| 5 | Census of India 2001 | 2001 |