The OCP library has a seating arrangement for 76 students well furnished with wooden carrel reading tables with separate lighting system and comfortable chairs, Journal & New arrival display racks and one charging and discharging counter. The library collection includes books in various subjects of pharmacy, pharmacopoeias, Merck Index, manuals etc. The bound volumes of journals are also available.
The various aspects of the library have been integrated and digitalized within e-Granthalaya, the integrated Library Management Software from National Informatics Centre (NIC). This software is useful for automation of in-house activities of libraries and to provide various online member services.
Objective:
– To integrate services and technologies that is essential for learning, research and creation of Knowledge.
– To impart quality education to students to meet the pharmaceutical needs of society.
Library Timings:
Library timing 8.00 a.m. to 6.00p.m. Remains closed on non-working days.
- Reference Service
- Home Lending Facility
- Inter Library Loan
- Book Bank Facility
- Digital library: Barcode system for issue and return of books
- Reprography Service
- New Arrivals
- Current Awareness Service
- Reading Room – B. Pharm, M. Pharm and Staff
- Internet Facility with high Wi-Fi speed
- OPAC – Online Public Access Catalogue
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Particulars |
Available Numbers |
| Total Number of Books in the Library | 10353 |
| Total Number of Books in the Library (B. Pharm.) | 8425 |
| Total Number of Titles | 2490 |
| Total Number of M. Pharm (Pharmaceutics) Books | 740 |
| Total Number of M. Pharm (Pharmacognosy) Books | 249 |
| Total Number of M. Pharm (Quality Assurance) Books | 301 |
| Total Number of M. Pharm (Pharmacology) Books | 294 |
| Total Number of Reference Books | 1800 |
| Total Number of National Journals | 10 |
| Total Number of International Journals | 06 |
| Total Number Online Journals (DELNET) | 393 |
| Total Number of Bound Volumes | 166 |
| Total Number of Thesis | 194 |
| Total Number of CD’s in the Library | 230 |
| Newspaper Purchased in the Library | 07 |
| Sr.No. | Title |
| 1 | CIMS India |
| 2 | Express Pharma |
| 3 | CSIR News |
| 4 | Chronical Pharmabiz |
DELNET (Developing Library Network)-
DELNET has been established with the prime objective of promoting resource sharing among the libraries through the development of a network of libraries. It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerized services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also to reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.
We can access 388 pharmacy journals and other various journals. This database is useful to access e-books with full text. This also provides access
K-hub (Knowledge Hub)
Knowledge Hub (K-Hub) in broad terms work as a virtual library for scholars, researchers, students, and faculties for their requirement of online resources such as e-journals, e-books, e-articles, e-newsletter, case reports, videos, conference proceedings, online sample issues on a single platform. User/IP-based access is provided to institutes as per the subject of their choice or as per their research areas.
E-Journals – 1963
e-books – 1341
e-Newsletter – 06
Case Reports – 04
https://www.k-hub.in
Open educational resources (OER) are freely accessible, openly licensed text, media, and
other digital assets that are useful for teaching, learning, and assessing as well as for research
purposes.
The term OER describes publicly accessible materials and resources for any user to use, re-mix,
improve and redistribute under some licenses.
Books
Directory of Open Access Books
- Directory of Open Access Books (https://www.doabooks.org/)
28302 Academic peer-reviewed books from 381 publisher - PDF Drive (https://www.pdfdrive.com/)
PDF Drive is a free search engine that allows you to search, preview, and download
millions of PDF files into your devices. - Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/)
- Oldest producer of free ebooks.
- It is the first and largest single collection of free ebooks.
- The collection consists of more than 60,000 ebooks.
- HathiTrust Digital Library (https://www.hathitrust.org/)
- A collaborative electronic book repository supported by 60 academic and
research libraries. - It provides access to books, serials, standards, theses, etc…
- A collaborative electronic book repository supported by 60 academic and
E-Textbooks
- Pharmaclub – (https://pharmaclub.in/category/free-pharmacy-books/)
- It is dedicated to providing the pharma job posts, location wise list of
pharmaceutical companies with addresses and some free pharma books which
are available on the internet.
- It is dedicated to providing the pharma job posts, location wise list of
- Oxford University Press (OUP – Open Access Titles)(https://global.oup.com/academic/open-access/titles/?cc=jp&lang=en&)
- Teaching Commons (https://teachingcommons.us/)
- Open Educational Resources from leading colleges & universities
- UC Press eBooks Collection (1982-2004)(https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/)
- National Academies Press (https://www.nap.edu/)
Pharmacy Articles:
- ABC Chemistry (http://abc-chemistry.org/)
- Free full-text journals in chemistry
- OMICs Open Access Journals (https://www.omicsonline.org/open-accessjournals-list.php)
- Make the best use of Researched information from 700+ peer-reviewed, Open
Access Journals is operated by 50,000+ Editorial Board Members and esteemed
reviewers and 1000+ Scientific associations in Medical, Clinical,
Pharmaceutical, Engineering, Technology, and Management Fields
- Make the best use of Researched information from 700+ peer-reviewed, Open
- Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) (https://scielo.org/en/)
- It is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on
Internet.
- It is a model for cooperative electronic publishing of scientific journals on
MOOCs
- SWAYAM: Free Online Education (https://swayam.gov.in/)
- ICT initiatives of MHRD to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education
Policy viz., access, equity, and quality - The courses hosted on SWAYAM are in 4 quadrants – (1) video lectures, (2)
specially prepared reading material that can be downloaded/printed (3) self-assessment tests through tests and quizzes and (4) an online discussion forum for clearing the doubts. - Courses delivered through SWAYAM are available free of cost to the learners,
however, learners wanting a SWAYAM certificate should register for the
final proctored exams that come at a fee and attend in-person at designated
centers on specified dates.
- ICT initiatives of MHRD to achieve the three cardinal principles of Education
- IIT-BX (https://www.iitbombayx.in/)
- IITBombayX is an online platform developed by IIT Bombay, to offer
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) for individuals from varying
backgrounds - We specialize in Hybrid MOOCs which capture the benefits of flipped
classrooms, online lectures, and live interactions with the IITBombayX course
instructors. - IITBombayX offers four different types of MOOCs for various learning needs
(EduMOOCs, SkillsMOOCs, TeachMOOCs & LifreMOOCs).
- IITBombayX is an online platform developed by IIT Bombay, to offer
- Spoken Tutorial (https://spoken-tutorial.org/)
- An initiative of NME-ICT MHRD is to promote IT literacy through Open
Source Software - End-of-Course online tests and certificates are available for those who wish to
test their expertise in a particular software
- An initiative of NME-ICT MHRD is to promote IT literacy through Open
- Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/)
- Coursera is a worldwide online learning platform founded in 2012 by
Stanford computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller that
offers massive open online courses, specializations, and degrees. - Join Coursera for free and learn online. Build skills with courses from top
universities like Yale, Michigan, Stanford, and leading companies like Google
and IBM
- Coursera is a worldwide online learning platform founded in 2012 by
E-Thesis & Dissertations
- ShodhGanga, India (https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/)
- A reservoir of Indian Theses.
- ShodhGangotri, India (https://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/)
- Repository of Indian Research in Progress details (Synopses/Research
Proposals for the Ph.D. program with MRPs/PDFs/ Emeritus Fellowship)
- Repository of Indian Research in Progress details (Synopses/Research
- Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations (NDLTD)(http://www.ndltd.org/)
- Indexes theses and dissertations from well-known sources and provides direct
links to the full-text ETD.
- Indexes theses and dissertations from well-known sources and provides direct
- Open Access Theses & Dissertations (OATD) (https://oatd.org/)
- OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses
and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses)
comes from over 1100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently
indexes 5,091,822 theses and dissertations.
- OATD.org aims to be the best possible resource for finding open access graduate theses
- EBSCO Open Dissertations (https://biblioboard.com/opendissertations/)
- EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content from American Doctoral
Dissertations. It is a free database with records for more than 1.2 million
electronic theses and dissertations from around the world.
- EBSCO Open Dissertations now includes the content from American Doctoral
Patent Databases
- FreePatentsOnline (FPO) – http://www.freepatentsonline.com/
- Google Patents – https://patents.google.com/
- Indian Patent Search (IPAIRS) – https://ipindiaservices.gov.in/publicsearch
- Espacenet Patent Search – https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/
- US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) – https://www.uspto.gov/
- WIPO – Search International and National Patent Collections – (https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/search.jsf)
This patent search tool allows you not only to search the PCT database of about 2
million International Applications but also the worldwide patent collections
Digital Libraries
- National Digital Libraries of India – (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/)
Some Important Links
Library Email: librarian@ocp.edu.in
Library Blog: https://ocplib.blogspot.com/
E- Journals: http://www.delnet.in/
National Digital Libraries of India: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/