The Central University of Tamil Nadu library was established in 2009 and contains approximately 26,700 books, including over 1,500 reference books. It is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 8pm and Saturday from 10am to 5:30pm. In addition to its physical collection, the library provides access to various electronic resources and databases. It offers services like circulation, reference assistance, a learning resource center, and an online public access catalogue to help users find and access materials.

1. Things to know about
Central Library
---Central University of Tamil Nadu---

2. Central Library : a prelude
The University Library was established in the year 2009 and it serves the
students, faculty members and staff of the university.
The library has a collection of about 26,700
books. Of these, more than 1,500 books are
reference books (Handbooks, Dictionaries,
Encyclopaedias, and coloured atlases, etc) and
the rest are Textbooks and General books.
The library also has 114 CDs/DVDs and
subscribes to 19 print journals.

3. Central Library :
Library Timings
Monday to Friday 8.00 am to 8.00 pm
Saturday 10 am to 5.30 pm
Circulation Timings :Issue / Return 9.00 am to 6.00 pm
∙ Maintain discipline in the library. Maintain Q’s at circulation
counter.
∙ Carry ID Cards at all times & produce them on demand
∙ Sign on Gate-Register while entering or leaving library

4. Library Collection : overview
Books 24,700
Reference Books 2,000
Magazine & Journals (Printed) 36
News Paper 8
Digital Collection (CD/DVD) 120
E-Resources
J-Gate, UGC-Infonet, EPWRF,
Knimbus, Sci-Finder, IMF-eLibrary
Large amount of budget are spent on electronic resources, to which
users can access through intranet

5. Service we offered...
Circulation Service
Reference Service
Learning Resource User Centre
Electronic Resource Access
Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)

6. Circulation service
You can
Issue
Return
Reserve
Circulation Privilege
Membership Type Privilege Period
Faculty 10 Books 28 days
Research Scholars 6 Books 28 days
Students 4 Books 14 days
Non-teaching staff 2 Books 14 days

7. Reference service
The members can approach at
Reference Desk for any query and
help regarding the Library
collections, catalogue, and
availability of any document or any
other facility provided by the
Library.
Finest Collection of
Reference

8. Learning Resource User
Centre
Provides informational and
instructional resources and
technologies to serve and
support faculty, staff, and
students.
Students are encouraged to
take advantage of these
resources and services early
in their academic careers to
enhance their prospects for
academic success. All
services are available free of
charge

9. Electronic Resource Access
The e-Shodh Sindhu will continue to provide current as well as archival access to more
than 15,000 core and peer-reviewed journals and a number of bibliographic, citation and
factual databases in different disciplines from a large number of publishers and
aggregators to its member institutions including centrally-funded technical institutions,
universities and colleges
J-Gate is an electronic gateway to global e-journal literature. Launched in 2001 by
Informatics India Limited, J-Gate provides seamless access to millions of journal articles
available online offered by 13,269 Publishers. It presently has a massive database of
journal literature, indexed from 45,220 e-journals with links to full text at publisher sites.
EPWRF India Time Series is a unique online database with its comprehensive coverage
of Indian economy for a fairly long time period and it comprises over 25,000 variables
capsuled in 15 modules. The database tries to provide in continuous time series from
1950 depending on the availability.

10. Electronic Resource Access
The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) eLibrary simplifies analysis and research with
direct access to the IMF’s periodicals, books, working papers and studies, and data and
statistical tools. You will find information and perspective on macroeconomics,
globalization, development, trade and aid, technical assistance, demographics, emerging
markets, policy advice, poverty reduction, and so much more.
Knimbus is a cloud based eLibrary that serves knowledge seekers with learning content
they need, wherever they are. The platform houses eBooks, eJournals, multimedia
content and other premium learning content sourced by your organization's library;
practically all the knowledge you may need
SciFinder® is a research discovery application that provides integrated access to the
world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of references, substances and
reactions in chemistry and related sciences.

11. OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue)
Login into
World of Knowledge
www.library.cutn.ac.in

12. Step : One Login Your Account
Note: By default your login ID and password is your ID No. Users are requested to change their default password at first session.

13. Step : Two How to perform search Basic Search
To do a Simple Search, you enter a word or multiple words in the search
box. The Simple Search is a keyword search; the system will retrieve
results that include the search term(s) at any field in the record.“
”

14. Step : Two How to perform search Advanced Search
The Advanced Search page offers many ways to limit the results of your
search. You can limit them by using the drop down menus and a
combination of the Boolean operators AND, OR, and NOT“
”
For a more complicated search you may select the Advanced Search Option

15. Understanding Search Result
Total No.of Result found
The results will be
sorted by default
by Relevance. You
can choose to
sort by Author, by
Title, by Call
Number, by Dates,
or by Popularity.
Item availability
You will see the
availability of the
items attached to
the record and
also the library
that holds the
copy/copies.

16. Know more about a book...
Book Details
The book are
arranged in the shelf
by Call number order.
Status : Books are
available or not in
the library
You can reserve
the book here
How many
copies are
there in
library

17. We expect from
Maintain Silence
Enter, Leave, and Work quietly.
Take a good care of Books
Keep our library looking neat
Be a regular visitor

18. Ask a Librarian
Need help researching your assignment or essay?
Our friendly Librarians will point you in the right
direction by providing you with assistance with:
- searching library resources;
- developing a research strategy;
- managing your research; and
- referencing.
Ask in person, call or email.

19. Central Library : Our Team
G. Velumani
Assistant Librarian,
S.M.Jelani
Library Assistant
Sarasu R.
Library Attendant
Abdur Rouf B
Library Attendant
Arumugam M
Library Attendant
Ashkar Kairali
Library Attendant

20. Central University of Tamil Nadu
Neelakudi Campus, Via - Kangalancherry, Tiruvarur- 610 005
Phone: +04366 277330, Email : asstlib@cutn.ac.in
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