Library Catalogue

OPAC of Patuli Library
OPAC of JBMRC Library

The catalogue is available during between 10:3 am to 5:30 pm on all working days.

The Library

The Library comprises the Centre’s own collection as well as that of the Eastern Regional Centre of ICSSR. It is primarily meant for researchers / teachers in the social sciences including postgraduate students, and serves over 3000 registered members from various institutions and some 80+ in–house members. In–house members enjoy book–borrowing facilities whereas members from other institutions are readers only. External members may also make a limited number of photocopies upon payment of Re.1/- per A–4 page of text material excluding Government Reports and bound volume journals. No membership fees are charged to any member. The Library is open for users from 10:30 to 17:30 on all working days.

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General Collection :

The Library is housed in a separate wing comprising of three floors in the main building. It has over 35,000 books, monographs and government reports, 100+ back volume journals and 12 daily newspapers. There is a large collection of working papers from various institutions of India and abroad. Here is a retrospective list of periodical holdings.

The Library holds a collection of M.Phil. and Ph.D. thesis of its own students. The users may access these documents on request.

We have digitized our Occasional Papers to enhance access( especially remote access) and usage. We have made an arrangement with the Institute of Development Studies, London (IDS) & they have launched the digital copies of our Occasional Papers.

World Bank Collection :

The Library used to be a depository of all World Bank publications since 1995 and received all formal World Bank publications in print as well as electronic format since 2005 regularly. The entire collection is available with the Library in physical form within separate display area at the ground floor of the Library

Government Reports :

Government publications constitute an important resource for social science research. The Library has a rich source of such data in its collection of Census Reports since 1911.

e-Resources

CSSSC is a part of ICSSR-NASSDOC consortium. Resources such as JSTOR, Ebsco materials, SAGE journal cluster of 20+ titles, CMIE ProwessIQ, etc. are accessible through this consortium. Apart from this the Library subscribes to Annual Survey of Industries and 12 SAGE journals electronically.

For further details contact the Librarian.