ABOUT US
ACA Library services and privileges are designed for faculty and students in support of research and instruction. The environment in the reading room enables one to make oneself comfortable and relax while reading. Library is located on 1st floor spread over 400 sq. m area with seating capacity of 150 students. The library is furnished with centrally Air-conditioned and WI-FI- facility.
WORKING HOURS:
Monday - Saturday: 7.30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M
Public Holidays: Remains closed
COLLECTION:
The Library has a collection of 2803 books on various aspects of Architectural studies enables rich unique collections to be easily discoverable accessible and analyzable. Additionally, there are 24 National and International journals & Magazines in print form, the library also has varied collection of E-books and e-journals available through online databases. It provides the best information services by subscribing to Online databases like |EBSCO| for full text articles of national and international journals.
SERVICES:
The library is equipped with resources that facilitates finding a topic-specific database for in-depth research.
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Circulation:
The Circulation Service library is fully automated. The entire collection of the library is bar-coded. Books are issued for a period of one week and if they are not on demand, one can get them re-issued for the second time.
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Question Paper Bank:
Past Question papers are available in the Library and students can refer to them anytime during the library working hours.
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Reading Room:
The Reading Room has fully Air-conditioned, Wi-Fi enabled spacious Reading Room on 1st floor. The Reading Room has a capacity of 150 students and is open for 7.30 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. also it has 15 computers with internet facility.
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Reference Service:
The professional staff in the library help users to find the information in the library, suggest sources on a topic, help with search terms, or consult with you in other ways to help you find what you need and learn more about how to find information.
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Membership:
The Library provides membership to its regular faculty members, students and staff members.
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User Orientation:
User|s orientation is provided to new library users such as students, faculties and staff members as and when they join the institute.
RESOURCES:
- Catalogue (To access library OPAC Click Here)
- Books
- Periodicals
- E-Books
- E-Newspapers
OPEN ACCESS E-RESOURCES:
E-journal & Magazines:
- Arena journal of architectural research- https://ajar.arena-architecture.eu/)
- CORE- https://core.ac.uk/)
- Researchgate- https://www.researchgate.net/)
Directory for open access journal & Books:
- DOAJ- https://www.doaj.org/)
- DOAB- https://www.doabooks.org/)
- E-Books Directory http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/)
E-library:
- Pdfdrive https://www.pdfdrive.com/)
- Oapen- https://www.oapen.org/home)
- Project Gutenberg- https://www.gutenberg.org/)
- EBook Search Engine- http://www.ebooksearchengine.net/)
- Google Scholar- https://scholar.google.com)
- Hathi Trust Digital Library- https://www.hathitrust.org/)
- Internet Archive- https://archive.org/details/books)
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COPYRIGHT
All the online resources, CD-ROMS, Video Cassettes accessible from Library are copyrighted works. Hence, copying, publishing, disseminating, displaying, performing or playing without permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with fair use of licensed agreement is not allowed. The library may terminate the library membership of users who are found to have repeatedly infringed the copyright of others.
LICENSING RESTRICTIONS
Electronic resources listed on the website are restricted by license agreement. They should be used only for the purpose of research, teaching, and private study. Commercial use, systematic downloading, copying or distributing of information is prohibited. The users are requested to strictly comply with these terms.
