Regular Faculty

The users of the library have to adhere to the following rules and regulations.

• 1.) All the students, faculties and staff members are the members of the Central Library.
• 2.) The library works from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on all the working days.
• 3.) Students and faculty members have to scan their ID Card in the automatic gate register kept in the entrance of the library.
• 4.) The personal belongings (notebooks, textbooks, water bottles, bags etc.) should be kept in the property counter.
• 5.) Silence is to be maintained in the reading hall.
• 6.) Open access system is in vogue. The users are free to browse any collections and choose the books of their choice either for reading in the library or for home lending.
• 7.) UG students can borrow four books at a time from the library. PG Students = 5 Books, Ph.D scholars = 5 books.
• 8.) The books are issued for a period of two weeks, which can be renewed for another 2 weeks.
• 9.) The librarian has the discretion to ask the readers return the books, which are in demand.
• 10.) The magazines, newspapers and books in the library should be used with care. No underlining or marking is permitted.
• 11.) If the books are found to be returned by the users in damaged condition, fine will be collected from them.
• 12.) If books are lost by the users, the users have to pay three times of cost of the books as fine if they are not able to replace the lost book.
• 13.) Those who want to use the computers /net connection available in the library, need to enter the required particulars in the separate register kept for the purpose.
• 14.) The faculties / staff can borrow upto 10 books at a time.
• 15.) The users have to return the borrowed books at the end of every even semester examination.
• 16.) Books will be used only on the production of college identity card.
• 17.) Periodicals can be borrowed, but not the latest volumes.
• 18.) Question bank collection, dissertations, reference books, newspapers etc. are meant for only reference in the library premises, and not meant for home lending.
• 19.) The net connection available in the Digital Library and MVMLIBNET should be utilized only for academic and research work, not definitely for personal use.
• 20.) The students and faculty members should get ‘No Dues’ from the library, when leaving the college.

Printed Resources

Newspapers (3)

• ►Dinamalar
• ►Dinathanthi
• ►The Hindu

Periodicals / Magazines (10)

1. ►Anantha Vikatan
2. ►Aval Vikatan
3. ►Kumudam Snekithi
4. ►Kumudam
5. ►Kungumam
6. ►Kungumam Thozhi
7. ►Employment News
8. ►Employment Service
9. ►Banking Services Chronicle
10. ►Pothu Arivu Ulagam

Printed Books

• ►Department of Tamil (3471)
• ►Department of English (3012)
• ►Department of History (1322)
• ►Department of Economics (1398)
• ►Department of Commerce (1057)
• ►Department of Mathematics (2529)
• ►Department of Statistics (8)
• ►Department of Physics (819)
• ►Department of Chemistry (751)
• ►Department of Zoology (3184)
• ►Department of Botany (1342)
• ►Department of Geography (1051)
• ►Department of Computer Science (1567)
• ►Department of Business Administration (312)

E-Resources

• ►The library has subscribed to N-LIST service of Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
• ►This service is being made available to the users since 2018-2019.
• ►The users can access 6000+ full text journals in almost all subjects of their study.
• ►The users can access 199500+ e-books. They can also access 600000+ e-books via NDL.
• ►Remote access facility is enabled. The users, after getting the username and password, can access this N-LIST service from anywhere.

Selective List of E-Resources available under N-LIST Service E-Journals Full Text

• ►American Institute of Physics(18 titles)
• ►Annual Reviews (33 titles)
• ►Economic and Political Weekly (EPW)(1 titles)
• ►Indian Journals(180+ titles)
• ►Institute of Physics(46 titles)
• ►JSTOR(2500+ titles)
• ►Oxford University Press(262 titles)
• ►Royal Society of Chemistry(29 titles)
• ►W. Wilson(3000+ titles)
• ►Cambridge University Press(224 titles) [2010-2016]

E-Books

• ►Cambridge Books Online(1800 titles)
• ►E-brary(1,85,000+ titles)
• ►EBSCoHost-Net Library (936 titles)
• ►Hindustan Book Agency(65+ titles)
• ►Institute of South East Asian Studies(ISEAS) Books(382+ titles)
• ►Oxford Scholarship (1402+ titles)
• ►Springer eBooks(2300 titles)
• ►Sage Publication eBooks(1000 titles)
• ►Taylor Francis eBooks(1800 titles)
• ►Myilibrary-McGraw Hill (1124 titles)
• ►World -ebooks Library(30,00,000 titles)
• ►South Asia Archive (though NDL)

Special Collections The library houses the following special collections:

• ►Competitive Exam Corner
• ►Question Bank Section
• ►Project / Dissertation Section
• ►TN Govt.Gift Section – Around 500 books on competitive exams and literature donated by the Govt. of Tamilnadu
• ►Book Bank Collection
• ►Rare Books (Books published before 1966)
• ►College Magazines
• ►College Calender/Handbook
• ►MVM Journal of Research (In-house journal of the college)