Central Library
About Us
The library, initially set up in 1965, has grown in size, collection, and services. Presently, NIT Kurukshetra has a very spacious library with a good collection of documents, which includes text and reference books, CD-ROMs, and a large number of print and online journals and e-books. With its growing resources, space, and services, the library caters to the needs of faculty, researchers, scholars, and students.
Library Collection
(as on 31.03.2025)
| Library Books | 57877 |
| Book Bank | 82813 |
| Back Sets | 7097 |
| Standards | 10097 |
| CDs/DVDs | 855 |
| e-Books | 12272 |
| Thesis | 6355 |
| Total Documents | 177366 |
Total Floor Area & Reading Space : The Library is a growing organism. To meet all the requirements, sufficient space has been added for stacking, reading and other services. The Library has a reading capacity for 500 readers and sufficient space for stacking new documents, digital library and Audio Visual Centre. The total area of the library at present is 36711sq-ft.
Book Bank Facilities : The Library Book Bank is one of the richest Book Banks in the country. All B.Tech, M.Tech, MBA, MCA & M.Sc students are given 6-8 books for full semester from Book Bank.
Library Hours
| Reading Facilities | 24 x 7 x 365 |
| Stack & Circulation | |
| All Working Days | 08.30 AM to 05:30 PM |
| Saturdays & Holidays | 09.00 AM to 05.00 PM |
Library Facilities
Library Automation System, Web-OPAC, and Circulation: The library is providing automated services in all sections of the library using KOHA software. All the books are bar-coded, and members are also given Bar-Coded membership cards for smooth circulation of documents in the library. The database of the library is updated regularly, and readers can search the documents using : Web-OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) at: http://172.16.101.63
Audio-Video Center: The library has a fully air-conditioned audio-visual centre for seminars, conferences, guest lectures, user awareness programs, etc. with a seating capacity of 100 participants. It is also equipped with a videoconferencing facility.
Library Automation System, Web-OPAC & Circulation
Library is providing automated services in all sections of the Library using KOHA Software. Database of the Library is updated regularly and Readers can search the documents using Web-OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) at: http://172.16.101.63
All the books are bar-coded and members are also given Bar-Coded membership cards for smooth circulation of documents in the Library.
Current Journals
The Library subscribes to 45 Print and Approx. 13000+ Online Journals in the field of Science and Technology. A number of complimentary copies are also received in the library. The list of these Journals, is displayed in Periodical Section of the Library and also available on the Library Intranet site http://172.16.0.52.
ONOS
The NITK Library is a core member of ONOS Consortium set up by MHRD. Approximately 13000+ e-resources are subscribed/provided through the Consortium. To access online resources in the Institute premises, the library is providing services through internally maintained web server. All these resources/e-journals can be accessed through library Intranet site http://172.16.0.52.
Anti-Plagiarism Software (Turnitin): The library has subscribed to anti-plagiarism software Turnitin for all the Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students. The users can check the plagiarism of their research papers, articles, theses, dissertations, etc. using this facility
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E-resources
The e-resources subscribed by the library are as under:
| Sr. No. | Electronic Resources | URL |
| E-resources provided by ONOS | ||
| 1. | AAAS- Science | https://www.science.org/journal/science |
| 2. | ACM Digital Library | https://dl.acm.org/ |
| 3. | American Chemical Society Journals | http://pubs.acs.org/ |
| 4. | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Journals | http://www.aiaa.org/journals/ |
| 5. | American Institute of Physics Journals | https://pubs.aip.org/ |
| 6. | American Mathematical Society Journals | https://www.ams.org/journals |
| 7. | American Physical Society – ALL | https://journals.aps.org/browse.html |
| 8. | American Society for Microbiology Journals | https://asm.org/a/ASMScience |
| 9. | Annual Reviews Journals | http://arjournals.annualreviews.org |
| ASCE Journals Online | https://ascelibrary.org/ | |
| ASME Journals Online | https://asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/ | |
| Bentham Science Journals | http://benthamscience.com/ | |
| BMJ Journals | https://journals.bmj.com/home | |
| Cambridge University Press Journals | https://www.cambridge.org/core | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press Journals | https://www.cshlpress.com/ | |
| Elsevier Science Direct Journals | https://www.sciencedirect.com/ | |
| Emerald Publishing Journals | https://www.emerald.com/insight/ | |
| ICE Publishing Journals | https://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/ | |
| IEEE Journals | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp | |
| Indian Journals.com | http://indianjournals.com/ | |
| Institute of Physics Journals | http://iopscience.iop.org/journals | |
| Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (Wolters Kluwer) Journals | https://oce.ovid.com/ | |
| Oxford University Press Journals | https://academic.oup.com/journals/ | |
| Project Muse | https://muse.jhu.edu/ | |
| Sage Publishing Journals | https://journals.sagepub.com/ | |
| SPIE Digital Library | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/ | |
| Springer Nature Journals | https://link.springer.com/ | |
| Taylor and Francis Journals | https://www.tandfonline.com/ | |
| Thieme Journals | https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/all/home.html | |
| Wiley Journals | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ | |
| E-resources purchased by NIT Library | ||
| Turnitin (for Plagiarism) | http://turnitin.com/ | |
| Wiley Online Library | https://res6.info.wiley.com/res/tracking/NIT_Kurukshetra_Access_to_Wiley_Journal_titles-2024.pdf | |
| E-Books | ||
| Cambridge University Press | https://www.cambridge.org/core/publications/books/listing?sort=canonical.date%3Adesc&aggs%5BonlyShowAvailable%5D%5Bfilters%5D=true&aggs%5BproductTypes%5D%5Bfilters%5D=BOOK%2CELEMENT&searchWithinIds=0C5182F27A492FDC81EDF8D3C53266B5 | |
| CRC/Taylor & Francis | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/search?subject=&sortBy=relevance&key=&isLicensed=true | |
| Springer: Engineering + LNCS | https://link.springer.com/search?query=&showAll=false | |
| Wiley | https://www.wileyindia.com/nitkurukshetra/ | |
| World Scientific | https://www.worldscientific.com/page/holdings/national-institute-of-technology | |
| De Gruyter | https://www.degruyterbrill.com/search?query=*&startItem=0&pageSize=10&sortBy=relevance&documentVisibility=explicit&documentTypeFacet=book | |
| S Chand | https://ebooks.schandgroup.com/bookshelf | |
| MGH: Access Engineering | https://mcgrawhillindia.vitalsource.com/ | |
| CBS Publisher | https://www.eduport-global.com/bookshelf | |
| Pearson | https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nitkurukshetra/home.action | |
| New Age | https://digital.elib4u.com/bookshelf | |
User can also visit the sites for search of Journals, Proceedings of Conferences, Standards, articles etc. covered under respective e-resources.
NPTEL Web & Video Courses
The Library has procured NPTEL Web & Video Courses designed & developed by IIT, Chennai in various discipline of Engineering & Sciences for the use of Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students. Users can access these video courses through Library storage server http://172.16.0.50/localguru.
Anti-Plagiarism Software (Turnitin)
The library has subscribed to anti plagiarism software Turnitin for all the Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students. The users can check the plagiarism of their research papers, articles, thesis, dissertation etc. using this facility.
Reprographic Facilities:
A contractor is appointed to provide the Reprographic Services to the readers. Reproduction from books, periodicals & other material is provided @ 60 paisa per copy.
Binding:
The Library has its own bindery, which binds library books, college reports and undertakes binding work for various departments and other section of the Institute. The Library is equipped with cutting, stitching, spiral binding & lamination machines.
Library Membership & Loan privileges
Students, Teachers, Research Scholars and Staff of the Institute are admitted as members of the library. Library membership forms can be obtained and submitted at the circulation counter in the library. The number of books that may be borrowed by each category of members and the period of loan is as under:
| Category of Members | No. of Books Loan | Period of |
| Faculty | 20 | One Month |
| Research Scholars | 5 | One Month |
| PG | 5 | One Month |
| UG | 3 | 14 days |
| Non-Teaching | 5 | One Month |
| Book Bank (All Students) | 6-8 | Full Semester |
Conditions on Loans
- The librarian reserves the right to recall any book issued to the members even prior to the due date of return.
- Reference books, thesis and other special reading materials shall not ordinarily be loaned to members.
- Bound/Unbound volumes of periodicals will be lent to teachers only. However, the latest issue shall not be lent out.
- Members should return Library books on or before the due date, failing which an overdue charge of Rs. 1.00 per day per book shall be levied for first 15 days and thereafter, Rs. 2.00 per day per book.
Members shall have to replace the books lost by them or will have to pay double the price of the book. If a book lost belongs to a set and is not available separately, the members shall have to replace the whole set or pay double the price of the set.
Care of Books
- The Library books are for the benefit of not only the present but also for the future members of the Library. They should, therefore, be handled with every care and consideration.
- Damaging and defacing of books is highly objectionable and may lead to cancellation of membership privileges and replacement of damaged book by a new one.
Details of Personal and Staff
| Name | Designation &
Qualification |
Phone | |||
| Internal | External | ||||
| Sh. Manish Garg | Asst. Librarian
MLIS, UGC-NET |
282 | 233282 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |
| Office & Acquisition Section | 284 | 233284 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | ||
| Technical Section | Sh. Tinku Meena
Lib. & Inf. Asst. |
283 | 233283 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |
| Circulation Section | Sh. Tinku Meena
Lib. & Inf. Asst. |
292 | 233292 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |
| Periodical Section/e-resources | Sh. S.K. Biswas
Sr. Technician |
289 | 233289 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |
| Server Room | 288 | 233288 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | ||
| Book Bank | Sh. Randhir Kumar
Sr. Technician |
286 | 233286 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |
| Binding Section | Sh. Laik Singh
Technician SG-II |
287 | 233287 | librarian@nitkkr.ac.in | |