St. Mira's College For Girls, Pune

• “Navigating the Digital Frontier: EBSCO Tools for Advancing DMT Education Resources”
• A Speaker Session by Harinder Sikka: Discussion on “Vichhoda” (A. Y. 2023-24)
• Exploring Portrait of a Secret author talk by Tarun Mehrishi
• How to consult books and Journals? (A. Y. 2023-24)
• Book Exhibition: Celebrating National Librarians’ Day (2023-24)
• Student-teacher Library Visits (A. Y. 2023-24)
• Leveraging Access to E-resources of St Mira & s College Library: A Training Programme for FY Students (A.Y. 2023-24)
• Leveraging Access to E-resources of St Mira's College Library: A Webinar for Research Scholars (A.Y. 2023-24)

• Book-reading Session “My Life in Full by Indra Nooyi” (A. Y. 2022-23)
• Library Literacy: A Comprehensive session to using St. Mira's College Library Resources
• Training session on “Leveraging Access to NLIST and other E-resources of St. Mira’s College Library”. (A.Y. 2022-23)
• A training session “Maximise your Productivity with Boolean Searches & Customisable alerts on EBSCOhost platform” (2022-23)
• Marathi Bhasha Sanvardhan Pandharwada Celebrations
• Wizarding World of Harry Potter: A tribute to J K Rowling’s Writing (2022-23)
• Reading Inspiration Day Celebration and Inauguration of Read Plus Club (2022-23)
• “Research scholarly articles for assignments and keeping up with new areas”(2022-23)
• Choose Right Articles for Assignments and Finding Case Studies with EBSCO Resources”(2022-23)
• Library Orientation for 12th Std. Students (2022-23)
• Library Orientation for First Year Students of Degree College’
• Book Exhibition: Celebrating National Librarians’ Day (2022-23)
• Celebration of ‘Reading Day’

​The Library is open for 10 hrs a day on all days except Sundays and Public/college holidays:

Working hours: 7.30 AM to 5.30 PM

Issuing Timings: 9.00 AM to 3.30 PM on all days.

​Despite these timings library provides all kinds of material for consultation during full working hours.

The Library maintains an Institutional Repository by the use of DSpace software. Campus wide access is available on intranet. User can access to important contents in the digital form as mentioned below:

• Syllabus.
• Previous years’ question papers.
• News paper clippings.
• Audio-visual files related to various college programmes.

library.connect@stmirascollegepune.edu.in

Print Journals with e-access

• Psychology and Developing Societies
• Contributions to Indian Sociology
• Social Change (2010-2014)
• Indian Journal of Gender Studies
• Foreign Trade Review (2007-2020)
• Indian Journal of Public Administration
• Electronics for you
• Open Source for You
• Science Reporter (2006-2020)

Subscribed E-RESOURCE

• EBSCO Academic Search Elite : Provides access to >2258 e-journals covering subjects in categories like Arts & Entertainment , Business , Communication, Education, General Interest , History, Literature & Writings, Philosophy, Politics & Government, Religion, Science, Social Sciences & Humanities, Sports & Leisure, Technology, Psychology, Computer Science etc.
• Master File Elite: Provides full text for magazines and publications covering many general interest topics including business, health, education, general science and multicultural issues.

  - 943 full text magazines and journals.

  - More than 20 full text reference books.

  - More than 1.9 million photos, maps and flags

• EBSCO Literary Reference Centre: It is a rich full-text literary database covering all genres and time periods. It includes thousands of synopses, critical essays, book reviews, literary journals and author biographies, plus full-text classic novels, short stories and poems.
• NLIST: Through this database users have access to 6000+ e-journals and 1,99,500+ ebooks under N-LIST and 6,00,000 e-books through NDL.

Open Access Resources

https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

Additional Resources

• Study webs of active -Learning for Young Aspiring Minds(SWAYAM)
• http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/
• Digital Library of India
• E-Content Learning modules
• Video Lectures: NPTEL
• Indian Open Access Journals
• Indian Academy of Sciences Journals
• Theses & Dissertations (Shodhganga )
• Synopses/Research Proposals for PhD programme (ShodhGangotri)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Open Source resources on Shakespeare
• Wiley Open Access
• Science Direct
• Springer Open Journals
• Taylor and Francis Online
• UNESCO Social & Human Sciences Online Periodicals
• TOC provides access to tables of contents of scholarly journals
• Google Scholar

Dictionaries

• Merriam-Webster online
• Dictionary

Institutional Repositories

• Indian Institute of Science
• Indian Institute of Technology Delhi
• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

E-books

• Project Gutenberg
• Directory of Open Access Books
• https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/
• Internet Archive
• HathiTrust Digital Library
• E-books in Marathi
• E-Content Learning modules
• Jayakar Library E-Resources Portal

Audio Books

• https://librivox.org/
• http://www.loyalbooks.com/
• https://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks
• https://www.overdrive.com/

Search Articles in EBSCOhost Databases

Please type the word/s or phrase/s in the search box on the right.

EBSCO Databases

Limit Your Results

Full Text

References Available

Peer Reviewed

• Select / Deselect all
• Academic Search Elite
• Literary Reference Center

Special Services for Visually- Impaired Students

• Braille papers are provided free of cost for making notes.
• Provision of recording of books and class notes.
• Readers are arranged for reading aloud to them.
• Writers are arranged for writing their exams.
• The library maintains a special Audio Cassette Unit for them.

Library Collection Print Resources

• Books – 64350
• Back volumes-3305
• Sadhu Vaswani and Dada J P Vaswani Collection - 1400
• Student Projects - 2601
• Manuscripts - 13
• Thesis - 45
• Braille Books- 47

Periodicals (Print)

• Journals (subscribed) = 19
• Magazines = 14
• News Papers = 17

E- Resources

• CD/DVD -3223
• Digital Repository Files = 2538
• E-books – 7,99,500 + (Under NLIST - Inflibnet)
• E-Journals in Database – 9603+ (NLIST+EBSCO)

Print journal with free e-access

• Psychology and Developing Societies
• Contributions to Indian Sociology
• Social Change
• Foreign Trade Review
• Electronics for You
• Open Source for You (Linux for You)
• Science Reporter
• Down to Earth

E-books

• ​​Project Gutenberg
• Directory of Open Access Books
• Internet Archive
• Digital Library of India
• HathiTrust Digital Library
• E-books in Marathi
• E-Content Learning modules

​Open Access E-Resources

• Video Lectures: NPTEL
• Indian Open Access Journals
• Indian Academy of Sciences Journals
• Theses & Dissertations (Shodhganga )
• Synopses/Research Proposals for PhD programme (ShodhGangotri)
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Open Source resources on Shakespeare
• Wiley Open Access
• Science Direct
• Springer Open Journals
• Taylor and Francis Online
• UNESCO Social & Human Sciences Online Periodicals
• Merriam-Webster online
• Dictionary
• Google Scholar

rovides access to tables of contents of scholarly journals

• Jayakar Library E-Resources Portal

Indian Institutional Repositories

• National Digital Library of India
• Indian Institute of Science

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

• Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

International Institutional Repository

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Current Awareness Services

Table of Contents (TOCs)

• To keep the faculty abreast of latest developments in their subjects, library sends monthly TOCs via e-mail. This service includes scanned as well as electronic Table of Content pages of print journal.
• Display of newly acquired books in the “New Arrivals Rack” are shelved in a separate rack in the lounge area for wider visibility and easy location.
• New Arrivals List is displayed on the notice boards on monthly basis and it is also posted on the library blog.

QR codes in WebOPAC:

Provision of QR codes in online catalogue helps the user to scan the code through her mobile to save bibliographical details of required books, CDs, and journals. They can immediately go online to search the hyperlinked extra information of book and journal website.

Google Previews

Google previews are available for books in the library catalogue.

Reference

The library houses general and subject encyclopaedias, dictionaries, biographical resources, directories, etc. to fulfill reference needs of staff and students. Library staff provides personal assistance in locating the information.

Top Ten Readers

With an aim to increase usage of library resources, monthly ‘Top Ten Readers’ are announced. Both staff and students are considered for the same. Names of students having maximum home lending transactions and books consulted in the library are displayed on notice boards.

ILL (Inter Library Loan Service)

The library provides Inter Library Loan Services to members of our sister institutes and Parent Body and other colleges.

Display of Birthdays

of great ones of humanity on monthly basis. Also, book jackets & books related to one of the personalities are displayed in the area near library reading hall.

Information Literacy Programmes:

User Orientation and Awareness

User Orientation and awareness is provided at the beginning of the academic year to Degree College and Junior College students. 6 to 7 such sessions are organized for this purpose. Apart from this further assistance is provided in the library throughout the year.

Database Search Workshop

The library conducts workshop for faculty and students with an aim to equip them with necessary skills to retrieve the needed information and manage the search results efficiently

Celebration of Important Days

The library celebrates following days by exhibiting relevant books and conducting activities:

• Marathi Bhasha Sanvardhan Padharvada
• Hindi Day
• Reading Inspiration Day
• Marathi Day

Showcase of Library Collection

Every month the library displays reading material from its existing collection on important days and birth anniversaries of great personalities. This increases visibility of collection from different subjects. Displays are also aligned with college seminars, conferences and other activities.

Book Exhibition

Yearly Book Exhibition of new book is organized. Faculty and students take advantage of browsing and selecting books from various publishers under one roof.

Reprography

The library provides reprography service for photocopying important information from reference books, journals, newspapers, previous years’ question papers as per need of the users.

Information Deployment and Notification

Information about new arrivals is communicated through library blog, WebOPAC and notice board. Useful news clippings are regularly displayed on the boards and also uploaded in the digital repository. On monthly basis, Table of Contents of important journals subscribed by library are e-mailed to respective faculty members to keep them abreast of the latest developments in their fields. Important journal articles are indexed in library software which are searchable in webOPAC.

Institutional Repository

The library has set up an Institutional Repository by using open source software- DSpace. The contents uploaded in this software include: syllabus, previous years’ question papers, photos, Video & audio files of skits prepared by the college on the life and works of our founder Sadhu T L Vaswani and our mentor Dada J P Vaswani, News Paper clippings, etc.

• Economic & Political Weekly
• Contributions to Indian Sociology
• Mainstream Weekly
• Electronics for You
• Open Source for You
• Indian Journal of Marketing
• Foreign Trade Review
• Psychological Studies
• Indian Journal of Gender Studies
• Psychology and Developing Societies

Books are my real friends. They never argue. They Think for me. And the thoughts I get from them are superb!

......Dada J P Vaswani

List of Academic Periodicals: National

• Andolan Shaswat Vikasasathi
• Arthabodhpatrika
• Baliraja
• Bank Quest
• Bhawan's Journal
• Down to Earth (Print plus free online access)
• East & West Series
• Economic & Political Weekly
• Economic Challenger
• Edutracks
• EFL Journal
• Electronics for You (Print plus free online access)
• Focus WTO
• Human Capital
• Indian Journal of of Public Administration
• Indian Journal of Clinical Psychology
• Indian Journal of Gender Studies (Print plus free online access)
• Indian Journal of Industrial Relations
• Indian Journal of Marketing
• Indian Literature
• Journal of Contemporary Thought
• Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology
• Journal of Indian Writing in English
• Kadambini
• Kavyabharati
• Literary Criterion
• Lokrajya
• Maharashtra Sahitya Patrika
• Mainstream weekly
• Management Accountant
• Navneet
• Open Source for you (Print plus free online access)
• Psychological Studies
• Retailer
• Sadhana
• Samaj Kalyan
• Samajwadi Adhyapak
• Science Reporter (Print plus free online access)
• Shikshan Sankraman
• Social Scientist
• Social Welfare
• University News
• Yojana

Gratis Magazines

• Careers 360
• Chintan Aadesh
• Dil Ka Dwar Khol
• Hindvasi
• Inspira
• Karuna Antarrashtriya Newsletter
• Rishtan Jo Sansar
• Sindhi Gulshan
• Span
• Vyanga Yatra

List of Academic Periodicals: International

• Contributions to Indian Sociology (Print plus free online access)
• Foreign Trade Review (Print plus free online access)
• Psychology and Developing Societies (Print plus free online access)

List of Academic Periodicals: Gratis

• Careers 360
• Chintan Aadesh
• Compassionate Friend
• Culturama
• Dawn
• Dil Ka Diwar Khol
• Dnyan Vitaranam
• Dream 2047
• Hindustani
• Hindwasi
• Inspira
• Karuna: International Newsletter
• Mahaanubhav
• Mahila Vishva
• Nagari Sangam
• Om Shanti Media
• Paryavaran Digest
• Priya Rasik
• Rachna
• Rishtan Jo Sansar
• Sahitya Bharati
• Sampada
• Sarjak Udgar
• Sevartha
• Shabd Sarokar
• Sindhu Gulshan
• Sipoon
• Span

Magazines

• Amrutwel Governance
• Amrutwel Money Plus
• Business World
• Competition Success Review
• Employment News
• Femina
• Hindu in School
• India Today
• Lokprabha
• Reader's Digest
• Saptahik Sakal
• Savvy
• Sportstar
• Woman's Era

Dailies/Newspapers

• Aaj Ka Anand
• Agrowon
• Business Line
• Business Standard
• Economic Times
• Financial Express
• Indian Express
• Lokmat
• Lokstatta
• Maharashtra Times
• Mint
• Navbharat Times
• Pune Mirror
• Sakal
• Sakal Times
• Speaking Tree
• Times of India