The library is a key to the world of knowledge and acquisition of knowledge will help enlighten the personality of an individual at the vital, spiritual and mental levels and will inculcate social virtues and foster intellectual development to make him a worthy citizen. A well-housed and well-managed library is the foundation of modern educational structure. To keep in pace with the ever-expanding field of knowledge, Davangere University library is being updated from time to time.
Davangere University Library was established on 18th August, 2009. It is located in the knowledge plaza with a stack section in the first floor and a reference cum periodical section and digital library in the second floor with well-equipped furniture, fixtures, lighting, ventilation facility with rich collection of resources. The library has a rich collection of books that fulfils the demands of present and future readers. The collection includes 45832 volumes and 50 periodicals. The library is completely automated and users are given free access to INTERNET/INFILIBNET, e-books, e-journals.
Vision Statement
Davangere University Library is engaged in learning and discovery as essential participants in the educational community. We develop, organize, provide access to and preserve materials to meet the needs of students and scholar present and future generations. We explore and implement innovative technologies and services to deliver information and scholarly resources conveniently to users anytime/anyplace. We also provide well-equipped and functional physical space where students can pursue independent learning and discovery outside the classroom.
Mission Statement
To encourage students to read the requirements of their curriculum
To provide instruction and assistance in the effective use of learning resources/services
To integrate services and technology which are essential for learning, research and knowledge creation.
To address the changing needs of teaching, learning community with 24X7 access.
1. Book Borrowing Facility
2. Reading Room Facility
3. Reference Service
4. Referral Service
5. Document Delivery Service
6. Inter Library Loan services
7. OPAC Service
8. Smart Cards Service
9. Orientation Programme
10. Anti-Plagiarism Service
Specialized Services available in the Library
1. Internet Access
2. Access to E-Journals and E-books
3. User Orientation
4. Assistance in searching Database
5. INFLIBNET/IUC Facilities
Anti-Plagiarism Cell
Plagiarism Policy:
It is mandatory for research scholars pursuing doctoral studies to get the Similarity Index Check (SIC) report before submission of the thesis to Davangere University. All the theses will be subjected SIC using the anti-plagiarism softwares “Ouriginal (Urkund)” and “DRILLBIT”.
Guidelines for Similarity Index Check: Click Here
Application for Similarity Check: Click Here
ShodhShuddhi:Click Here
Based on the recommendation of Sub-Committee, National Steering Committee (NSC) of e-ShodhSindhu, The Ministry of Education, Govt. of India has initiated a programme “ShodhShuddhi” which provides access to Plagiarism Detection Software (PDS) to all universities/Institutions in India since Sept 1, 2019.
It includes, Central Universities, State Universities, Deemed to be University, Private Universities, Centrally funded Technical Institutions(CFTIs), Inter University Centre (IUCs) of UGC
Under this initiative, Ouriginal (formerly Urkund) a Web Based Plagiarism Detection Software system is being provided to all users of universities/Intuitions in the country. This initiative is formally launched by Former Minister of Education (formerly MHRD) on September 21, 2019.
INFLIBNET CENTER
1. The university has been participating in the UGC ShodhaSindu consortia since 2015 and JCCC database, Economic and Political Weekly, ISID, provided by the UGC is available in the library.
( https://ess.inflibnet.ac.in/eres.php?memID=307)
2. National Digital Library of India (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/), World e-Book Library and South Asia Archive (SAA) E – Resources provided by NDLI
3. Library automation: Books’ bibliographical database has been creating using KOHA software. The same data base is used as OPAC and is accessible to the users.
4. Installed kiosk Machine for self check in and check out, OPAC Audio, video files etc…
5. 65 computer systems and one server installed in digital library.
6. All the systems in the library have internet access.
7. 24/7 Wi-Fi facility in the library.
8. 08 CCTV cameras have been installed in the library.
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Open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Open Library is a project of the non-profit Internet Archive.
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PLoS The Public Library of Science provides free access to the full-text of all of their highly rated journals.
Free access to the highly rated journals published by BioMed Central.
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BioMed Central (Free access to the highly rated journals published by BioMed Central.)
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Scientific Publications: 1881-present. Fulltext. AMNH scientific publications include results of laboratory investigations and fieldwork conducted by museum scientists and their colleagues in the areas of zoological systematics, paleontology, geology, evolution, and anthropology.
Nearly 2 million archival material descriptions for collections held by thousands of libraries, museums, historical societies, and archives. Includes information about historical documents, personal papers, family histories, and other items. Contact information for the institutions where the collections are kept is provided.
Large public database of digitized archives of painting and sculpture. Indexes over 2,300 art websites. High-definition images can be viewed online or legally purchased and downloaded. 180,000 works by 8,600 renowned and lesser-known artists.
Date coverage varies. Open access to over 1/2 million e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Statistics, and Quantitative Finance.
A sub-collection of the Open-Access Text Archive section of the Internet Archive. Ten major natural history museum libraries, botanical libraries, and research institutions joined together to form the Biodiversity Heritage Library Project. They are developing a strategy and operational plan to digitize the published literature of biodiversity held in their respective collections and make it available through a global biodiversity commons.
CAIRN Free Access Journals is a database of journals in the humanities and social sciences. Journals are freely available online once the embargo period defined by their publisher is over. Most of the titles in the database are French language journals.
The CGP is the finding tool for federal publications that includes descriptive records for historical and current publications and provides direct links to those that are available online. Users can search by authoring agency, title, subject, and general key word. Advanced searching is also available.
This database supersedes American Fact Finder. The new database includes American Community Survey; 1-year Selected Population Profiles 2010-2015; 5-year Selected Population Tables 2011-2015; 5-Year American Indian; Alaska Native Population Profiles; 2000 and 2010 Decennial Summary and Redistricting Data Summary Files.
1982-present. Includes Emerging Infectious Diseases, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, Preventing Chronic Disease and numerous other publications arranged by topic.
ChemRxiv (pronounced “chem-archive”) is a free online submission, distribution, and archival service for unpublished preprints in chemistry and related areas. ChemRxiv is operated by the American Chemical Society, a non-profit and the world’s largest scientific society, in collaboration with partners.
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Congress.gov is the official source for federal legislative information. It replaces the nearly 20-year-old THOMAS.gov site. The site includes materials on current and past legislation, the Daily Digest version of the Congressional Record, links to Congessional committees, their hearings and reports (1995-present) and an explanation of the Legislative Process.
Alternative Name(s) & Keywords: Member Guide for the 115th Congress
Provides access to information on current members of Congress, including their picture, party affiliation, hometown, home state, and length of service.
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A sub-set of the Internet Archive. This collection is comprised of any type of text, many licensed using Creative Commons licenses, contributed by the Internet Archive Community.
A cooperative between libraries and of members of the Mathematical Community for managing and providing access to digital backfiles and digital publications in mathematics.
Comprehensive, international union catalogue listing early books, serials, newspapers and selected ephemera printed before 1801. Contains catalogue entries for items issued in Britain, Ireland, overseas territories under British colonial rule, and the United States.
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Information on over a million movies and television programs, and more than 2.5 million people associated with the motion picture industry, including actors, producers, directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, composers and others.
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Includes materials from Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (Miami), National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center (Miami), Western Regional Center (Seattle), and Camp Springs (Maryland)
1964-present. Citations and abstracts. The National Technical Information Service catalog covers: business and management studies, health and safety reports, environmental research reports and site clean-up, technology innovations, international market reports, and training tools and materials.
OAIster is a union catalog of millions of records representing open access resources that was built by harvesting from open access collections worldwide using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). Today, OAIster includes more than 30 million records representing digital resources from more than 1,500 contributors.
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US Food & Drug Administration database of approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations. Providing timely consumer information on generic drugs, the Electronic Orange Book is updated daily as new generic approvals occur.
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1995-present. An index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health consequences of exposure to traumatic events produced by the National Center for PTSD.
2005-present. An organized, universal electronic gateway to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) pictures organized into hierarchical categories of people, places, and science presented as single images, image sets, and multimedia files.
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1994-present. Free public access to full-text documents and bibliographic citations of Department of Energy (DOE) research report literature. Topics include physics, chemistry, materials, biology, environmental sciences, energy technologies, engineering, computer and information science, renewable energy, and others of interest related to DOE’s mission.
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United Nations Official Document System database covers official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993. ODS also provides access to the resolutions of the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council and the Trusteeship Council from 1946 onwards
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