Ashoka Business School

ISO 9001:2015 | Minority Institute (Linguistic)

Recognized by AICTE-New Delhi, DTE-Mumbai & Govt. of Maharashtra
Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University

ADVANCED LIBRARY

About the Library

Welcome to the Library of ABS.

Welcome to the Library of Ashoka Business School. The main objective of library is to provide seamless access to information to its users in a networked environment and to become a premier Learning Resource Centre in Management and related areas. The library has rich collection of books on Marketing Management, Finance Management, Human Resource Management, Operations Management, International Business Management and many more. The collection includes text books, reference books, handbooks & CDs etc. It has well designed and maintained stack rooms. Student can search the books through Web-OPAC.

Library Mission Statement

  • To inspire curiosity and transform lives through dissemination of knowledge and information.
  • To provide access to informational, educational, cultural and recreational library resources that is contemporary in nature.
  • To provide support to researchers in all disciplines by providing an open access environment.
  • To create a learner centric environment by utilizing appropriate technology resources to engage with users and provide responsive services.

Library E-Resources:

Open Access Resources/ Useful Links :

Sr. No Type of Resource Name Of The Resource Link Description
1 Rare Books Rare Books https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/ The Rare Book Society of India is the first of its kind - it is a virtual space for rare book collectors and history buffs to read, discuss, rediscover and download lost books.
 2  Newspapers Directories Online Newspaper Directory for the World http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/ Thousands of Newspapers Listed by Country & Region
India News Papers Directory http://www.e-paperview.com/bharat.html This online directory is containing e-papers and e-magazines of india.
3          E-Learning/ Open Course Wears          National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/ NPTEL provides E-learning through online Web and Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities.
Swayam https://swayam.gov.in/ Swayam hosting 2000 courses and 80000 hours of learning: covering school, under-graduate, post-graduate, engineering, law and other professional courses.
e-PG Pathshala https://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/ High quality, curriculum-based, interactive content in different subjects across all disciplines of social sciences, arts, fine arts & humanities, natural & mathematical sciences, linguistics and languages is being developed under this initiative named e-PG Pathshala.
MIT open course ware https://ocw.mit.edu/ MIT Open Course Ware (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.
Open course consortium https://www.oeconsortium.org/ The Open Course Ware Consortium is a worldwide community of hundreds of higher education institutions and associated organizations committed to advancing open education.
Webcast.berkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu/ webcast.berkeley is UC Berkeley's central service for online video & audio for students and learners around the globe
Open Yale Courses (OYC) https://oyc.yale.edu/ Open Yale Courses (OYC) provides lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses to the public free of charge via the Internet. The courses span the full range of liberal arts disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences.
Open.Michigan https://open.umich.edu/ Open. Michigan encourages researchers, learners, and instructors to maximize the impact and reach of their scholarly work through open sharing.
World Lecture Project https://world-lecture-project.org/ (wlp)° is the central platform for delivering academic videos from faculties worldwide. You can find videos according to various criteria: theme, faculty, country, language, institution.
 4    Dictionaries/Encyclopaedia    Encyclopædia Britannica  https://www.britannica.com/ The Encyclopaedia Britannica name has been synonymous with reliable and trustworthy information for generations
Encyclopedia.com https://www.encyclopedia.com/  Encyclopedia.com has more than 100 trusted sources, including encyclopaedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses with facts, definitions, biographies, synonyms, pronunciation keys, word origins, and abbreviations.
Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/ Merriam-Webster has been America's leading and most-trusted provider of language information.
Onelook Dictionary https://www.onelook.com/ 19,632,921 words in 1061 dictionaries indexed
 5          Open Access E-Books          Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/ It offers over 57,000 free eBooks: choose among free e pub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online.
 OAPEN http://www.oapen.org/ The OAPEN Library contains freely accessible academic books, mainly in the area of humanities and social sciences.
Directory of Open Access Books https://www.doabooks.org/ 12323 Academic peer-reviewed books and chapters from 277 publishers.
Open access eBooks http://openaccessebooks.com/ Open Access eBooks covers different disciplines of science, technology and medicine. Each eBook contains around 6 or 7 book chapters providing the latest information to the readers.
The Universal Digital Library http://www.ulib.org/index.html All the significant literary, artistic, and scientific works of mankind can be digitally preserved and made freely available, in every corner of the world, for our education, study, and appreciation and that of all our future generations.
Internet Archives https://archive.org/ Internet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/ Explore academic content on JSTOR that is open to everyone, everywhere. Search thousands of free journal articles and open access book chapters.
InTechOpen https://www.intechopen.com/ Science, Technology and Medicine open access book publisher
O'Reilly Open Books Project https://www.oreilly.com/openbook/ Access to a collection of computer science titles.
Hathi Trust Digital Library https://www.hathitrust.org/ It contains 16,401,953 total volumes, 7,991,414 book titles, 440,429 serial titles. 
 6      Open Access E-Journals      Directory of Open Access Journals(DOAJ) https://doaj.org/ DOAJ is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high quality, open access,peer-reviewed journals.
Open Access Library  http://www.oalib.com/  Free Access to 4,236,696 Academic Articles.
Open Access Journals https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access-journals-list.php  700+ peer reviewed Open Access Journals
Open Access Journals Search Engine http://www.kkhsou.in/library/oajse/about_us.html 4,500+ journals in the directory.
Bentham Open https://benthamopen.com/ Bentham Open publishes a number of peer-reviewed, open access journals. These free-to-view online journals cover all major disciplines of science, medicine, technology and social sciences.
J-Stage https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/browse/-char/en 4,590,246 Journals Articles Published By Academic Societies In Japan.
 7      operation research by Hillier-1      operation research by Hillier-1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/144Lx4yQ0R-9zbtZVuoFFPZxGgTN6TFJt/view?usp=sharing
 8      Quantitative Techniques for Management ( PDFDrive.com )-1-1      Quantitative Techniques for Management ( PDFDrive.com )-1-1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XOjjtL4mc4C9wmy_i6B9Hjx0XyxfbxYB/view?usp=sharing
 9      Linear and Nonlinear Programming, 4th Edition_ International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ( PDFDrive.com )-1      Linear and Nonlinear Programming, 4th Edition_ International Series in Operations Research & Management Science ( PDFDrive.com )-1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1O8AwjcCLG4IHIqw19xqeVRssNPD_ITJK/view?usp=sharing
 10      operation research by Taha-1      operation research by Taha-1 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jH1QXR_2HoIVbgUV316W5FoVVrVTfDL3/view?usp=sharing

About the Library

Welcome to the Library of ABS.

BOOKS

  • Total No. of Volumes: 5986
  • Total No. of Titles: 1520

TOTAL NO. OF PROJECT & DISSERATION REPORTS: 557

TOTAL NO. OF AUDIO/VIDEO CDS: 462

PERIODICALS: 29

  • International Journals : 12
  • National Journals : 12
  • Magazines : 09

NEWSPAPERS

TOTAL NO. OF NEWSPAPERS : 11

  • English : 07
  • Marathi : 04

2. LIBRARY AUTOMATION: ERP SEROSOFT SOFTWARE

3. LIBRARY SERVICES:

  • Book Issue/Return Facility for Members
  • Library Reading Facility
  • Newspaper Clipping Service
  • New Arrivals Display
  • E- Library - Ten Computers in LAN with Multimedia & Internet Facility.
  • Document Printing Facility for all Users.
  • Reprographic facility in the library.

Library Timings:

9:30 am to 6:00 pm.

Library Staff:

Sr.No.DesignationNameQualification
1 Librarian Dr. Anjana Ratnakar Bhandari Bsc.(Microbiology),M.A. (Marathi), Hindi Pandit , M.Lib & information science MH - SET, Ph.D.(Library science)

Contact Us:

Librarian

Ashoka Business School, Near Suman Petrol Pump, Mumbai-Agra Highway, Rane Nagar Nashik – 422 009

Phone No: 0253-6649533

Email Id: library.abs@aef.edu.in