Library Services
Book Lending
Issue, return & renewal of books for all students and faculty.
Reference Service
Expert guidance for technical queries and research support.
Digital Section
Internet-enabled computers for e-journal and e-book access.
OPAC Search
Online Public Access Catalogue for searching library holdings.
Document Delivery
Photocopy and printing services for research documents.
User Orientation
Programmes on library resources for new students each semester.
Current Awareness
Newspaper clippings and SDI (Selective Dissemination of Info).
Inter-Library Loan
Resource sharing with other Anna University constituent colleges.
Open Access & E-Resources
🇮🇳 Government of India — Free Resources
FREE
National Digital Library (NDL)
IIT Kharagpur's virtual repository with 30M+ learning resources across all engineering disciplines.
FREE
NPTEL
IIT/IISc online courses — 471M+ views, 50,000+ video hours in engineering & sciences.
GOVT
SWAYAM MOOCs
National MOOC platform with 2,000+ courses. Earn credit-eligible certificates from IITs.
FREE
Shodhganga
INFLIBNET reservoir of Indian theses & dissertations from universities — ideal for research.
GOVT
e-PG Pathshala
UGC postgraduate e-content — textbooks, videos, simulations for PG engineering subjects.
ONOS
One Nation One Subscription
Central Govt scheme: national access to 30+ international STEM publishers via INFLIBNET.
🌍 International Open Access — Engineering & Science
FREE
arXiv
Cornell's preprint server for engineering, CS, physics, maths & EE — 2M+ papers.
FREE
engrXiv
Open preprint server dedicated to engineering and related fields.
FREE
DOAJ
Directory of Open Access Journals — 1,724+ engineering journals indexed and searchable.
FREE
DOAB
Directory of Open Access Books — 10,000+ engineering titles freely downloadable.
FREE
IEEE Open Access
IEEE's open access journals in electrical engineering, computing & technology.
OA
MDPI Journals
Peer-reviewed open access publisher with 400+ journals in engineering & applied sciences.
OA
Hindawi Publishing
Open access STM publisher — Wiley-affiliated, free full-text engineering journals.
OA
PLOS
Public Library of Science — open access across biology, medicine and applied sciences.
🔧 Free Engineering Textbooks & Course Materials
FREE
FreeTechBooks
Free CS, engineering and programming textbooks, notes & lecture materials legally online.
FREE
MIT OpenCourseWare
Free MIT course materials — lecture notes, assignments, exams for all engineering subjects.
FREE
Khan Academy
Free interactive exercises in maths, physics, chemistry and computing for engineering students.
FREE
edX / OpenEdX
MIT & Harvard-founded platform with audit-free courses from top global universities.
FREE
Google Books
Millions of book previews & full public-domain engineering texts freely available.
FREE
Project Gutenberg
60,000+ free eBooks — classic and public-domain science, technology & math texts.