THDC Institute of Hydro Power Engineering and Technology

The library is an integral part of any Institute imparting its services to the students, faculty members, and other staff members. We promote each student to participate in the development process of the Library. The THDC IHET library collectively supports the teaching, research, and extension programmers of the institute. The Library, besides having a huge collection of books on Engineering, Science, Technology, and Humanities offers Library services through its various divisions. We have attempted to make the THDC IHET Library a 21st-century knowledge-based society of tomorrow. THDC IHET Library shall continue to adapt to challenging new demands and provides a professional and conducive learning atmosphere for the empowerment of its users. The library has a huge collection of textbooks, Reference books presently more than 18000 books are available in the THDC IHET library. The Library has subscribed to 30Magazine. THDC IHET Library is a member of DELNET (Developing Library Network) New Delhi and an institutional member of NDL(National Digital Library) It aims to collect, store, and disseminate information besides offering computerized services to users, to coordinate efforts for suitable collection development and also reduce unnecessary duplication wherever possible.

The library has Institutional member of NDLI (National Digital library of India). THDC-IHET library users can access all the e-contents through NDLI. National Digital Library of India (NDL) is a virtual teaching-learning evaluation-knowledge discovers and innovation platform which helps collaborative, personalized, self-paced, new-age multi-media education at all levels. It is a single window access to learn for e-contents working as an umbrella over existing digital repositories. To access NDLI, please click on the image below:

THDC-IHET library has been subscribing following e-journals database: IEEE-ASPP (All-Society Periodicals Package): IEEE, a not-for-profit organization, is the world’s leading professional association for the advancement of technology. Through its more than 420,000 members in over 160 countries, IEEE is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace systems, computers, and telecommunications to biomedical engineering, electric power, and consumer electronics, among other technologies. The IEEE All-Society Periodicals Package provides access to the IEEE’s core collection of engineering, electronics, and computer science periodicals including unlimited full-text access to 179 online IEEE society-sponsored journals and magazines, plus a back file to 2010 for all new subscribers. To access IEEE-ASPP, please click on the image below:

The ASCE Library delivers the most respected and richest collection of civil engineering content in the world. With the integration of e-books, journals, and proceedings on one platform, ASCE Library is the single destination for all ASCE content. To access ASCE, please click on the image below:

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was established in 1880, it is the one of the oldest mechanical engineers society in the world. ASME has largest member (approx 127,000) worldwide. It is a premier organization in the field of mechanical engineering. Besides, ASME also offering e-resources in the form of journals, conference proceedings, and ASME Press books. To access ASME, please click on the image below:

DELNET is a resource sharing network of libraries and it was started in 1988 at Delhi with name of Delhi Library NETwork. It is the first operational library network in India and it was initially supported by the National Information System for Science and Technology (NISSAT), Department of Scientific and Industrial Reseach, Government of India. DELNET has been providing various facilities to member libraries such as:

In the simple words, circulation service is concern to Issue-Return of library books and other reading materials. THDC-IHET library has been using LIBSYS-10 software and all the circulation related works is being performed through this software only. To issue any document from the library, all library users need authentic barcode library ID and through barcode technology circulation process is being done. The following table stipulated the borrowing guidelines for different members:

THDC-IHET library has an excellent web OPAC system. Library users can smoothly access library throughout the campus. Initially THDC-IHET library web OPAC is accessible within the campus but in future it shall be available globally through Internet. With the assistance of this system, library users can effortlessly check their accounts and search all library reading materials. For access of THDC-IHET web OPAC service, users are to be followed below mentioned steps: