About Library Library is the heart of any Institution and the books and visitors in the
Library makes the Institute rich. Our library is situated on the Third floor
with the area of 1153 Sq.Feet. It has a scenic view at the back with Parsik
hills at the background and central railway running across. Complete cover of
mangroves can be seen around the creek, which flows along.
We have a very special collection in Science with many rare and important
titles. Our library subscribes 41 Scientific Journals and 25 magazines. Our
total collection of books is 33399. On an average we issue about 75 to 80 books
per day. Complete catalogue of the library holdings has been created by using
Libsuite asp version. Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) is provided to the
users. Students are using the OPAC extensively for searching the required books
and journals. Library database is accessible from anywhere in the world through
web OPAC available on www.vpmthane.org .
We are proud to provide online access facility to the students and faculty
members to the internationally reputed commercial databases like JSTOR,
ProQuest, CMIE, Manupatra, UGC N-LIST, Dictionary of Scientific Biographies, and
open access databases viz Vidyanidhi, OpenJ-Gate, OpenDOAR, DOAJ, PubMed, SSRN,
PloS, COCHRANE.
The library is connected with the other four libraries on the campus and an
integrated OPAC of the holding is made available to all users. Books on inter
library loan are provided to the students and teachers on demand.
We have different Sections in Our Library: