Janata Shikshan Prasarak Mandal's
Mahila Kala Mahavidyalaya
Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (MS)
L I B R A R Y
ABOUT LIBRARY

J.S.P.M.'s Mahila Kala Mahavidyalaya College established its own library for students as well as faculty members in 1998. Since then, the library has tried to make progress in terms of the collection of books, periodicals, e-resources, and services provided.

Mission

“We try to provide precise information on various occasions through the most effective means in the shortest possible timeframe.

Vision

  • To build and create the tools to support students and faculty in their teaching and learning.

  • To provide a mechanism for the students and faculty to meet their needs for information and knowledge.

Objectives 

  • Try to offer efficient, approachable, and revolutionary services.      

  • Try to support and improve teaching and learning processes by delivering and promoting the effective use of information resources.

  • To promote excellence and collaborative library services for the user community.

  • Try to maintain a contemporary and valuable collection of resources within the library that accurately aligns with the requirements of all academic disciplines and individuals seeking knowledge. It is imperative to ensure regular updates and additions to the collection.

  STAFF MEMBERS

Syeda Sarwat Farheen

(M.LIB.I.SC., NET, SET)

 

LIBRARIAN

 email:   jspmlibrarian@gmail.com 

(Profile)

Mr. Algude A. B.

(B.A., B.LIb.Sc. )

 

Library Attendent

 

(Profile)

Mr. Shaikh Shahabuddin Abbas

(YCMOU Preparatory)

 

Library Attendent

(Profile)

   LIBRARY COLLECTION
The library has a variety of books. It has 1520 textbooks and 2708 reference books. 4229 books worth Rs. 6, 12,696/- were present during the year 2024–25. We have three daily news papers in English, Hindi, and Marathi, and we try to subscribe to the periodical magazine on various disciplines. The library collection, comprising books, journals, and other reading material as of June 2024–25, stand as follows:
Library Collection
Print Resources:              
a)Total No. of Books                         4229
b)Total No. of Text Books                  1520
c)Total No of Reference Books         2708
d)Total No of Titles                             2611
e)Total No of Available Items            4377
f)Total No. of Donated books           1829
g)Cost of Donated books                 3,18,714
h)Total No. of Purchased Books      2399
i)Cost of Purchased Books                2, 86,745.        
j)Total No. of Print Journals               ---
k)Total No. of News Papers               03
l)Total No. of Bound Volumes            58
m)Subscribed e-journals                   21
n)Subscribed Database                     4 
E-resources MKM Library
E-resources MKM Library
Subscribed e-journals                      21
Subscribed Database                        03 

E-resources:
    Database  
Indiastat.com   
Epw-rf time series
Proquest  Central         
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E-journals

 Bioscope : South Asian Screen Studies

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/BIO

 Environment and Urbanization Asia

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/eua

 India Quarterly: A Journal of International Affairs

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/iqq

 Indian Economic & Social History Review

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/IER

 Indian Economic Journal

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/iej

 Indian Historical Review

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/IHR

 Indian Journal of Public Administration

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/ipa

 International Journal of Rural Management

 https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/IRM

Journal of Developing Societies

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/jds

Journal of Emerging Market Finance

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/EMF

Journal of Health Management

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/jhm

Journal of Infrastructure Development- Delay Publication

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/JOI

Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/JIE

Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/MAR

Marketing Theory

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/mtq

Social Change

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/SCH

Sociological Bulletin

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/sob

Studies in History

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/SIH

Studies in Indian Politics

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/INP

World Affairs

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/waf

Contribution to Indian Sociology

https://journals.sagepub.com/loi/cis

Innovative/Best Practices of a MKM College Library

               Best practice may be inventive and be a philosophy, policy, strategy, programme, process or practice that solves a problem or creates new opportunities and positive impact on institutions.

 

Some common Best Practices of MKM Library are;

  • Computerization done with SOUL 2.0 standard software.

  • Inclusion of sufficient information about the library in the college prospectus and college website

  • Displaying newspaper clippings and a clipping file maintained periodically.

  • Career/ employment information services shared on What’s App group

  • Internet facility for user

  • Displaying New Arrivals

  • Conduct book exhibition on different occasions

  • Best User Award for students

  • Conduct user surveys periodically

  • Celebration of Librarian Day  the birth anniversary of Dr. SR Ranganathan 

  • Waachan Prerna Diwas or Reading Day was celebrated on 15th October to honor our late President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, on his birth anniversary.

  • Library Committee formation

  • Prepare the Library Policy for the smooth functioning of the library.

  • Open access for all users.

  • Access to the NDLI Resources

 

Library Advisory Committee
OPEN SOURCE EDUCATIONAL MATERIAL
Competitive Exam Useful websites
https://www.a2zinterviews.com/    
 
HYPERLINK "A 2 Z Interviews%20(Upcoming%20entrance%20exams) " A 2 Z Interviews (Upcoming entrance exams)            
https://www.gktoday.in/       
HYPERLINK "http://www.gktoday.in/"General Knowledge Today
HYPERLINK "http://www.gkmcq.com/"General Knowledge Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
https://www.javatpoint.com/gk-mcq
https://www.indiabix.com/general-knowledge/questions-and-answers/
https://www.sawaal.com/general-knowledge-questions-and-answers.html
https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge
https://www.careerpower.in/gk-general-knowledge.html

HYPERLINK "http://www.sarkarinaukri2014.in/downloads/"Sarkari Naukari              https://www.sarkari-naukri.in/
HYPERLINK "http://indiabudget.nic.in/survey.asp" Economic Survey                     https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/
HYPERLINK "https://www.rbi.org.in/scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx" RBI Bulletin                             https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/BS_ViewBulletin.aspx

Dictionaries
HYPERLINK "http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/"Oxford Dictionary
HYPERLINK "http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/"Oxford Learner’s Dictionary
HYPERLINK "http://www.thefreedictionary.com/"Free online Dictionaries
HYPERLINK "http://dictionary.cambridge.org/"Cambridge Free English Dictionary and Thesaurus
HYPERLINK "http://www.collinsdictionary.com/"Collins Dictionaries
HYPERLINK "http://www.macmillandictionary.com/"Macmillan Dictionary and Thesaurus
HYPERLINK "http://dictionary.com/"Dictionary.com
HYPERLINK "http://foldoc.org/" FOLDOC – Computing Dictionary
HYPERLINK "http://www.reference.com/"Reference.com
Encyclopedias
HYPERLINK "http://www.marathivishwakosh.in/"Marathi Vishwakosh                         https://marathivishwakosh.org/
HYPERLINK "http://www.britannica.com/"Encyclopedia Britannica                   https://www.britannica.com/
HYPERLINK "http://www.encyclopedia.com/"Free online Encyclopedia                 https://www.encyclopedia.com/   
HYPERLINK "http://www.infoplease.com/"Infoplease                                          https://www.infoplease.com/
HYPERLINK "http://www.encyclopedia.com/"Encyclopedia.com

BIBLIOGRAPHIES / AUTOBIOGRAPHIES
HYPERLINK "http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/"Biographies of great men and women from India (Bharat)  https://www.publicationsdivision.nic.in/
HYPERLINK "http://www.freeindia.org/biographies/"The personalities holding the highest offices and important positions in Executive, Judiciary and Legislature in the country.  https://www.india.gov.in/
HYPERLINK "http://www.iloveindia.com/indian-heroes/index.html"Biographies of such Indian heroes include people from all walks of life such as freedom fighters, leaders, scientists, litterateurs, writers, painters, musicians, social reformers and entrepreneurs.  

English Newspaper
             
HYPERLINK "http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/"The Times of India
HYPERLINK "http://www.indianexpress.com/"Indian Express
HYPERLINK "http://www.thehindu.com/"The Hindu
HYPERLINK "http://www.deccanherald.com/"Deccan Herald
HYPERLINK "http://www.asianage.com/"The Asian Age
HYPERLINK "http://www.hindustantimes.com/"The Hindustan Times

Hindi Newspaper

HYPERLINK "http://www.bhaskar.com/"Dainik Bhaskar
HYPERLINK "http://www.jagran.com/"Dainik Jagran
HYPERLINK "http://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi"Samachar BBC Hindi
HYPERLINK "http://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/"Navbharat Times
HYPERLINK "http://www.rashtriyasahara.com/"Rashtriya Sahara
HYPERLINK "http://hindi.economictimes.indiatimes.com/"Economictimes

Marathi Newspaper
HYPERLINK "http://www.loksatta.com/"Loksatta
HYPERLINK "http://www.lokmat.com/"Lokmat
HYPERLINK "http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/"Maharashtra Times
HYPERLINK "http://www.esakal.com/"Sakal
HYPERLINK "http://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/"Divya Marathi
HYPERLINK "http://maharashtratimes.indiatimes.com/"Maharashtra Times
HYPERLINK "http://epaper.tarunbharat.com/"Tarun Bharat
HYPERLINK "http://epaper.pudhari.com/"Pudhari
HYPERLINK "http://www.saamana.com/"Samna
HYPERLINK "http://www.dailykesari.com/"Kesari
HYPERLINK "http://www.deshdoot.com/"Deshdoot

Top 15 Educational Search engine
HYPERLINK "http://education.iseek.com/iseek/home.page"iSEEK
HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/educators/p_booksearch.html"Google Book Search
HYPERLINK "http://www.google.com/educators/p_cse.html"Google Custom Search Engine
HYPERLINK "http://scholar.google.com/"Google Scholar
HYPERLINK "http://www.eric.ed.gov/"Educational Resource  Information   Center
HYPERLINK "http://www.free.ed.gov/"Federal Resources for Academic    Excellence
HYPERLINK "http://www.scirus.com/"Scirus
HYPERLINK "http://www.intute.ac.uk/"Intute
 HYPERLINK "http://www.virtuallrc.com/"Virtual Learning Resources Center
HYPERLINK "http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/"American Memory
HYPERLINK "http://www.noodletools.com/"Noodle Tools
HYPERLINK "http://www.clusty.com/"Clusty
HYPERLINK "http://www.worldcat.org/"WorldCat
HYPERLINK "http://lii.org/"Librarians' Internet Index
HYPERLINK "http://infomine.ucr.edu/"Infomine


Plagiarism Tools
HYPERLINK "https://www.researchgate.net/deref/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.veriguide1.cse.cuhk.edu.hk" www.veriguide1.cse.cuhk.edu.hk
www.quetext.com
www.en.writecheck.com/ways-to-avoid-plagiarism
www.turnitin.com
www.ithenticate.com
www.scanmyessay.com
http://www.checktext.org/
https://www.plagscan.com/
https://www.grammarly.com/plagiarism?q=plagiarism&gclid=COvt2O6i6rMCFQYb6wodJCUA9w
www.crossref.org
www.plagiarismsoftware.net
https://elearningindustry.com/top-10-free-plagiarism-detection-tools-for-teachers
https://www.grammarly.com

Free Research Content Writing Tools
https://answerthepublic.com  
Google Trends: https://trends.google.com/trends/   
Google Trends is a website by Google that analyzes the popularity of top search queries in Google
The website uses graphs to compare the search volume of different queries over time.
Google Alerts: https://www.google.co.in/alerts
Blog Ideas Generator: https://www.hubspot.com/
Buzz Sumo: https://buzzsumo.com/

Best Article Rewriters
Jasper AI                     https://www.jasper.ai/
GrowthBar                  https://www.growthbarseo.com/
Quillbot                       https://quillbot.com/
Copy AI                       https://www.copy.ai/
Word AI                       https://wordai.com/
Spin Rewriter              https://www.spinrewriter.com/
Speedwrite                 https://speedwrite.com/
Clever Rewriter         https://cleverspinner.com/

Best Paraphrasing Tool
Wordtune (Free) 3.0           https://www.wordtune.com/
Rephrase (Free) 2.5             https://rephrasely.com/
Paraphraser.io (Free) 2.0  https://www.paraphraser.io/
Scribbr                                  https://www.scribbr.com/
TextCortex                          https://textcortex.com/
WriteSonic                         https://writesonic.com/
Wordtune                          https://www.wordtune.com/