HDFC library holds a wide range of contemporary books, journals, art and multimedia documents in English and Indian languages.
Printed Books
The library has a vibrant collection of contemporary books related to Liberal Arts, Humanities, English, Literature, Social Sciences and Sciences including Computer Science. Currently, there are about 88,832 books including about 39,124 books received from the personal collection.
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19561
Language (Include Bhasha Books)
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17700
History
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6858
Political Science
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7366
Anthropology and Sociology
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6585
Economics
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3018
Mathematics & Statistics
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9855
Philosophy & Religion
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3537
Art
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814
Computer Science
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5219
Miscellaneous
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1419
General Management
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1256
Biology
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1739
Psychology
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661
Physics
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1262
Literature
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683
Education
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647
General Science
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394
Technology
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75
Library Science
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183
Chemistry
Print Journals on Display
The library subscribes to the 28 popular journals & magazines in print form. They are physically available in the library for your reading.
The Classic / Rare Books
The library maintains a separate Classic / Rare Book section of about 850 books which are presently under controlled access, but details are available on the general library catalog. These books are mostly on English literature (including Keats and Shelley’s collection donated by Prof. Kelvin Everest and Prof. Malabika Sarkar), history and biographies. The earliest book dates back to the year 1821.
Literature of India
Considering the multidisciplinary nature of subjects offered and the diverse interests of students, the library holds a modest collection of Indian literature, as mentioned below. These books comprise of contemporary collection in respective languages and are available for borrowing. Currently, these books are housed at the 2nd-floor library (Book Zone C).
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282
Assamese
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1963
Bengali
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386
Gujarati
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2298
Hindi
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1076
Kannada
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487
Marathi
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136
Punjabi
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307
Tamil
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96
Urdu
Coffee Table Books
The library also caters to specific reading interests associated with the Visual, Performance, Theatre and other cultural arts.