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 94215 books including about 42,634 books received from the personal collection.
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20989
Language (Include Bhasha Books)
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18687
History
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8121
Political Science
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7830
Anthropology and Sociology
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6902
Economics
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3080
Mathematics & Statistics
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10536
Philosophy & Religion
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3880
Art
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848
Computer Science
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4560
Miscellaneous
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1528
General Management
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1395
Biology
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1761
Psychology
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695
Physics
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1307
Literature
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709
Education
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660
General Science
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450
Technology
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79
Library Science
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190
Chemistry
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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2356
Hindi
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1076
Kannada
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239
Malayalam
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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.