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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Language (Include Bhasha Books)
17700

History
6858

Political Science
7366

Anthropology and Sociology
6585

Economics
3018

Mathematics & Statistics
9855

Philosophy & Religion
3537

Art
814

Computer Science
5219

Miscellaneous
1419

General Management
1256

Biology
1739

Psychology
661

Physics
1262

Literature
683

Education
647

General Science
394

Technology
75

Library Science
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).