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 91492 books including about 39,124 books received from the personal collection.
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20294
Language (Include Bhasha Books)
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18237
History
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7889
Political Science
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7660
Anthropology and Sociology
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6795
Economics
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3075
Mathematics & Statistics
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10113
Philosophy & Religion
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3613
Art
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841
Computer Science
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4319
Miscellaneous
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1488
General Management
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1389
Biology
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1748
Psychology
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689
Physics
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1276
Literature
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703
Education
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658
General Science
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440
Technology
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79
Library Science
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186
Chemistry
Print Journals on Display
The library subscribes to the 35 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.