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Cheena Bhavana Library

Background History of the Library

The Cheena Bhavana Library has one of the most valuable collections in Visva-Bharati. Although officially the Cheena Bhavana library along with the Bhavana was opened in 1937, the acquisition of books and other documents had started earlier. Cheena Bhavana Library has collection of about 45 thousand books in its Library along with 4300 books received as gift from diferent sources. The Library has provision of 30 users seating capacity and around 200 users and a daily transaction of 30 books.

 

Cheena Bhavana Library has connected with the Campus wide Fiber Optic Network named GitanjaliNet (INFLIBNET). Library has 04 PCs, 01 printers, one Scanner for its Library and Library Management Software LibSys-7 (Unicode Web compliant) is being used for automating the library activity and services.

Library Hour

Cheena Bhavana Library has a good collection of about 44 thousand books in its Library along with 4300 books received as gift from different sources. The Library has around 200 users and a daily transaction of 30 books.

 

  • Books: 44000 (approx.)

  • CD/DVD-ROMs: 450 +

  • Journals: 13 (Banyue Tan, Beijing Review, China Journal, China Report, China Today, China Quarterly, Duzhe, Issues and Studies, Liao Wang, Qui Shi, Renmin Ribao Index, Social Sciences in China, and Xinhua Wenzhai).

  • Newspapers: 03 (Renmin Ribaio, Anandbazar & Statesman)

  • New Arrivals

  • Lending Service

  • Reference Service

  • On-line Public Access Catalogue

  • Book Reservation

  • Bibliographic Services

  • Reprographic Services

  • Inter Library Loan Services through different Libraries

  • Wi-Fi facilities within department

  • Access of E-Journals

  • Internet Searching & Browsing

  • Accessing 120 TV channels directly from China

To collect, preserve, cultivate and endow the treasures of knowledge, heritage and culture in Chinese Language in general with an emphasis on the Indo-China relations in particular. To serve the Students and Faculty members of the Chinese Department, this Library is responsible for collecting the literary treasures of the Chinese people and preserving the continuity of Chinese culture.

Library Collection
Goals / Objectives of the Library
Library Services
 
All days except weekly holiday: 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 

 

Weekly Holiday: 
Wednesday and Sunday
 
Online Databases
 
 

 

Open Access E-Resources
 
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Trial Access

The China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI) free trial account for Visva Bharti has been set up for following databases upto Apr. 30,2016.

*China Academic Journals Full-text Database  

*China Doctoral Dissertations Full-text Database  

*China Masters' Theses Full-text Database

*China STM Focus (English Journals and Proceedings published in China)

*China Journal Translation Project (Chinese elite academic articles translated into English)

Testimonials 

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