Nava Nalanda Central Library
Library can accomodate upto 500 students at a time
The Nava Nalanda Central Library, Thapar University has a very active learning ambience. It is a three floor library and is capable of accommodating 500 students at a time to carry out any kind of academic activity and research such as reading books and journals, computer programming , software development etc. Its fully linked with Thapar University internet and intranet.
Large Collections of Latest Books and Journals
The centre has wide collection of latest books and journals (international and national) in ICT related areas. It has subscription to various national and international journals in prints besides a larger number of e-journals through INDEST Consortia of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi for Subscription of Digital library of International Journals of of reputed publishers such as ACM, ACS, AIP, APS, ASCE, ASME, IEEE/IEE, Emerald, Cambridge, Springer, Elsevier, Nature, Taylor and Francis. Library services available from 8.00 a.m to 8.30 p.m. The Library remains open 24 X 7. Library services remain closed only on university holidays and sundays. Community library (meant for staff and their family members located in the circulation service enclosure on first floor) services available on all the working days. Library has the latest books, journals and CD-ROMS on bioinformatics, biotechnology, computer science, information and communication technology, electronics and communication engineering, management, humanities and social sciences.