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Information Sources and Services

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Document Delivery
Document Delivery is an electronic document delivery service offered between Gujarat
University Library and Gujarat University Library. From this libraries Faculty, Professors,
staff and students may request copies of journal articles, book chapters CDs and other
materials to the University Libraries. After that the Documents will be scanned and made
available on the web as PDF files through the required or demanded users. There is no fee
for this service.

Gujarat University Library
Gujarat University (GU) library was started along with its parent body the Gujarat
University. The University Library moved to its newly constructed building in May 1967.
The Library have more than 3,50,457 books. 11,600 E-Books and 7,500 E-Journals are
available. The Library adds about 5000 books every year and subscribes to about
250 Printed periodicals in different subjects. This library caters to the needs of the students
and faculties and professors and research scholars of the Gujarat University at large.
Further, there are small libraries supported/attached to each school/department in which
house texts and reference books on courses being currently offered by the respective
school/department are provided. These books are issued from the Central Library of the
Gujarat University on long-term basis to each school/department. The Gujarat University
department and school libraries offer books and reading-room facilities to their students
and teachers, professors and research scholars. Also there is a large reading room attached
to the Gujarat University Central Library. The reading room can accommodate more than
600 readers. They can sit and read and write at the same time. For those students, who find
the Gujarat University Central Library away from their residence, nearer centers are
provided by the Gujarat University in the Ahmedabad city, like as centers at Hajipur,
Saraspur and Khokhra-Mehemdabad.
Services provided by Gujarat University Library:
Document Circulation Service

Reference Service
Reprographic Services
Inter Library Loan Service

Internet Service
Reading Services
Current Awareness Service

Referral Service
Literature Search Service
Online Services

OPAC and WEBOPAC
Syllabus Service
Bibliographic Service
User Orientation Service

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