Department Profile

Library

The College Library has a total collection of over 7059 documents comprising of books, theses, journals, in the field of Agricultural Science and allied subjects.

  • The Stocking arrangements of books are done department wise , Agronomy, Soil Science, Plant Breeding and Genetics, Plant Pathology, Entomology, Agriculture Extension, Agriculture Economics, Agricultural Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology etc.
  • The book collection comprises of the subjects such as Botany, Entomology, Crop Physiology, Forestry, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Agronomy, Plant Pathology, Plant Breeding, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Environmental Science, Sericulture, Food Science, Extension Education, Economics, Computer Science, Statistics, Soil Science, Physical Education, Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering, Library Science, General Knowledge and General English.
  • E-journal (open access) facility is available in the library for accessing of the research papers
  • Book Bank facility is developed with the collections from teachers and alumni. 
  • Reprographic facilities such as printer, scanners and Xerox machines are also available for the benefit of the students.
 
Location of the library

First Floor
 Area1.Readiing Area   : 47X32’
2.Book Area         : 24X28’    
 Staff  details

1.A  Sridharan – Librarian

2. Vinokumari 
                  Library  Assistant

 Seating capacity78
 Working hours7.30 AM. to 7.00 PM (Week Days)
Infrastructure
 WiFi AvailabilityYes (10 Mbps)
 No of computers available for students for browsing literature06 
 SoftwareKoha ,RFID Scanner, , Barcode  Printer
 C C  Tv Camera3 Nos
 Resources
 No. of Text Books6434
 No. of Reference books575
 Total No. of books7059
 Total No. of E – BOOKS15
 No. of Journals2
 No. of online journals20
 No. of Magazines3
 No. of  E –Magazines15
 No. of Newspapers7
 National Dailies – English2
 Newspapers – Tamil5
 Book Bank : No. of books50

LIST OF JOURNALS  –

  1. Indian Journal of Horticulture

LIST OF ONLINE JOURNALS

Sl.NOJournal NamePublisher
1The Indian Journal of Agricultural SciencesICAR
2The Indian Journal of Animal SciencesICAR
3Indian Journal  of FisheriesICAR
4Fisheries TechnologyICAR
5PotatoICAR
6Indian FarmingICAR
7Indian HorticultureICAR
8Indian PhytopathologyICAR
9Journal of Agricultural EngineeringICAR
10Journal of the Indian Society of Soil ScienceICAR
11Indian Journal of Dairy of ScienceICAR
12Indian Journal of Veterinary  MedicineICAR
13Open Access Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic plantsICAR
14Journal of Horticultural ScienceICAR
15Indian Journal  of Veterinary Medicine ICAR
16Annals of Agricultural ResourceICA R
17Journal of Cereal ResearchICAR
18INDIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL NUTRITIONICAR
19JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION MANAGEMENTICAR
20JOURNAL OF SOIL  AND  WATER CONSERVATIONICAR

LIST OF NEWS PAPERS

  1. The Hindu
  2. Indian Express
  3. Dinamani
  4. Dinamalar
  5. Hindu Tamithisai
  6. Dinathanthi
  7. Dinakaran

LIST OF MAGAZINES

  1. Valarum Velanmai
  2. Agriculral Today
  3. G K Today
  4. Competition Success Review
  5. Times of Agriculture
  6. Agri Doctor
  7. Namadhu Ariviyal
  8. Naveena Vivasaie
  9. Indian Agricuture

LIST OF E- MAGAZINES LIST

Sl.NO            Name of the E- MAGAZINE  
1Agridoctor
2Krish Jagan
3Yojana
4Agriculture Today
5Times of Agriculture
6G K Today
7SPM IAS Academy
8Intensive Agriculture
9Agriculture Food – News Letter
10Agriculture Observer
11AgriMech
12Agrospectrom
13Agrilos News letter
14Indian Horticulture
15Indian Farming

NUMBER OF BOOKS SUBJECT WISE

S,NoSubjectNumber of Books
1Agricultural Economics305
2Agricultural Engineering226
3Agricultural Entomology302
4Agricultural Extension408
5Agricultural Microbiology175
6Agronomy678
7Animal Husbandary65
8Biochemistry126
9Biotechnolgy186
10Competition Exam Books262
11Computer Science77
12Crop Physiology66
13English232
14Environmental Science123
15Food Science72
16Forestry61
17General Books813
18Horticulture211
19Mathematics45
20Physical Education77
21Plant Breeding284
22Plant Pathology211
23Reference Books65
24Seed Technology85
25Soil Science190
26Statistics  70
27Tamil1645
 Total Number of Books         7060

List of  E – BOOKS

S.noBook nameAuthor
1Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Developmentby Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev, Joachim von Braun
2Sustainable Food SystemsRobert Biel
3Landscape of Higher Agricultural Education in India 2020ICAR
4The First Book of FarmingCharles L. Goodrich
5Protected cultivation and post harvest
technology
Lecture notes and lab manual
K P Sudheer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                P K Suresh Kumar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
6Farmer’s Handbook on Basic AgricultureDr. P. Chandra Shekara
7Principles of Plant Health and QuarantineDavid Ebbels
8Diseases of Tropical Fruit CropsRandy C. Ploetz
9Plant Pathologist’s Pocketbook
3rd Edition
J.M. Waller, J.M. Lenné and S.J. Waller
10Experimental Plant VirologyJishuang Chen
11Comparative Plant VirologyRoger Hull
12Plant PathologyGeorge N. Agrios
13Characterization of Plant Viruses, Methods and ProtocolsAlangar Ishwara Bhat and
Govind Pratap Rao
14Molecular Plant PathologyM.Dickinson
15MicrobiologyLansing M. Prescott