LIBRARY:
The Asia-Pacific Institute of Management Studies Library supports the teaching and research programmes of the Institute. All students, faculty members and office staff of the Institute are entitled to make use of the Library facilities on taking library membership. The Library is having a good collection of books, Periodicals, E. Resources on different areas of Management and also on Information Technology.
Library Automation
The Library uses Alice for Windows software package which is an integrated multi-user library management system that supports all in-house operations of the Library and the Library’s holdings can be accessed through the Alice for Windows OPAC and WEBOPAC. The database of books available in the Library is being updated on day to day basis with details of recently acquired books. The software consists of Bar-Code based Circulation system.

Library’s Holdings:

A. Approx. 15000 books relevant to management areas.
B. Periodicals/Newspapers:     
105 Periodicals of both National and International & 08 Newspapers.
C. E.Resources:

  • CD : Approx. 400 CD
  • Online Resources:
    • a. CMIE (Prowess Database).

The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) is an independent economic think-tank headquartered in Mumbai, India. It provides information solutions in the form of databases and research reports. CMIE has built the largest database on the Indian economy and companies. Prowess is one of its products.

CMIE (Prowess) is a database of large and medium Indian firms. It contains detailed information on over 10,000 firms. These comprise

  • All companies traded on India's major stock exchanges
  • Several others including the central public sector enterprises.

The database covers most of the

  • Organised industrial activities
  • Banking
  • Organised financial and other service sectors in India.

The companies covered in Prowess account for

  • 75 per cent of all corporate taxes
  • Over 95 percent of excise duty collected by the Government of India.
    • b. 58 Online Journals of ICFAI Press.

 

(We are also planning to subscribe online international journals database like PROQUEST, EBSCO, etc.)

SERVICES:

  • A. In House Users:

 

    • OPAC and WEBOPAC facility.

(OPAC allows users to view the Library’s holding via an online computer and WEBOPAC  allows anyone in the world to view the library’s holdings through the Internet.)

    • Books:

Reading Room Facility.
-Issue/Return facility of the books.

    • Periodicals/Newspapers:

Reference facility of Periodicals and Newspapers.

    • E. Resources:

Browsing facility of CD
-Online Resources:
Facility to use CMIE (Prowess) database.
Facility to use 58 Online Journals of ICFAI Press.
B.  Outsiders:

    • WEBOPAC facility

(Outsiders can view the library’s holdings)