Collection

Books:
The total numbers of books has gone up to 44619 (as on 31.03.2006) on various subjects of Arts, Commerce and Science streams. A good number of text books and reference books are available in the library. The library maintains books under different heads. There is a collection of conventional Reference Books like Dictionary, Encyclopedia, Handbook, Year book etc. for ready reference and general information.

Subject wise breakup of the books

Arts	No.	Science	No.	Commerce	No.	Reference	No.
English	4838	Mathematics	2831	Commerce	3805	Reference	1780
Bengali	6150	Economics	2877
Sanskrit	1609	Physics	3657
Hindi	171	Chemistry	3015
French	105	Biology	278
Philosophy	2307	Botany	2174
Political Science	2450	Zoology	1911
History	2962	Physiology	1670
Geography	29
	20621		18413		3805		1780
Grand Total : 44,619

Journals:
Journals are the primary source of information and in the present age of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) based system; electronic journals play a major role in providing users with nascent information in the least possible time. Though at present, the library does not subscribe to any e- journal or e-database, we inform our users about the accessibility of e-journals via Internet through UGC-Infonet Portal, J-Gate Gateway Portal, and Ingenta Gateway Portal. At present, the library houses the following newspapers and titles on different subject:

• Daily Newspapers:

  Title	Language
  The Statesman	English
  The Telegraph	English
  Anandabazar Patrika (আনন্দবাজার প্ৰতিকা)	Bengali
  Bartaman (বর্তমান)	Bengali
  Aajkaal (আজকাল)	Bengali

• Journals:

  Title	Language	Frequency
  Chartered Accountants Today	English	Monthly
  Economic and Political Weekly	English	Weekly
  Resonance	English	Monthly
  The Journal of the Indian Academy of Philosophy	English	Monthly
  World Affairs	English	Quarterly
  Academy Patrika (একাডেমী পত্রিকা)	Bengali	Yearly
  Darshan (দর্শন)	Bengali	Bi-Annual
  Sahitya Parishad Patrika (সাহিত্য পরিষদ পত্রিকা)	Bengali	Quarterly

• Periodicals:

  Title	Language	Frequency
  Employment News	English	Weekly
  Frontline	English	Monthly
  Japan News	English	Monthly
  Prabudha Bharat	English	Monthly
  Prep Talk	English	Monthly
  Science Reporter	English	Monthly
  Span	English	Six issue in a year
  The Vedanta Keshari	English	Monthly
  Universal Education	English	Monthly
  Anandamela (আনন্দমেলা)	Bengali	Monthly
  Bartaman (বর্তমান)	Bengali	Weekly
  Desh (দেশ)	Bengali	Bi-Monthly
  Nabakollol (নবকল্লোল)	Bengali	Monthly
  Samaj Sikha (সমাজ শিক্ষা)	Bengali	Monthly

• Electronic Resources:
  The library possesses 32 CDs of books and other e-documents.
• Photographs:
  One of the important collections of the library is the age old laminated photographs (35 in number) of the world’s famous places, sculptures and persons along with the description of the subject at the back of the photograph, published by the well known Keystone View Company, New York.