Services

• Electronic Resource Centre: The library, being a member of the Developing Library Network (DELNET), offers various facilities to member institutions through resource sharing. A continuous Internet search is done for the identification of new resources, which are subsequently made accessible through the library’s home page.
• Thesis & Dissertations: A total of 974 thesis and dissertations in both hard and soft copy forms are available in the library.
• Reprography Section: Facilities like photocopy, printing, scanning, etc. are provided to the students on a payment basis within the premises of the library.
• Kindle E-book Reader: The IIHMR Library has been introduced to promote and support digital & paperless reading through this facility. Presently five kindle paperwhite with unlimited eBook packages provided by Amazon is available for 07 days Loan.
• Turnitin Plagiarism checker: The library provides Turnitin- an Anti-plagiarism software tool to facilitate, it encourages students to think about their referencing and citation skills and to prevent authors from intentionally or unintentionally plagiarizing any work http://turnitin.com
• Automation of Library & Services: To keep pace with ongoing information technological changes, library records have been computerized for making them accessible to the faculty and students at their workplaces. This not only saves time but also makes possible simultaneous multiple access to information, which otherwise is not possible in the case of print formats. The worldwide well-known library management software namely Koha fully-featured open-source ILS software is being used for the automation of library services. The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) of books, journals, CDs, and Videos available in the library is accessible to the users on the intranet.

Current awareness service:

• Book Alert Service: This is a monthly listing of the new Textbooks, Reference Books, Special collections like WHO Publication, World Bank Publications, Health Ministry Publications, Annual reports, Standards, MDP Reports, Institute publications, and CD-ROM added to the library.
• Periodical Alert Service: This is a monthly listing of the print periodicals (Subscribed as well as Complementary) received by the library during the month.
• Bibliographies on Demand: The staff of the library compiles bibliographies as and when demanded by the readers.
• E-Based Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) Services: The library informs their clienteles regularly on their e-mail about the list of new books, journals, research articles, edited books, conference proceedings, seminars on health management studies and bibliography, and acquisition lists.
• Document Delivery Service: Document Delivery Service refers to the supply of photocopy of research papers from journals or conference proceedings, against a request from the user either through the librarian or from the users directly. The users can send their requests either by post, E-Mail, or Fax. Based on users' requests for a photocopy of any article/articles of journals the library will charge Xeroxing and postal/courier charges.
• DELNET Service: DELNET (Developing Library Network) Services, which is very useful for getting information through resource sharing (print & non-print), Inter-Library Loan services (books), Document Delivery Services (articles) on-demand, etc. For reference, you may visit the website http://delnet.nic.in/
• Internet and E-mail Service: With realizing the importance of providing communication technology, the library has access to an Internet facility that encompasses a broad range of services to augment education and research activity. Internet service is provided to all the faculty, staff, students & research officers of the institute.
• Information & Reference Service: We offer reference assistance services to our subscribers and students to meet their information needs. Library provides in-person assistance at a designated information or reference desk. Providing reference help in the library is often the most effective way of getting the answer to your queries. Please do not hesitate to ask the librarian for assistance in locating materials, using the computerized catalogues and databases, or for information about library services.

General Rules and Regulations

GENERAL RULES

1. The IIHMR Library follows an open access system.
2. Books removed from the shelves should be left on the study table and no effort should be made to replace these books. Please remember that a book misplaced is a book lost.
3. While entering the library, readers should leave their personal belongings, such as bags, briefcases, personal books, and parcels near the counter reserved for this purpose. However, they can carry loose papers and notebooks.
4. Issued books are not allowed inside the library. Please keep the issued books on the wooden rack near the loan counter.
5. Readers leaving the library should allow the library/security staff to examine their personal belongings.
6. Readers should not deface, mark, cut, mutilate, or damage library material in any way. If anyone is found doing so, he will be charged the full replacement cost of the material.
7. Help maintain a peaceful atmosphere for study. Conversation disturbs your neighbours who want to study. If the discussion is necessary, please go to the common/classrooms.
8. Readers are responsible for any damage and losing books or other items issued to them. They required bearing all costs associated with repair/replacement of such items. If a book is lost and is out of print; then the user must pay the amount of the book plus a 20% service charge per book.
9. Please switch off your mobile or keep it in silent/vibration mode.
10. Spitting, smoking, napping, drinking tea, and edibles, and behaviour that may disturb other Users are strictly prohibited inside the library.

BORROWING ENTITLEMENT

1. Books can be borrowed against a library card issued by IIHMR Library to the borrowers.
2. The library card is non-transferable, and their loss should be immediately reported to the library. Although the library will take all possible care against the misuse of the library card, it is the holder of the library card who is responsible for any loss to the library due to the misuse of his/her library card. A fee of Rs.150/- will be charged for issuing a duplicate card.
3. The book may be retained for a period not exceeding 7 days. Otherwise, a 5/- rupee fine will be charged as per library rules and regulations.
4. Books may be renewed on request at the discretion of the Librarian.
5. Bound volumes of periodicals and journals and corporation reports will be issued out for only one week and can be renewed once, unless there is a pending demand, for one more week. This facility is allowed only to faculty members of the institute.
6. The following are category wise borrowing entitlement.

LIBRARY MEMBERSHIP

All students, faculty, and staff members of the institute are eligible for membership. We also offer the membership for the reader who is from outside of the institute; however, their membership will be subjected to the approval of Director IIHMR Delhi. The registered members are issued Borrower's Bar-coded Library cum identity cards corresponding to their entitlement. All the Library membership forms are available in the library’s portal. You can also download the form, print it, and take the completed version to submit to libraries.

• Library membership form for outside Members.   (Click for Form)
• Library Membership Form for Staff.                       (Click for Form)
• Books Recommendation form.                               (Click for Form)
• Periodicals Recommendation Form.                      (Click for Form)