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JSS Dental College and Hospital : Library and Information Centre

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JSS Dental College and Hospital Library, which is known as the information resource centre was started in the year 1986

with the objective to cater to the needs of faculty and students in their Academic Endeavour.

The pursuance of excellence is a goal of any student/scholar/academician, for which, our library and information centre environment fulfill their dreams, thereby providing the best of educational experience.

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Resources and Databases

Resources and Databases

Databases

DynaMed is a clinical decision support system that provides clinicians with evidence-based information for quick answers at the point of care.

EBSCO Discovery Service is an all-inclusive search solution that makes in-depth research easy.

Alternative Medicine Collection is a full-text alternative health research database focused on complementary, holistic and integrated approaches to health care and wellness 

Dental Collection is the definitive full-text research database for dental practitioners and researchers.

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Offer clinicians and students unlimited, anytime access to essential medical e-books. This subscription collection features thousands of hand-selected e-books designed for use in clinical settings, biomedical libraries and academic-medical institutions.

Life Sciences Collection is a leading full-text database for environmental studies. It provides hundreds of top environment journals covering ecosystem ecology, energy, environmental policy, sustainability and other related subjects.

Hospital Administration Collection provides comprehensive journal content detailing all aspects of health care administration and other non-clinical aspects of health care institution management. It is an indispensable resource for both health care professionals and researchers.

Medical Collection is the largest full-text companion to the MEDLINE index, providing medical professionals and researchers unparalleled access to 2,500 active full-text journals, including numerous top biomedical publications.

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Physiotherapy Collection is the definitive database for sports and sports medicine research. Providing hundreds of full-text sports medicine journals, it is an essential tool for health professionals and researchers studying fitness, health and sports. 

EBSCO Pharmacy Collection: India is a discipline specific database created exclusively for the Indian market. The database features a comprehensive collection of international pharmacy related content with a focus on Indian and South East Asian publications.​​

The repository is a service of the JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research libraries. 

Discover relevant funding opportunities; Gain actionable insights on the funding landscape. 

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CBS Publisher's EduPort Global is an effort to ease learning through means of E-books, E-journals, databases, archives, assessment tools, teaching/learning tools compatible with phones, tablets, laptops etc.

Professional medical textbooks for the medical, dental, veterinary, nursing, and other health professional fields.

Scopus combines an expertly curated abstract and citation database with enriched data and linked scholarly literature across a wide variety of disciplines.

UpToDate offers a number of subscriptions and add-on products, allowing you to have the most up-to-date information and improve patient care.

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One of the largest and most authoritative collections of online journals, books, and research resources, covering life, health, social, and physical sciences.

Springer Nature advances discovery by publishing robust and insightful research, supporting the development of new areas of knowledge, making ideas and information accessible around the world.

Full Text Dentistry Journals Along With E-books & Videos

All products feature relevant, independently reviewed drug information to support safe medication decision making and help positively impact patient outcomes.

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AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill Education is an online medical resource that provides a complete spectrum of authoritative, trusted, and up-to-date knowledge.

AccessPharmacy from McGraw-Hill Medical is designed to meet the changing demands of pharmacy education and practice today. 

AccessSurgery from McGraw-Hill Medical introduces a whole new dimension to surgical education and clinical practice.

BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association.

DELNET

AICTE - DELNET Journals online is available in our library. The list contains about 200 journals. These journals are accessible through our campus network. Click to access

Quintessence International, now online-only, continues its time-honored tradition of serving the needs of the general dental practitioner with clinically relevant articles that are scientifically based.

Access to ScienceDirect ES Journal Collection and to a large bibliographic database of scientific and medical publications from publisher Elsevier.

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EBSCO SmartImageBase

Collections of thousands of medical images, animations and illustrations, across all specialities.

OPAC

Currently available to Staff, Students & their Parents

JSS Dental College and Hospital

JSS DENTAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL- MYSURU
 

JSS Dental College and Hospital Library and Information Centre was established in the year 1986 to support the educational and research objectives of the institute by providing information in the field of Dentistry. The library is aims to develop a comprehensive collection of books, e books, journals and magazines useful for the faculty, students and research community. 

The Library located on the basement floor of the college building, Covering a total area of 1211 Sq. Mts. It has a seating capacity of over 225 Students.

Library is well equipped with Books, Journals, Thesis and Dissertations, E-Journals, E-Books, Full text and abstractive databases, CD-ROM’s and Video Cassettes. Library is fully automated and entire library is Wi-Fi enabled. Recreational unit comprised with Newspapers, Magazines, Kannada/English classics and spiritual books.

The library offers services such as Circulation/lending Services, User education, Library Orientation, Reference Services, Internet Services, Book Bank Scheme, Circulation Section, Reprographic Services, Newspaper Clipping, Interlibrary access, OPAC.

Library is using the Koha an integrated Library Management software package with all the modules for library housekeeping operations. The Online Public Access Catalogue has more than 9920 records of books. Using OPAC, user can search the books by Author, Title, Subject and keywords. Also, the users can get information about the latest editions of periodicals, books and the status of the document. 

Workshops are conducted to educate the students, researchers, and faculty to search the various information sources and the retrieval techniques to be used. Hands on training by service providers of the various databases are also included under these workshops.

The institutional library committee meeting will be held once in a year where, review of budget estimation, proposals for latest databases, approval for scientific National and international journals to be subscribed, preclinical  books to be added,  library E-station purchases will be discussed. 

The ILMS software is supported by Koha version 22.05 which is partially automated since 2021, the institution has contractual agreement with concerned vender for annual maintenance.   

Koha is an Integrated Library System with a range of features including Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) module which provides a simple and clear interface for library users to perform tasks such as searching for and reserving items and suggesting new items. 

SECTIONS

Reference Sections:              

The reference section contains 4312 reference like Dentistry related Books, Spiritual Books, Dictionaries are available for reference only.                          

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Circulation Section:

Circulation Section handles the Front Desk operations of the library and is very important because it is the first contact point for faculty and users to the library. Efficiently functioning Circulation Desk leaves a lasting impression on the user and hence it is very important section of the library.

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Journal Section

In Journal Section Contain 19 National and 74 Internation Print Journals and 4390 Back Volumes are Displayed. Back issues of periodicals and dailies are maintained at this section reference purpose. 

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Reprographic Section:

Reprography facilities namely photocopying and scanning is available for the members of the library Only those materials that are not lent out of the library can be photocopied.

 

    Reading Section:

Library and information Centre Reading room facility available with150 seating capacity.

Newspaper Section:

It maintains 13 subscribed newspapers of which are 8 Kannada and 5 English. The current information can be accessed through newspapers.

 

 Computer Section:

Library and Information Centre provide Computer facility to Users to access e-resources.

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Working Hours of College Library

Monday to Saturday                             : 8:30 AM to 8:30 PM

Sunday & Other Holidays                    : 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

During Examination

Monday to Friday                                  :8:30 AM to 11:00 PM

Saturday                                                :8:30 AM to 8:30 PM

Sunday & Other Holidays                    :9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Collections:

Total No. of Books

9920

Number of Titles

5157

Number of Text Books

5608

SC/ST Books

305

Theses and Dissertations

1170

CD’s

1311

Print Journals ( National- 19)(International – 74)

93

Back Volumes ( National- 648) ( International – 3742)

4390

E- Journals

1094

E-Books

207

Database ( DVL Dental & Scopus)

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E-resources

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Access Medicine

https://accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/

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Access Pharmacy

https://accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/

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Access Surgery

https://accesssurgery.mhmedical.com//

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Bentham Pharmacy Journals (JSSCPM)

https://benthamscience.com/

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CBS e-books

https://eduport-global.com

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Clinical Key

https://www.clinicalkey.in/

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DELNET

https://delnet.in/index.html

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DVL Dental (JSSDCH)

https://dvldental.com/Account/Login

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EBSCO Pharmacy Collection

https://search.ebscohost.com/

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Science Direct

https://www.sciencedirect.com/

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Lexicomp Drug Information

http://online.lexi.com/lco/action/home

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New Age International

https://digital.elib4u.com/home

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Micromedex

https://www.merative.com/clinical-decision-support?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=other&utm_campaign=domain-redirect

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SciFinder (CAS)

https://sso.cas.org/

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SciVal

https://www.scival.com/home?dgcid=ScopusHeader

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Up to date

https://www.uptodate.com/contents/search

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Scopus (JSSDCH)

https://www.scopus.com/home.uri

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Web of Science

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/basic-search

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CBS-e-books

https://eduport-global.com

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BMJ          

Journals.bmj.com
Casereports.bmj.com
Bestpractice.bmj.com

Library Committee

A Library Advisory Committee has been constituted with all departmental Head’s representing different disciplines. Librarian is the Member Secretary and Principal is the Chairman.

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Mrs. CHANDINI, M.L.I.Sc.
Librarian Grade II
JSS Dental College & Hospital
JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research
Mysuru-15
Email: 
jssdclib@jssuni.edu.in

 Supporting Staff

Mr. Manjunath L
Mr. Manju N
Mr. Yogendra H S
Mr. VeerabhadraDevaru P N

JSS Dental College and Hospital - Location

JSS Dental College and Hospital - Location

Hours of Operation

Sunday: 9:00 am - 11:00 pm
Monday: 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Tuesday: 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Wednesday: 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Thursday: 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Friday: 8:30 am - 11:00 pm
Saturday: 8:30 am - 8:30 pm

Notes:

1. The libraries are closed on General holidays / work for limited hours.
2. The hours are extended during examinations.