E-Resources Centre (ERC) located at the 2nd Floor of Allama Iqbal Library, University of Kashmir, is a very vibrant and vital centre of the Library. It provides current as well as archival access to around 13000+core and peer-reviewed online journals and Web of Science- abstract and citation database through the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative of the Government of India. Besides this, the Allama Iqbal Library subscribes to a number of research and statistical databases, eBooks, eJournals on different subject fields.

 

Besides the electronic resources, the Library subscribes to print journals on different subjects, newspapers and magazines. The print journals and magazines are properly displayed in the section. The Centre also provides Remote Access Facility/ Off-Campus Access to the research and academic community of the University to access the vast collection of subscribed e-resources through its cloud hosted Remote access facility (KU eLibrary Platform) from anywhere, anytime and 24x7. The KU eLibrary Platform can be accessed at https://ku.refread.com. The KU eLibrary platform can also be accessed through a dedicated Android & iOS mobile app (KU eLibrary), available and downloadable at the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store, respectively. 

 

The ERC is fully air-conditioned and is equipped with 18 All-in-One Computer Systems connected to the Internet through LAN and Wi-Fi for browsing and accessing various online resources. The users can also connect their personal laptops, smartphones, etc. to Wi-Fi to access online resources for their research and study.

 

Additionally, training opportunities are available for library users and interns from other institutions who are interested but do not want to wait for the scheduled or periodic training sessions. The Centre has a separate washroom facility for male and female Library users. Besides this, the ERC has a separate and fully air-conditioned Women’s Corner for the research and study of female scholars of the University.

 

Users can view the most recent e-resource additions, circulars and announcements etc. on the digital signage (LED) monitor available in the section. Though digital signage monitor, the users remain up to date and receive real-time updates about the latest e-contents, circulars and announcement of the Library.

 

The Centre is always being watched over by Closed Circuit Televisions (CCTVs/ security cameras) positioned all around the Centre, which can help users keep their devices, books, and other items safe while reading, researching, and browsing in the Centre.

The Centre also houses water dispenser for providing purified drinking water to library users in the section. Besides, the Centre houses automatic hand sanitizer dispenser which provides good hand hygiene and thus stops the spread of viruses, germs and illnesses.

Allama Iqbal Library has been amongst first Fifty (50) University Libraries of India selected by the University Grants Commission in its first phase that began in the year 2004 for free online access to peer reviewed scholarly journals (published from all over the world) under its erstwhile UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium. The UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, one of the largest consortium in India, was launched in December 2003 by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, the then President of India to support education and research in Universities. The consortium turned out to be a solution for university libraries that had been discontinuing subscription to scholarly journals because of “Serial Crisis”.

From the 2015 till 2024, the Allama Iqbal Library remained one of the active members of e-ShodhSindhu Consortium (eSS) for Higher Education E-Resources, Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India which was being executed by INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar and was formed by MoE (formerly MHRD), Govt. of India as a result of merging of three consortia initiatives, namely UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium, NLIST and INDEST-AICTE Consortium.

 

Since 2025, the Allama Iqbal Library has been one of the active member institutes of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) initiative of the Government of India. Under ONOS, the Library has access to 13000+ eJournals from around 30 leading publishers, besides access to Web of Science (WoS)-an abstract and citation database. The link to access ONOS resources is https://www.onos.gov.in/  and is also available on the Library website. The ONOS resources can also be accessed from outside the University Campus through the KU eLibrary Platform at https://ku.refread.com.

 

For further details and information, please visit personally the E-Resources Centre (2nd Floor) or reach us through email: eresources@kashmiruniversity.ac.in