Humanities & Social Sciences

This subject guide serves as a starting point for your search for scholarly resources in the area of Humanities & Social Sciences. Resources listed here include those accessible through our library and on the web. It enables you to access from one point various resources such as books, e-journals, e-databases, theses and dissertations, and other web-based resources. (Please remember that this is not an exhaustive list. You will find many additional resources in the library, such as Reference Books).

We welcome your suggestions to make the guide better suited to your requirements. Please write to us at libniser@niser.ac.in

Resources Available at the Central Library

E-Journals

Note: Patrons may check the access period of the subscribed journals using the E-Journals (A-Z) page.

E-Databases

Books

The Central Library uses Universal Decimal Classification system to classify books.
A call number is a number used to identify and locate books in the library. It includes the Classification number, the Author Code (first three letters of the Author’s name), and the book's Accession number (serial number).

For example: Economics: theory and practice by Welch, Patrick J.

330 is the Class Number for Humanities & Social Science

WEL-E is the Book Number

22392 is the Accession Number

The library has a sizable collection of books and reading material on Humanities & Social Science. These books are classified under the following Class Numbers:

101 Philosophy
159 Psychology
165 Epistemology
2 Religion
301 Sociology
330 Economics
336 Indian Financial System

Note: To locate the books on Chemistry, please search the Library Web OPAC page.

OER – Open Educational Resources (Freely Available)

E-Journals

JSTOR Open Content

E-Books

ETD Resources (e-Thesis)

Videos

Online Courses & Study Materials

NISER

Humanities & Social Sciences

Resources Available at the Central Library

OER – Open Educational Resources (Freely Available)

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