Online Resources
The Library provides access to a selection of digital research platforms, archival repositories, scholarly journals and institutional information portals. These resources support research across multiple disciplines including arts, humanities, social sciences, international relations and development studies.
Subscribed / Licensed Resources:
JSTOR (Campus-wide + Remote Access):
A digital library primarily comprising digitized back issues of academic journals. It also includes books, primary sources and current issues of select journals, offering full-text search across nearly 2,000 titles.
Magzter (Campus-wide Access):
Magzter is a global digital reading platform offering unlimited access to over 10,000+ titles, including journals, magazines, newspapers and books across diverse subjects and languages. Its intuitive interface and multi-device support enable convenient reading for research and leisure. The collection spans STEM, arts, business, competitive studies and more. Access at IIC Library is enabled through IP-based access and via the Magzter Library portal for registered members.
Granth Sanjeevani (Campus-wide Access):
Developed by the Asiatic Society of Mumbai, this platform provides access to over 20,000 digitized books, manuscripts, maps, newspapers, journals, government records and reports. The collection emphasizes Indology, Oriental studies, biography, genealogy, politics, economics, management, science, travel and fiction.
Critical Collective (Campus-wide Access):
A scholarly forum focused on conceptual and critical discourse within Indian art history and contemporary arts. It addresses gaps in publishing, reprinting and institutional support, with coverage in aesthetics, iconography, modern and contemporary art and related knowledge domains.
Open Access Resources:
The following platforms are freely accessible and provide high-value scholarly and institutional content:
• NDL: – National Digital Library of India
https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/
• Peace Prints:
South Asian Journal of Peacebuilding by WISCOMP
Focus areas: gender, conflict, peace studies, security
Access: https://wiscomp.org/peaceprints/
• Daedalus:
Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Access: https://www.amacad.org/daedalus
• Shodhganga: – Repository of Indian theses & dissertations
https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/
• IRINS: – Indian Research Information Network System
https://irins.inflibnet.ac.in/irins/
• DOAJ: – Directory of Open Access Journals
https://doaj.org/
• OpenDOAR – Directory of Global Repositories
https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/opendoar/
• Economic Survey 2024–25: https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/economicsurvey/
• World Development Report 2024 (World Bank resource): https://thedocs.worldbank.org/en/doc/ba24094c4f9f37714f07345b1505c930-0
• G20 Delhi Summit Report (India) (Digital report archive):
https://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/html5/reader/production/default.aspx?pubname=&pubid=435cecef-830e-4ea5-8560-052c1a603ebd
• India Data Portal: URL: https://indiadataportal.com/
• Indian Culture URL: https://indianculture.gov.in/
• RBI Data Repository: URL: https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/Statistics.aspx:
• World Bank Open Data Repository: URL: https://data.worldbank.org/
• World Bank Open Knowledge Repository:
OPEN ACCESS BOOKS:
The Open Library: URL: https://openlibrary.org/
Internet Archive: URL: https://archive.org/
Project Gutenberg: URL: https://www.gutenberg.org/
