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  Unsubscribed Resources from the HEC - National Digital Library

Following resources have been unsubscribed from the Digital Library:

  • Mary Ann Liebert
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • Taylor & Francis eBooks
  • Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • Walter De Gruyter
  • American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE)
  • American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
  • National Inquiry Service Centre - (NISC SA)
  • NRC Research Press Journals Online
  • Oxford University Press Journals
Electronic Delivery through the British Library Document Delivery Service
British Library is the national library of United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries. It serves business and industry, researchers, academics and students, in the UK and world-wide. Over 100 million items have been supplied to readers all over the world.
In a short span of time you will be provided the documents electronically through the British Library Document Delivery Service.
Addition of McGraw Hill Collections

After the successful trial access of McGraw Hill Collections, HEC - Digital Library has acquired following Collections for Public/Private Sector Universities and Non-Profit/Research Oriented Organizations of Pakistan.

Addition of ESDU ! Engineering Solutions for Academia

ESDU collection is based on industry standard tools and software as part of teaching and research projects. They are also key design elements in many of the largest engineering industries. ESDU provide validated engineering design data, methods and software for the engineer.

Following institutions have been added for the access of ESDU:
  • Air University - Islamabad
  • Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
  • National University of Sciences & Technology - Rawalpindi
JSTOR Expansion
The HEC National Digital Library Program is continuously expanding the resources on the basis of demand of our researchers and end users and this expansion is very much dependent on the research output from the institution and total number of downloads in a specific year. Based on these key points recently six new institutions has been added for the access of JSTOR.
  • Aga Khan University, Karachi
  • Bahria University, Islamabad
  • Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
  • National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
  • Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
  • Quaid-e-Azam Library, Lahore
Access Taylor & Francis Journals with a different URL
Access of Taylor & Francis Journals has been resumed. You are able to access Taylor & Francis Journals with a different URL.
Click here to access T&F Journals http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/subjecthome~db=jour
C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) available free to ACS members

Chemical & Engineering News is a weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society. C&EN editors and reporters based in Europe, the U.S., and Asia cover science and technology, business and industry, government and policy, education, and employment aspects of the chemistry field.

Only ACS (American Chemical Society) registered institutes can access C&EN.

For further information visit www.cen-online.org

Online E-Books__Yet Another Enlightening Feature for Researchers

The HEC Digital Library always keeps on trying to extend the research boundries for researchers. This new feature of E-Books will definitely benefit you in your research work. Well known publishers offers you the additional feature of online E-Books access.

  • Ebrary
  • Oxford University Press E-Books

To get benefit of this offer go to this link http://digitallibrary.edu.pk/books.html

Freedom Subject Collection from Elsevier Science Direct

Freedom Subject Collection is available to Elsevier Science Direct customers. It offers the opportunity to get access to all subject categories for the researchers. Following universites can access any subject category from ScienceDirect:

  • Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
  • University of the Punjab, Lahore
  • University of Karachi, Karachi

Just click and get benefit http://www.sciencedirect.com

Offer of Additional Subject Collection from Elsevier Science Direct (January 31, 2007)
The Higher Education Commission is periodically reviewing the performance of Institutions that have been provided with access to the Digital Library Resources. The aim is to respond to the needs of researchers in Pakistan and tailor our resource expansion strategy according to demand and research capacity, and to support institutions where excellent usage has been demonstrated.

We are proud to acknowledge the enthusiasm shown by your researchers and would like to offer you a further subject collection from Science Direct in addition to the existing collections available to you. A complete listing of subject collections available through Elsevier is attached at Annex A for reference. The collections to which you already have access have been highlighted for your convenience. The complete journal listings for each subject collection may be accessed at: http://www.sciencedirect.com .

The HEC looks forward to providing you with this resource and extends its complete cooperation to facilitate the awareness and usage of this database. We are confident that your Institution will maintain a high level of performance and benefit from this key resource.