The Al-Azhar Dental College library is located on the fourth floor and offers access to hundreds of students at once. It is an integrated knowledge resource center with an area of 8095 square feet and a comprehensive collection of books, periodicals, and references in addition to international journals. It is solely focused on serving the requirements of Al Azhar Dental College's academic, training, and research programs. The primary goal is to make a significant contribution to the creation of elevated values, to the enrichment of academic excellence, and to the support of high-caliber research that meets international standards. It is automated using KOHA, a computerized management integrated library system that was installed on October 30, 2021.
The library has an infrastructure consisting of a reception, property counter, issue counter, digital library, and photocopying area. There are separate student & and staff reading rooms, a journal section, and a reference section. There is a computer section to access digital journals and textbooks. The student's reading room can accommodate 50% of the total student strength. The reference books and back volumes are arranged properly for easy retrieval.
The library is equipped with numerous academic and non-academic reading materials for the staff and the students of the institution. The academic section contains year-specific subject books for students which include both dental and medical books. The library has a non-academic book section donated by the alumni to enrich the knowledge of students.
It has access to more than 500 e-journals through the research database EBSCO. Under this service online access to full text and databases from reputed publishers such as Nature, Oxford, Springer, Taylor and Francis, Web of Science and Wiley are available. Terminals required for accessing e-resources, web browsing and other academic activities are available in the library. It also has access to e-library resources such as Shodh-Sindhu, e-Pathshala, SWAYAM and Discipline Specific Databases. Provision for downloading, printing of material from these sources are available. Students are provided with an excellent ICT infrastructure with adequate bandwidth for fast and seamless access to the Internet for e-content access. It has access to course management systems like Moodle and institutional Learning Management System (i-LMS) which is EMBASE ProSuit for curriculum design and development.
