First-Year Guide | PES University Libraries

Welcome to PESU Libraries

Dear student, the Central Library welcomes you. This page shows you how to sign in, find and borrow books, read e-resources from home, and ask for help during your first year.

Get started Download the User Manual (PDF)

Start here: your three sign-ins

Your Member ID and username are your PRN. Your password was sent to you in the library welcome email. If you cannot sign in, write to librarian@pes.edu.

Find and reserve books

Check if a book is on the shelf, or reserve one that is already lent out.

Member ID: your PRN

Open the library catalogue

Previous years' question papers

Download past exam papers to practise before your tests.

Member ID: your PRN

Get question papers

E-resources from home

Read subscribed journals, e-books and databases when you are off campus.

Username: your PRN

Sign in for remote access
On campus? You can open all university-subscribed e-resources and e-books without signing in. Use the credentials above only when you are off campus.

Visit and borrow

Opening hours

Library, Monday to Friday8:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Library, Saturday9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Circulation counter, Monday to Friday8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Circulation counter, Saturday9:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Where to go (RR Campus)

  • Central Library: floors 1 to 5, GJBC Block
  • Lending Library: floors 1 and 2, Panini Block
  • Silent Reflections (quiet study): 13th floor, BE Block
  • Architecture & Design Library: 9th floor, BE Block
  • Law Library: 2nd floor, GJBC Block

Borrowing books

  • Your university ID card is your library card.
  • UG students can borrow 3 books for 14 days.
  • Renew a book if no one else has requested it. The library can recall any loan.
  • Return books on or before the due date.

Overdue fines

  • ₹1 per day per book for the first 10 days after the due date.
  • ₹5 per day per book after that.

Reserving a lent-out book

Reserve it in the online catalogue. The library holds it at the circulation counter for 2 days for you.

Use the library online

Subscribed resources include journals, e-books, magazines, case studies, industry data and videos.

Databases

  • ACM Digital Library
  • Capitaline Plus
  • EBSCO
  • Edzter
  • EPWRF India Time Series
  • HeinOnline
  • IEEE
  • IndiaStat
  • JSTOR
  • Manupatra
  • SCCOnline
  • Springer Nature Journals
  • Statista
  • Traxn

E-book collections

  • CBS
  • Elsevier
  • IEEE
  • McGraw-Hill
  • Pearson
  • Springer
  • Wiley

Watch and learn

Get help with your work

Pick what you need. Each request goes to a different team.

I need the full text of an article I cannot download
Fill in the article request form. The Document Delivery Service arranges photocopies within copyright law. You can also email dds.lib@pes.edu.
I want a plagiarism or AI-content check on my report or article
Email your document to original@pes.edu and copy (CC) your research guide or supervisor. The libraries use Turnitin Feedback Studio and Originality and Drillbit.
I need a book the library does not have
Ask for an inter-library loan. Email librarian@pes.edu with the complete bibliographic details (title, author, edition, year). This service works between institutions, and the library has memberships with IISc, ISEC (Bengaluru), DELNET (New Delhi) and The Centre (UK).
I need to print, copy or scan
Photocopying, scanning and printing are available in the library at a reasonable cost, for library materials and for research articles, within copyright law.
I want a tour or training on library resources
The libraries run orientations at the start of every academic year and regular training sessions. You can also book a one-on-one meeting with library staff.

Also available

Library rules

  1. Carry your ID card. You cannot enter without it. Scan it at the system at the entrance.
  2. Leave your bags at the library property counter.
  3. Keep the library quiet. Put your phone on silent or switch it off.
  4. Look after the books. Do not mark, write on or tear pages from library documents.