Figure 1 NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA (NDLI)
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has initiated the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) project to develop a framework of virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility. Filtered and federated searching is employed to facilitate focused searching so that learners can find out the right resource with least effort and in minimum time. NDLI is designed to hold content of any language and provides interface support for leading vernacular languages, (currently Hindi, Bengali and several other languages are available). It is designed to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners, all disciplines, all popular forms of access devices and differently-abled learners. It is being developed to help students to prepare for entrance and competitive examinations, to enable people to learn and prepare from best practices from all over the world and to facilitate researchers to perform inter-linked exploration from multiple sources. It is being developed at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.
Why should I recommend NDLI?
NDLI will provide a single window search facility to act as a one-stop shop for all digital educational resources. Information can be personalized based on the education level, choice of language, difficulty level, media of content and such other factors while other Digital libraries may not include all these choices. NDLI provides interface support for the leading vernacular languages and thus one can select the language of his/her choice to search or browse through NDLI. In other words, it is like a 'customised service' provided in a 24x7 integrated environment to suit a user's requirement and will be like a single 'go-to' shop for any requirement.
How can I register on NDLI?
Figure 2 Member login window
An individual or institute can simply type in the URL (https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in or https://www.ndl.gov.in) into a common web browser's address bar to access the NDLI website. However, for better user experience on mobile devices, it is highly recommended to use the NDLI mobile application, available for the respective mobile platform (Google play store or Apple store).
The NDLI system is accessible to all users for general browsing and viewing full text contents. However, one needs to register with a user id and password and login using those credentials for accessing the full text contents of any item under National Licensing (contents with the sign NDLI as in South Asia Archive, World eBook Library etc.)
If you are a new user than click on the Homepage and you will find a Log-In tab (see figure 7.2) on the top right-hand corner. Click on the tab whereby a window will open with options for Member log-in, Register or Account recovery. Click on the 'Register' button whereby a Registration form will open. Fill up all the details on the form, tick the box on 'I have read, understood and agree to the Terms and Conditions of using NDLI' and submit. You will soon get a validation link in your mailbox. Click the link and validate and then you can start using NDLI. From next time onwards, you can simply use the Log-In option on the Home page for accessing NDLI.
Resources type availability by-
[1] School-
This collection is for school students. Text books of NCERT and 20 other school boards, question papers, video lectures, materials for exam preparation, solutions to questions of JEE Main and JEE Advanced and several other study materials are available.
[2] CBSE Examination Preparation Contents-
This specially curated collection is for the students appearing for Class-X and Class-XII examination. It contains books, notes, questions, solutions, video lectures, etc.
[3] Engineering-
This collection contains lecture videos and notes of NPTEL/SWAYAM courses, presentations used by faculties in classes, online class lectures, questions/solutions of common subjects for students of all engineering discipline.
[4] Science
This contains lecture videos and notes of NPTEL/SWAYAM courses, online class lectures, some books and questions/solutions for undergraduate students across all science discipline.
[5] Humanities
This collection contains books, questions/solutions, video lectures, articles, and notes for undergraduate students of humanities and social science.
[6] Literature
This collection is for undergraduate and postgraduate students of language and literature and also for general readers. This collection contains literary works as well as study materials on English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Urdu, and Bengali languages.
[7] Law & Management
"Law" section is for law students and practitioners. It contains lecture videos, acts, judgments, articles and notices. The "Management" section contains management and accounting questions and solutions, video lectures and some books, notes, articles and thesis relevant for accounting, commerce and management students.
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[2] Subject type-
Click on First level subject and select one from the list. To refine your search, click on the Second level subject (if available) and select one from the list; And to refine more your search click on Third level subject (if available) and select one from the list.
[3] Source type-
Joint Admission Board of IITs, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, Spoken Tutorial, NPTEL, NCERT and other source organizations.
[4] learning Resources type-
Articles, Audio Lectures, Book, Question Paper, Thesis, Video Lecture and other types.