Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)

Welcome to HSS Subject Guide !

This subject guide serves as a starting point to your search of scholarly resources in the area of HSS. Resources listed here include those that are accessible through our library and also on the web. It enables you to access from one point, various resources such as books, e-journals, e-databases, theses and dissertations and other web-based resources. (Please remember that this is not an exhaustive list. You will find many additional resources in the library such as Reference Books).

We welcome your suggestions to make the guide better suited to your requirements. Please write to us at library@iiti.ac.in

Resources Available in the LRC Collections

E-Journals

Journal of Sociolinguistics (Wiley Online Library)
JSTOR (e-Journals collection)
Language Variation and Change (Cambridge University Press)
Project Muse (e-journals collection)
Springer Journals (e-Journals collection)
The Economist – Please contact the library at deputylibrarian@iiti.ac.in for access credentials.

E-Databases

E-Books

South Asia Archive (SAA) [Through NDL]
World eBook Library (WEL) [Through NDL]

Books

The Central Library uses Dewey Decimal Classification system to classify books.

A call number is a number used to identify and locate books in the library. It includes the Classification number, the Author Code (first three letters of the Author’s name) and the Accession number (serial number) of the book.

For example: Understanding psychology by Feldman, Robert S.