Library Resources

General Collection
This is the main collection comprising high quality selected books. This collection is organized according to Dewey's Decimal Classification Scheme and shelved subjects wise according to call numbers (100-999) pasted on the spine of each item.

Reference Collection
A significant number of current reference sources are available on reference shelves. Various electronic databases including Government of Pakistan data, dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, directories, yearbooks, atlases, bibliographies are distinct feature of this collection. The reference books can only be consulted within the library.

Government Documents
The library acquires Government of Pakistan documents including statistics, annuals and five-year plans, budget, census reports and other publications both in the print and electronic format. Documents in this collection are given the designation 'GD'.

Research Material
In order to fulfill the very intensive research needs of its users, the library acquires research papers, studies, and reports of various national and international organizations like AERC, PIDE, ADBP, ADB, IMF, IFPRI, OECD, ICEG, IFC, and HBS.

Depository Collection
The library is a repository for World Bank, Asian Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, IDRC, and United Nations publications. These publications are housed separately with collection designations 'WB', 'ADB', and 'UN'. These collections mostly contain world data, demographic statistics, economic trends and research projects.

LUMS Publications
We are housing LUMS faculty and students research out put e.g. MBA projects, MS projects, theses, dissertations, research assignments, and the publications of LUMS research centers (SMEC, CMER) in separate location.

Multimedia Collection
Multimedia section provides access to microfilms, audiovisual material, CD-ROMs, and DVDs.

Journal Collection
The library has been subscribing to more than 325 national and international journals and magazines in print and online. A complete list is available through online public access catalogue and at the reference desk. The current issues of the periodicals are displayed on special shelves in the main reading area. Back volumes of these periodicals are bound and shelved separately.

Course Reserve
Course reserves are maintained to fulfill the textual/course needs of the students. These are issued for a specific period of time (usually for three hours) on the instructions of the relevant faculty.

Company Annual Reports
This is a unique feature of LUMS Library; more than 6000 Annual Reports of approximately 680 companies have been collected and organized in this collection. This collection is further strengthened by electronic database VISTA that carries companies' historical data starting from 1990.

Press Clippings
The library is maintaining press clippings from three major national dailies (Dawn, Business Recorder, and The News) on 53 different broad subject areas related to academic programmes. Recently, we have added a press-clipping database with access to full-text images.

Pamphlet and Reports
The library has an important collection of small pamphlets and reports on subjects related to teaching and research at LUMS and are housed separately in boxes.

Electronic Database
The library subscribes to a number of important CD-ROM and online databases e.g. BPO, Econlit, ACM and IEEE Digital Library, JSTOR, PakSearch, VISTA, World Development Indicators (WDI), EBSCOHOST etc. These are searchable from library workstations, campus network and through World Wide Web.

Pakistan Business Periodicals Index
PBPI is a searchable bibliographic database of articles published in major Pakistani business periodicals. The references cover the period from January 1988 to date. It is also available on CD-ROM for purchase.

LABELNET
It is a consortium of 9 Lahore based business and economics librararies. The LABELNET database contains bibliographic information of the materials available in these libraries about Pakistan's economy and businesses.