Central University Library
المكتبة الجامعية المركزية
Your gateway to academic knowledge, research resources, and a smarter library experience at Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef.
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If you are a Master 2 student, a PhD student, or a teacher, you can create an account HERE
All documents, forms, and authorizations related to the central library are available for download HERE
Request this item in advance through the online catalog. You will be notified when it is ready for pickup at the library. HERE
The library offers an annual subscription to Techniques de l’Ingénieur, a reference platform of technical and scientific resources for engineers.
HEREThe Central Library of Hassiba Benbouali University in Chlef, established in 1998, has steadily expanded its collections to encompass a wide range of disciplines. Today, its documentary resources include diverse media and specialized materials, serving the academic and research needs of the university community.
On Sunday, February 12, 2017, the Central Library was officially inaugurated at the University Center of Ouled Fares by the Rector of the University, Professor Abdelkader Hocine.
University libraries operate under established rules. All users are required to demonstrate proper conduct and respect toward both library staff and property. Download the full regulations here
The University of Chlef has 9 faculties, 2 institutes, and 2 annexes: the Annex of the Higher School of Teachers in Chlef and the Annex of Medicine. Each faculty library offers academic resources to support students and researchers. The catalogs are integrated into our main catalog, available HERE.
The Central Library provides students with access to national and international electronic catalogs, platforms, and databases to support their research.
Dokverse is the university's AI-powered digital library assistant. It helps students, teachers and researchers discover academic documents through natural-language questions.
OPAC UHBC is an electronic catalog used for bibliographic research of books and documents in the university’s libraries. It supports universal protocols for cataloging large amounts of digitized information. In our PMB system, each faculty has its own space where its documents and copies are stored and managed.
DSPACE is an Open Archive, a data warehouse in which are deposited and stored documentary resources from scientific research and education, access to which is intended to be open.
DSPACE serves as an institutional open-access repository and digital archive, designed for the preservation and dissemination of scientific and educational resources. At Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, DSPACE integrates the scholarly output of the academic community, including proceedings of congresses, conferences, and colloquia; defended doctoral theses, Magister and Master II dissertations; research laboratory publications; as well as links to academic journals and pedagogical materials.
The National Online Documentation System (SNDL) constitutes a strategic infrastructure designed to ensure access to a vast corpus of national and international electronic documentation encompassing the full spectrum of educational and scientific research domains.
Access is organized into two distinct categories:
– General Access: Granted without restriction to students, teacher-researchers, and permanent researchers within university campuses and affiliated research centers.
– Advanced Research Access: Reserved for teacher-researchers, permanent researchers, postgraduate students (PhD and Magister), final-year engineering students, and Master II students. While this category is accessible irrespective of location, it requires prior acquisition of an individual account.
The Central Library administers a structured archiving system for Master II theses, systematically classified by academic specialty and year of defense. Consultation of this repository is exclusively available through the library’s local network.
The Central Library provides an annual subscription to Techniques de l’Ingénieur, a reference platform of technical and scientific resources for engineering students, teachers and researchers.
