EDI Library and Information Centre (EDILIC) was set up way back in 1983. Enriched with updated information resources on Entrepreneurship and related subjects, it is an information resource centre of national and international repute.

EDILIC has been fully automated through LibSys Software. All the library holdings are accessible through Institute’s website. EDILIC uses Bar Code Technology for its house keeping and lending service.

A Library Advisory Committee consisting of Librarian and three faculty members nominated by Director assists in the growth and development of EDI Library and Information Centre.

Members

• Prof. Sunil Shukla
• Prof. K K Shaw
• Prof. Manoj Mishra
• Mr. B. Ganapathi

A professional Librarian supported by five professional colleagues heads the Library.

• Mr. B. Ganapathi, Librarian (ganapathi@ediindia.org)
• Mr. Umesh Mehta
• Ms. Hema Rawal (hema@ediindia.org)
• Mr. Ashok Madnani (ashok@ediindia.org)
• Mr. Akhilesh Bariya (akhileshbariya@gmail.com)
• Mr. Dinesh Kumar Balai (dinesh.verma@yahoo.com)

EDI’s library is equipped with a large number of text and reference books on entrepreneurship and related subjects. The EDILIC endeavours to support the teaching, research and academic needs of the faculty, students and participants of the programmes, through books, journals and other reading material.The total collection of EDILIC is more than 22000 which includes books, CDs, back volumes and other materials, selected after carefully scrutinised by the Library Advisory Committee.

• Text Books
• Reference Books
• Research Reports
• Handbooks
• Directories
• Serial Publications
• Encyclopaedias
• Dictionaries
• Working Papers
• Economic and Industrial Surveys
• Newspaper Clippings
• Biographies of Entrepreneurs
• Project profiles on products
• Business Opportunities

EDILIC is subscribing 150 national and international journals in the field of entrepreneurship and related subjects . EDILIC also subscribes to 24 Newspapers published within the country.

EDILIC has a collection of 200 videocassettes and more than 2000 CDs/VCDs. The EDILIC has in-house viewing facility for videocassettes and CDs.

• EBSCO's Entrepreneurial Studies Source* provides the latest insight on topics relevant to entrepreneurship and small businesses. This database offers full text for more than 125 key journals, 135 reference books, numerous case studies, thousands of company profiles and over 600 videos with transcripts and related articles from the Harvard Faculty Seminar Series and Vator.TV, one of the world's largest social network sites for high-tech entrepreneurs.
• Emerald Management First 120* is an online library featuring the latest ideas from some of the world's top companies and business schools. It brings a wealth of resources – including over 680 articles, 1,000 case studies, 360 interviews and over 250,000 article reviews. It covers 120 peer reviewed journals articles
• Gale Cengage Business & Company Resource Center (BCRC) and Business Insight Global (BiG) BCRC* a journal database which includes brand and trade information, investment reports, stock prices, pres releases, etc. BiG is online resource which provides business intelligence powered by statistical data. It contains case studies, interactive live charts, global company and country overviews, global industry research reports, academic journal articles, industry overviews, company histories and market share data.
• J-Gate* is a J-Gate is an electronic gateway to e-journal literature and it provides access to 6700 indexed and free full text 2000 articles.
• kompass.com is the world’s leading Business-to-Business information in 76 countries. It helps to identify suppliers of products and services, potential partners, research competitors and analyse market sectors for potential opportunities.
• Indiastat.com provides an oceanic depth of India-specific socio-economic statistical facts and figures.
• Prowess database (provided by Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy) contains a highly normalized database on over 17000 companies. The database is complemented with powerful analytical software tools to enable extensive querying and research.

• Asian Journal of Management Cases
• Economic and Political Weekly
• Economic Development Quarterly
• Family Business Review
• Global Business Review
• Indian Journal of Gender Studies
• International Entrepreneurship and Management*
• International Small Business Journal
• Journal of Applied Behavioural Science
• Journal of Entrepreneurship
• Journal of Human Values
• Journal of International Entrepreneurship*
• Psychology & Developing Societies
• Wall Street Journal

• Lending Service – Books will be issued to all library members.
• Article Database – Article database contains information on selected articles from core journals subscribed by EDILIC.
• Reference Service – All EDILIC members are helped in getting their information instantly.
• Product Information Database – This database contains information on about 8000 product profiles published by various organisations.
• Industrial Information Service – From various specialized information sources of EDILIC, specific information such as, product profiles, feasibility study reports, industrial and economic statistics, trade statistics, directory information on manufacturers and industrial organizations will be provided to all the members.
• Information and Documentation Services – EDILIC provides information services to its users such as Current Awareness Services (CAS) and Selective Dissemination Services (SDI)
• Press Clippings Service – Latest news items relevant to ones area of interest are scanned from 24 leading daily newspapers and distributed to the users.
• Referral Services – EDILIC users are directed to other libraries and information centres to get information.
• Photocopying Service – EDILIC provides photocopying services to its users at nominal charges.
• Inter-Library Loan Service – Through this service, EDILIC borrows books from other libraries on request by users. Also EDILIC issues books to other libraries on mutual interest.

EDILIC is an institutional member of Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad, Indian Library Association (ILA), Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC), Management Libraries Network (MANLIBNET) and The British Library, Ahmedabad. Apart from this, EDILIC is regularly using services of Ahmedabad Library Network (ADINET) and Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET).

EDILIC membership is primarily given to the EDI faculty, staff members, students and programme participants of the Institute. In order to fulfill the demands, raised by several institutions and individuals, the EDILIC extends membership to outside users such as Academic Institutions/NGOs/Entrepreneurship Development Cells/outside faculty/entrepreneurs/corporate executives/students, EDI Alumni and OLPE Alumni on payment basis. Interested candidates may download membership form (which includes membership fee structure and rules & regulations) and apply for external membership.