IIT Mumbai Library OPAC

I recently took admission in Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and from here doing engineering degree want library details. Will you provide etails about IIT Mumbai Library OPAC system what it is used for also provide details about issuing book timings of IITB?

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay is a public engineering and research institution located in Powai, Mumbai, India.

OPAC stands for Online Public Access Catalogue. This is a database of all books, reference books, e-books, theses, reports, patents, standards etc. available in the library.

It enables speedy searching of a particular book, books on a given subject, and/or a book by an author.

Process to search books (in Catalogue (OPAC):

Go to library home page. There is a search box with caption “Search Catalogue (OPAC)” which looks like:



Enter a word or words from title or subject or author of a book you like to search. Press enter. It will list all books matching the words you input.

You can also click on “Advanced Search” just below the search box. It will take you to another page “Web OPAC Page”. It provides Simple Search and Advanced Search options.

In Simple Search, you can search books by Author, Title (any word in the title, subtitle ) , Accession No. , Classification No., Series, ISBN No, Note/Abstract , Keyword, Supervisor, or Publisher. Use “Enter the String” box to input words etc from any of the fields mentioned above.

You can restrict your search to a particular media like Books, E-Books, Reports, BC Books, TLL Books etc.

In Advanced Search, you can search books by combining several fields like author, title, keyword, publishers etc (with operators LIKE, EQUAL TO, AND, OR) in the same query. This will give very specific / more relevant results.

Issue/return (of books) timings of the Library

0900 – 1800 hrs on all working days
1100 –1300 hrs Saturdays, Sundays and other Holidays

Contact:

IIT Bombay
Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
Phone: 022 2572 2545

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