Welcome to CSIR-CIMFR Dhanbad Library

Welcome to our library which is one of the central support services of our institute. The library homepage will provide electronic access to various full text and bibliographical databases. Our library is also ISO 9001:2000 certified along with other units of the institute for the establishment and maintenance of quality library systems and procedures.

The Library caters to the information needs of the institute, staff, research institutions & industries. It has more than 35,000 publications covering all disciplines of Science and Technology. The collection comprises printed books, reports, theses, standards, atlases, and journal back volumes. The non-book collections include material like microfiche/film and CDROM discs. Our library currently subscribes to more than 100 scholarly journals in sciences and engineering. Under the CSIR E-journal consortium, the library provides On-line access to a large number of full-text journals from various publishers. These databases are accessible on the intranet to campus users only.

The library provides various services for its members such as – Lending of books and journals back volumes, reservation of books, inter-library loan, document delivery, photocopying, CDROM and Internet services. All the library activities are computerized, including searching for books in the library through a web OPAC using Libsys.

The mission of the library is to provide information services and access to bibliographic and full text digital and printed resources to support the scholarly and informational needs of the user community.

The mission of the Library is to facilitate the creation of new knowledge through acquisition, organization, and dissemination of knowledge resources and providing for value-added services.