The BCSIR Central Library is a state-of-the-art facility providing comprehensive awareness services and access to contemporary scientific information. It offers online access to an extensive array of print and electronic resources, facilitating connections among users through robust web support. The library effectively serves a diverse audience, including scientists, technologists, researchers, educators, and students. As one of the premier and most comprehensive libraries in the nation, the BCSIR Central Library boasts an extensive collection of both national and international literature, encompassing books, journals, research papers, scientific abstracts, theses, and various forms of scientific documentation. Presently, the library houses over 50,000 invaluable books and documents, in addition to an assortment of BCSIR’s publications, which include books, magazines, and term papers. These resources are readily accessible to researchers, scientists, students, and educators from numerous national and international academic institutions, including those affiliated with this esteemed national organization. Situated in the heart of the capital city, the library provides up-to-date collections and publications. Among its notable resources are the SCIENCE FINDER and the ELECTRONIC SCIENCE DIRECT platform, offered by the distinguished publisher Elsevier, thereby establishing the BCSIR Central Library as one of the most significant scientific and research libraries in the country. The library actively participates as a member of the INASP-PERI Consortium and is extensively utilized by scientists from various domestic and international organizations to meet their higher education and research needs.

Resources & Services

Available Access to Electronic Resources:

1. Journals, databases and mixed packages
2. American Astronomical Society
3. American Chemical Society
4. American Institute of Physics (including the Acoustical Society of America)
5. American Physical Society
6. American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineers (ASABE)
7. American Society of Civil Engineers
8. Annual Reviews
9. Cambridge University Press (CUP)
10. Cochrane Library (Web)
11. De Gruyter Online Journals (inc LIS)
12. De Gruyter LIS Journals Collection
13. EBSCOHost
14. EBSCO Discovery Service
15. Geological Society
16. Institute of Physics Journals
17. Institution of Engineering Technology (IET)
18. International Forestry Review
19. JSTOR (Inc Aluka and Univ o Calfornia)
20. Mary Ann Liebert
21. Optical Society of America (OSA)
22. Royal Society
23. Royal Society of Chemistry
24. Royal Society of Chemistry Archive
25. Sage
26. SPE
27. Springer Basic Package 1349 titles
28. Springer Enhanced Package 1833 titles
29. Springer Addis collection (institutional pricing)
30. World Bank e-Library
31. De Gruyter
32. De Gruyter LIS books collection
33. Project MUSE books
34. Taylor & Francis eBooks
35. Taylor & Francis E-book bestsellers (1,200 titles in 12 collections) (annual subscription)
36. Taylor & Francis Europa ((annual subscription)

Electronic Science Direct Platform of World Leading Publisher Elsevier.

Daily updated research content.

Establish Electronic Subscribed Resource Links to the Users.

Inter-Library Online Linking Through IP.

Print Resources:

1. Science Finder (CAS) from 1907 to 2009.
2. Books of the Fields of Science & Technology.
3. Foreign & Local Journals (750 Titles).
4. Seminar Papers.
5. Thesis.
6. Foreign Language Dictionary, Chambers 21 Century Dictionary, Visual Dictionary, Scientific Dictionary, Difficult Word Dictionary, World Atlas and Chambers of Thesaurus.
7. Specialized Collection in the field of information science and library studies.
8. Support Multimedia and audio-visual services.

1. Photocopy Service :
2. Bibliography Service:
3. Current Awareness: