Serial publications being the main source
of current S&T information, National Union Catalogue of Scientific Serials in
India (NUCSSI), the first indigenous database serves as an ideal access tool for
serials holdings information. It contains over 44,000 unique journal titles with
2.68 lakhs holdings data of more than 500 libraries of major universities,
S&T institutions, R&D units of industries , higher institutes like IISc,
IITs and professional institutes in S&T disciplines within the country.
Presently, the database provides information
on the availability of journal titles in libraries enabling to locate a particular
journal. This is integrated with E-mail for routing library/user request information.
With online access to participating libraries, the updatability
of the database is greatly enhanced. This will be kept updated with the cooperation
and support of the participating libraries so that updated information can be available
to users regularly free of cost.
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