IIT Bombay’s Central Library is user-focused, innovative, and excellence driven. It has always benefited from the institutes’ culture, is pioneer in adopting new technology, and is far ahead than many libraries in India.

Central Library manages knowledge, both in print and digital formats, ensures seamless discovery and access to these scholarly resources, and provides faculty, students, and staff with professional support to find, evaluate, manage, and use such resources.

It provides high-quality setting for both reflective and collaborative work and study. Its collection of about 4.40 lakh items is used by more than 11000 members and others.

The library extensively uses social media for improved communication and interaction and has created a blog to post current and interesting information and news items.

This is the reflection of library’s continuous engagement with its users as a valuable partner in their learning and research.

The Library subscribes to a number of important databases in the field of science and technology on CD ROM databases or online databases.

Some important databases are as follows:

Databases
Crisil Research
J C R
Capitaline Databases Plus
CMIE Database
EMIS
Engineering Village – Inspec
ICSD : Inorganic Crystal Structure Database
IEC Standards
IndiaStat-Click IP Login
Inspec
MathSciNet
ProQuest
Reaxys
SciFinder Scholar
SCOPUS
Web of Science

The following CD-ROM Databases are available on local network
• Chemical Abstract on CD: 2003 to 2011 and 12th & 13th Collective Index.
• India Patent
• ICCD PDF 4+ Search Facility is available in Reference Section (Single User)
• AASHTO Materials Book 2013