BITS Hyderabad Library

Welcome to BITS Pilani Hyderabad Library

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The BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus library is housed in a state-of-the-art new building (Block G), covering about 45000 sq.ft area. It is fully air-conditioned with 554+ seating capacity and is closely located in the Lecture Theatre Complex (LTC) and classrooms of the Institute. 

The Library has a collection of over 48900+ books and subscribes to over 33 print magazines.  Users can have access to over 14860+ e-journals, Grammarly tool, 7105+ e-books, and various databases such as IndiaStat, MathSciNet, Sci-Finder, Scopus, etc.   No login credentials are required within the campus to access library subscirbed e-resources. 

The Library facilities have the primary purpose of supporting BITS’ educational and research programs. Access to and use of the library is a privilege extended to the members of the BITS community of faculty, students, and staff; including members of their immediate families and sponsored affiliates.

Expectations:

Library users and staff will interact with mutual respect and consideration.

Library users will:

  • Respect private and Institute property.
  • Abide by all Institute and Libraries’ policies, licensing and contractual agreements.
  • Comply with all requests made by library staff.
  • Show valid identification upon request.
  • Use Library resources (content, equipment, or facilities) safely and appropriately. 
Library Working Hours:
Day Timings
Monday to Sunday 09 am - 12 midnight
Holidays 09 am - 12 midnight
Book Issue & Return Hours:
Day Timings
Monday to Sunday 09.15 am - 11.00 pm
Holidays 09.15 am - 11.00 pm
 
The library hours are extended till 6.00 am on all days during the Mid-term & Comprehensive examination period. Extended hours are displayed on the library notice boards and library portal.
Facilities & Services

The library is fully enabled with RFID technology with Self Check-In and Check-Out Kiosk facility. With this technology now one can borrow, return and renew books through a Kiosk at any time during the book issue/return hours.

Book Suggestions

You are welcome to suggest books to our library which help us to improve collection through library OPAC: https://bitspilani-hyd-opac.kohacloud.in/ You may also mail us at: library@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in or contact Library Helpdesk for more details.

WIFI @ Central Library

Free wireless internet facility is available in the library. You may click on the below link to search the books and other resources from anywhere including the hostel as well. https://bitspilani-hyd-opac.kohacloud.in/

Reserve a Book

Now you can reserve the books from the New Arrival Display and books which are in circulation.
To reserve a book please mail us: library@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in or personally contact the library staff for more details.

Suggestions and Complaints

Suggestions for enrichment of library collection or improvement of services and complaints, if any, may be sent to the Librarian at: ramesh.bidi@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in or library@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Print Journals / Magazines
  • Asian Photography & Imaging
  • Autocar India
  • Automotive Abstracts
  • Business Today
  • Career 360
  • Competition Success review
  • Civil Services Chronicles
  • Civil Services Times
  • Data Quest
  • Digit
  • Down to Earth
  • Electronics For You
  • Embedded For You
  • Entrepreneur
  • Forbes India
  • Frontline
  • Harvard Business Reivew, South Asia
  • India Today
  • Indian Literature Journal
  • CIO & Leader
  • Kurukshetra
  • Marg : A Magazine for Arts
  • Open Source For You
  • Outlook
  • PC Quest
  • Pratiyogita Darpan
  • Reader's Digest
  • Sportstar
  • The Week
  • The World Focus
  • University News
  • Voice & Data
  • Yojana
e-Books / e-Journals / Databases

e-Books

e-Journal Databases

Citation & Other Databases

User guide (e-resources)

Guidelines for Fair Use of e-Resources at BITS Pilani-Hyderabad Campus Library: Usage Policy

  • Electronic resources such as e-journals, e-databases, and e-books made available by the BITS, Hyderabad campus Library, is for academic use only.
  • These resources can be searched, browsed and material may be downloaded. Downloading or printing a complete book or an entire issue or a volume of one or more journals (called systematic downloading) is strictly prohibited.
  • Use of robots, spiders or intelligent agents to access, search and/or systematically download from these resources is also prohibited. Any violation of this policy will result in penal action as per the rules and regulations of the Institute.
  • Please be aware that systematic downloading will cause the publisher to block the entire community of users at the BITS Hyderabad campus from accessing these resources.
  • Make sure that you download the Research papers actually required by you.
  • Please don’t download Research papers that you might require in the future.
  • The access to the required e-resources will continue. So, please don’t download irrelevant Research papers.
  • The quantity of allowed downloading varies from publisher to publisher. Contact Library staff to seek clarification if any.
  • Beware: our campus IT server has a surveillance mechanism in place. Any violation of e-access guidelines can be identified immediately.
  • CCTV cameras are placed in E-zone / Reading areas for surveillance.
  • Remember! All the E-resources are subscribed under a license agreement with the publishers. Let’s make sure that we do not violate any agreement.
  • Please feel free to contact library staff when you need any help.
Open Access Resources
New Arrivals

We add new books, journals, reports and other publications to our library constantly.

New-Book Display - 08(th Nov 2024 - 24th Nov 2024)

New-Book Display - 07(28th Oct 2024 - 10th Nov 2024)

New-Book Display - 06(14th Oct 2024 - 27th Oct 2024)

New-Book Display - 05(30th Sep 2024 - 13th Oct 2024)

New-Book Display - 04(16th Sep 2024 - 29th Sep 2024)

New-Book Display - 03(02nd Sep 2024 - 15th Sep 2024)

New-Book Display - 02(19th Aug 2024 - 01st Sep 2024)

New-Book Display - 01(05th Aug 2024 - 18th Aug 2024)

Contact Us

Library In-charge: Ramesh Bidi
Library Committee Members:

Sl.No Department Committee Member
1 Biological Sciences Prof. Amartya Sanyal
2 Civil Engineering Prof. Bahurudeen A
3 Chemical Engineering Dr. Ramendra Kishor Pal
4 Chemistry Dr. Arijit Mukherjee
5 Computer Science & Information Systems Dr. Venkatakrishnan Ramaswamy
6 Economics & Finance Dr. Nivedita Sinha
7 Electrical & Electronics Engg. Prof. Surya Shankar Dan
8 Humanities & Social Sciences Dr. Aruna Lolla
9 Mathematics Prof. PTV Praveen Kumar
10 Mechanical Engineering Dr. Mrinal Ketan Jagirdar
11 Pharmacy Prof. Balaram Ghosh
12 Physics Dr. Subhadeep Roy

Librarian, Chairman - Library Committee.

Postal Address:
Librarian
BITS, Pilani- Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar,Shameerpet
Hyderabad 500 078
Telangana State

Ph: +91-040 66 303 809
Fax: +91-40 66 30 39 98
E mail: library@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in

Contact personnel for Library services/Suggestions:

For General suggestions related to Library improvement , services and complaints. Librarian, ( 040 -66 303 809)

Enquires relating to books availability, book suggestions, digital library, lending and overdue books. K B Madhu / D V R Seshagiri Rao(040-66303810/811)

Enquires relating to e-journals access, online subscriptions, Books availability, printed journals and Inter Library Loan Service (ILL) B Haritha (040-66303810/811)