The uniqueness of the J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library

• Has the largest scientific and technical document collection in the country
• Houses more than 6000 unique journal titles in science and technology
• Some of its rich collection includes prestigious journals (example, Nature and Science) from volume one and issue one, onward
• Serves a large pool of scientists and researchers from across the country and abroad
• A core member of e-Shod Sindhu, a newly formed Consortium at the national level by the MHRD providing online access to more than 10,000 e-journals and several databases
• INFLIBNET Regional Centre for Document Delivery Services
• National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) Regional Resource Centre for Mathematics
• Offers Corporate and Academic Institutional Membership 
• Subscribes to over 650+ journals spending ₹15+ crores, annually
• Maintain and update ePrints@IISc - one of the foremost and largest Institutional Repositories in the country
• Online access to archives (from first volume) of the journals from major publishers, including : American Institute of Physics, Physical Reviews Online (PROLA), Institute of Physics Publishing Archive, JSTOR, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier Science, Wiley Interscience , Springer Verlag, SIAM, Nature Journal and Oxford University Press