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 MoE 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 more than ₹15 crores, annually
• Maintain and update ePrints@IISc - one of the foremost and largest Institutional Repositories in India
• Online access to archives (from the 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