www.tjprc.org editor@tjprc.org WEB OPAC IN CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KARNATAKA: A STUDY P. S. KATTIMANI Deputy Librarian, Central University of Karnataka, Kalaburagi, Karnataka, India ABSTRACT The OPAC provides standard measure and insight into the working of the University Libraries and their digitization. The objective of the study to understand web OPAC searching options and retrieving the information through software. The Central Library OPAC provides powerful tools for storage and retrieval of information. The search facilities and technical compatibility of the software is too good. So library authority should emphasis upon updating OPAC which plays important role to access the bibliographical database. The study also brought out the fact that to know usage of web OPACs which offered to its user community. KEYWORDS: Online Search, Internet, OPAC and Web Received: Jun 21, 2016; Accepted: Jul 14, 2016; Published: Jul 16, 2016; Paper Id.: IJLSRAUG20164 INTRODUCTION Web OPAC is an essential information retrieval tool to help academic library users to locate the library resources efficiently and effectively; it is a single tool for accessing library bibliographical resources either books, journals, e-books, CD/DVD and institutional repository access. It is an entry point and a guided pathway to a library’s treasures. Online Public Access Catalogue has lots of benefits to access the library data author, title, subject and any key words would helps to retrieve. Further it assists to know the status of document weather the book issued out or on shelf. If it is issued out when the book likely to return back, similarly user can request for reservation for issued out books. It helps to retrieve library resources like book, journals, CD/DVD, maps and atlas etc. The Internet plays very vital role to provides various tools located in the library or in the Internet glob. The changing trends in web search engines have driven the new generation of users to explore information themselves and seek personal help only at times when they were stuck. Interestingly users had been satisfied by accessing Web OPAC at great extent. Web search engine provided the opportunity for easier and quicker means of finding information. At present practice of Web OPAC has satisfied user community at large extent and improved its functionality presently library community is preoccupied how OPAC can be made single entry point or portal to fine the information available on resources inside the libraries and outside libraries. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY • To know Central library Web OPAC. • To know the functionality of the software • To know the online facility search • To Understand Internet bibliographic search Original Article International Journal of Library Science and Research (IJLSR) ISSN(P): 2250-2351; ISSN(E): 2321-0079 Vol. 6, Issue 4, Aug 2016, 23-26 © TJPRC Pvt. Ltd.