The document provides information about the online public access catalogs (OPACs) of various university libraries in Pakistan. It lists 13 university libraries and describes some of their OPAC features, including advanced search options, limiters, automation software used, and URLs. Key details provided about each OPAC include search fields, Boolean operators, limiting by campus, collection type, format, and year. The majority of the libraries listed use the KOHA OPAC software.

3. NATIONAL
OPAC
SUBMITTED TO:
SIR DR SHAKEEL AHMAD
PRESENTED BY:
ADEEL HAIDER JOYIA
BLIF15M037

4. •OPAC is the Online Public Access Catalogue or, in
other words, the library catalogue. It is an online
database of all of the resources held in the library. You
can search OPAC to locate books in the library. It lists
the number of the items, whether they are in the library
or out on loan, and their call number.

5. LIST OF NATIONAL OPAC
 Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) - NUST
 Junaid Zaidi Library (comsats University Islamabad) University of Lahore
 RIPHAH International University
 Punjab University(MLIMS)
 BAHRIA University
 Air University
 University of Sargodha
 University of Lahore
 Lahore University of Management Sciences(LUMS)
 Allama Iqbal Open university (AIOU)
 Chartered University(Forman Christian college)
 UMT(University of management and technology)
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6. TABLE OF OPAC’S
NAMES OF OPAC’s ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTOMATION
SOFTWARE
URL
Universal Resource
Locator
Online Public
Access Catalog
(OPAC) - NUST
All fields,
Language
Boolean Operators
Contains, Not
contains
All of these words,
the exact phrase,
Any of these words,
None of these
words,
KOHA http://www.nust.edu.pk/INS
TITUTIONS/Schools/SEEC
S/Library/News/Pages/OPA
C.aspx
Junaid Zaidi Library
(COMSATS
University
Islamabad)
All fields
Language
From different
Campuses
 Exact match, start with,
Any match
Boolean Operators
Through ranking
Collection Type
INSIGNIA https://ciit.insigniails.com/Li
brary/Home

7. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTO
MATIO
N
SOFT
WARE
URL
Universal Resource
Locator
RIPHAH
International
University
Did You
KNOW??
Alert message of new
arrival to their patrons
Patrons checked most
circulated material
All fields searching
From any campus
 Alphabetical results (author
,title , call no. 0-9 A-Z)
Popularity based
ranking(least to most and
most to least)
Content(fiction , non fiction,
musical , non musical)
Boolean operators
Through (books , maps,
thesis, RIPHAH series)
Year ranging
Audience (adult ,
preschool, primary,
specialized , general)
KOHA http://catalog.riphah.edu.
pk:801/

8. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTOM
ATION
SOFTW
ARE
URL
Universal
Resource Locator
PU
(Multilingual
library
Information
management
system)
All fields (except ISSN, call no.)
Urdu keyboard
Boolean operators
Through (department, title author
Year ranging MLIMS http://opac.pu.edu.p
k/opac/
BAHRIA
University
(Latest arrival
links blinks)
All fields
From any campus
Alphabetical results (author ,title ,
call no. 0-9 A-Z)
Boolean operators
Content(fiction , non fiction,
musical , non musical)
Most popular material (top 10)
Year ranging
Through (books , maps,
thesis, audio, video)
KOHA http://ilms.bahria.ed
u.pk/

9. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTOMA
TION
SOFTWA
RE
URL
Air University
(Free online
databases)
Urdu keyboard
Quick links to latest arrivals and
also based on last search
Boolean operator
Language changes whole
interface
Year ranging
•All of these words, The
exact phrase, Any of
these words, None of
these words.
KOHA http://111.68.96.10
6//
University of
Sargodha
All fields searching
From any campus
Boolean operator
 Alphabetical results (author ,title ,
call no. 0-9 A-Z)
Popularity based ranking(least to
most and most to least)
Content(fiction , non fiction,
musical , non musical)
Through (books ,
maps, thesis, music,
videos)
Year ranging
Audience (adult ,
preschool, primary,
specialized , general)
KOHA http://library.uos.e
du.pk:8000/

10. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE
SEARCHING
LIMITERS AUTO
MATIO
N
SOFT
WARE
URL
Universal Resource
Locator
University of
Lahore
All fields searching
From any campus
Popularity based
ranking
Boolean operator
Through (books , maps,
thesis, music, videos)
Year ranging
KOHA http://opac.library.uol.edu.
pk/
*Lahore
University of
Management
Sciences
(LUMS)
 Through all fields
 Has all of these
words,
 Has this exact
phrase
 Has at least one of
these words
 Has none of these
words
Language as a limiter
Format (books , E-books ,
movies, movie DVD’s ,
serials , sound recording)
Through place of publication
Results sorting
Subjects
Contain , start with
VIRTU
A
http://libraryportal.lums.ed
u.pk/search/query?theme=
lums

11. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTOMATI
ON
SOFTWARE
URL
Universal Resource
Locator
ALLAMA IQBAL
Open university
AIOU
All fields searching
From any campus
Boolean operator
 Alphabetical results (author
,title , call no. 0-9 A-Z)
Popularity based
ranking(least to most and
most to least)
Content(fiction , non fiction,
musical , non musical)
Through (books ,
maps, thesis, music,
videos)
Year ranging
Audience (adult ,
preschool, primary,
specialized , general)
KOHA http://library.aiou.edu.pk/
cgi-bin/koha/opac-
authorities-home.pl

12. NAMES OF
OPAC’s
ADVANCE SEARCHING LIMITERS AUTOMATI
ON
SOFTWAR
E
URL
Universal
Resource
Locator
CU-FCC
(Ewing
Memorial
Library
information)
All fields
Keywords
Heading keyword search
Expert search
Select language (English,
Arabic
Through (books,
newspaper, periodical)
FOPAC http://libraryportal
.fccollege.edu.pk
/
UMT
(University of
management
and technology)
All fields searching
From any campus
Boolean operators
 Alphabetical results (author
,title , call no. 0-9 A-Z)
Popularity based
ranking(least to most and most
to least)
Content(fiction , non fiction,
musical , non musical)
Turkish collection
Rare book collection
Through (books , maps,
thesis, music, videos)
Year ranging
Audience (adult ,
preschool, primary,
specialized , general)
KOHA https://lrc.umt.ed
u.pk/

13. ANY QUESTION???