ABBREVIATION
AACRII Anglo American Cataloguing Rules II
AHMC Assam Homeopathic Medical College, Nagaon
AHSLIBNET Assam Health Science Library Network
AIN Army Institute of Nursing, Guwahati
AMC Assam Medical College, Dibrugarh
ANC Arya Nursing College, Changsari
BARC Bhaba Atomic Research Centre
BHEL Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
BNCD BSc. Nursing College, Dibrugarh
BNCS BSc. Nursing College, Silchar
CAS Current Awareness Service
CCC Classified Catalogue Code
CPMS College of Physiotherapy and Medical Sciences, Guwahati
CPMSCN CPMS college of Nursing, Guwahati
DBBCI Dr. B.Barooah Institute of Cancer Institute, Guwahati DCAHS Down Town College of Allied Health Sciences,
Panikhaiti
DDC Dewey Decimal Classification
DDS Document Delivery Service
DESIDOC Defence Scientific Information & Documentation DJKSHMC Dr. J.K. Saikia Homeopathic Medical College
DL Departmental Library(Seminar Library)
DRDO Defence Research and Development Organization
FAAMC Fakaruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College, Barpeta
For. Foreign
FTP File Transfer Protocol
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GAC GAC GMC
Government Ayurvedic College, Guwahati Gauhati Medical College
GOVT. Government
HTML Hypertext Mark up Language
IASLIC Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information centers
ICT Information and Communication Technology
IFLA International federation of Library Associations
Ind. Indian
INDEST Indian National Digital Library in Engineering
INFLIBNET Information Library Network
IPD Institute of Pharmacy, Dibrugarh
IPG Institute of Pharmacy, Guwahati
IPS Institute of Pharmacy, Silchar
IPSD Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Dibrugarh IPSG Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Guwahati IPSJ Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Jorhat IPSS Institute of Paramedical Sciences, Silchar
ISO International Standards Organizations
JMC Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat
LAN Local Area Network
LMS Library Management System
MARC 21 Machines Readable Catalogue 21
MCI Medical Council of India
MEDLARS Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System MEDLINE Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
online
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MI Medical Institute, Jorhat
MIS Management Information System
NATIS National Information Systems
NGO Non Governmental Organisation
NISCAIR National Institute of Science Communication and Information resources
NML National Medical Library, New Delhi
No. Number
ONGC Oil India and Natural Gas Corporation
OPAC Online Public Access Catalogue
PCI Pharmacy Council of India
RCN Regional College of Nursing, Guwahati
RCO Ridley College of Optometry, Jorhat
RDC Regional Dental College, Guwahati
RFID Radio Frequency Identification
RTI Right to Information Act
RIPT Regional Institute of Paramedical Technology,
SAMS Swagat Academy of Medical Sciences
SDI Selective Dissemination of Information
SJNHMC Swahid Jadav Nath Homeopathic Medical College
SMC Silchar Medical College, Silchar
SMCN Sankar Madhab College of Nursing, Panikahity
SSN Sri Shankaradeva Netralaya, Guwahati
SSUHS Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences
TMC Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur
UNESCO United Nations Educational and Scientific Organisation
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UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund
WAN Wide Area Network
WHO World Health Organisation
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