Welcome to the Graduate School of CTIT Library system!
This brief orientation is designed to introduce graduate students to the nature of CTIT libraries and especially the resources, services, and arrangement of the libraries and to answer some of the most frequently asked questions.
Introduction
CTIT Library is actually two libraries in one. Both libraries operate on similar plans - namely to make their resources available to their users. However, the sum total of each library's resources, users, history, buildings, etc., is unique, individual libraries are themselves unique and can vary widely in terms of resources, services, and arrangement.
The libraries have books, magazines, journals, newspapers, and other resources available for student use. The libraries also contain a staff of more than 8 people dedicated to helping users find and use the resources available. At the same time, the library is also a virtual, electronic library that provides access to 1422 e-books, 12155 e-journals and 20226 free-articles-document- delivery-services. The Libraries have also subscribed to Printed periodicals that are of common titles such as Time, Newsweek, the Economist, Readers Digest, PC Magazine, Ethiopian Herald, Reporter, Fortune, etc.
In order to become an information literate student at CTIT, it is important to become familiar with both the physical and virtual Library. After completing this orientation you should have a general idea of the resources available through CTIT Library, how these resources are organized as well as many of the services available to you from CTIT Library.
The CTIT Libraries Catalog
The key to a library's collections is the catalog. Both libraries share a common catalog. Use the KOHA based catalog to locate materials such as books and periodicals.
Your Account 
Every student, lecturer and staff member at CTIT has an account in the catalog. Log into your library catalog account to: renew books, make reserves, suggest books to be bought, save searches, create e-shelf so that others can share the books you choose and add the books to e-basket so that you can email, print, etc.
Circulation
Checking out books from the library is easy. You are entitled to seven borrowing cards to borrow up to seven books at a time. Bring your books to the library's circulation desk, and present your borrowing/pocket card. There are different loan periods for graduate students and staff. 
The student can also renew books to extend the borrowing period. Books currently checked out by others may be reserved by placing a hold on them.  Instructors often put materials on reserve for their students to read, such as books, articles, or documents. Students may check out most Reserve materials for spot reading.
Photocopiers
Photocopiers are available at the IT Service Department. Copies are 15 cents per page.
Using Call Numbers to Locate Books & Other Library Materials
Libraries assign a unique number to each book that distinguishes it from all other books in the library and indicates where it will be shelved. Call numbers in the CTIT Libraries are based on the Dewey Decimal system. A call number label appears on the spine of the book (or sometimes on the front if the book is very small). As you search for books using the Libraries' catalog, be sure that you write down both the LOCATION and the CALL NUMBER. The LOCATION tells you the branch library that holds the item. The CALL NUMBER gives you the shelf location.
Dewey Decimal call numbers begin with numbers:
001.4 Lee – The number represents the subject and the three letters represent the first three letters of an author - Leedy, Paul D
Steps in searching GSTIT Bibliographic database

Tips:

Login to check your account

You can also make searches after you login using your card number and password.  Logging will allow you to see books that you checked out, mark searched books and add them to book bag so that you can print or send them through email, you can create virtual shelves so that the listed books can be shared to your colleagues, you can make suggestions for books to be purchased, you can place reserves, etc.