Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room

Anybody with a valid National Library card, or admission ticket, may use the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room.

• almost ten thousand volumes of encyclopedias, handbooks and a selection of Czech and foreign-language monographs, mainly in the humanities and social and natural sciences
  • Volumes are categorized in Classified Arrangement of the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room
  • you will find shelf marks of the Reading Room collection in OPAC (for example SSV 316.36 EXP )
    - items with a note „open shelves“ – you may pick yourselves
    - for items with notes „ask the staff - at the desk“ - please, ask the librarian

• National Digital Library is made available through the system Kramerius (access on 2 work stations; access to public domain works also through Wi-Fi)

• Licensed online databases (available through Wi-Fi) including 
• the National Library databases and a selection of other resources are accessible on a LAN working station

• access to
  • OPAC
    • Electronic Catalogue of the National Library of the Czech Republic
    • - sub DB Documents available in reading rooms
  • Scanned catalogues

• making available of library items - microdocuments (microfilms and microfiche), electronic documents (especially CD-ROMs) (partially made available), audio documents (in special cases also video recordings)
  - there is a maximum limit of 10 library items (see Section 12 of the Social and Natural Sciences Reading Room Regulations)
  The hold period is 14 calendar days. If no other user is interested in the library item, this period can be extended via the online catalogue or on request to library staff, or via e-mail or phone, even repeatedly

• use of materials from the Reading Room Reference Collection

• delivery of materials with sound and audio-visual recordings
• delivery of electronic resources (CD-ROMs, DVDs) - partially enabled
• referral and consulting services
• self-service copying
• photoduplication orders (Price List)
• scanning tent
• Rules of information technology use in Social & Natural Sciences Reading Room
• Wireless Internet Access (Wi-Fi)
• internet access
• two places for persons with a grave physical disability and their assistants