Scientific reading rooms

General information

2nd floor, room 206c, 206d

The reading rooms provide services to research workers at research institutions, academic degree holders and university professors.
The reading rooms deliver documents from the main library stock and provide access to the deposit collection and electronic information resources.

Deposit collection

The deposit collection comprises more than 800 encyclopedias and reference books on all fields of knowledge. Documents are available to all readers.

Access to electronic resources

• Electronic resources of the Library:
  • electronic catalog;
  • subject databases "Belarus: from past to present", "Chernobyl", "The History of Belarus", "Culture and Art of Belarus";
  • electronic library of theses and abstracts;
  • electronic archive of national periodicals;
  • electronic library;
  • CD library.
• corporate databases;
• licensed electronic information resources;
• the Internet.

Additional opportunities:

• special equipment for blind and visually impaired users to work with text and electronic data;
• carrels for individual work. Available software: Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Fine Reader; the service is paid.

Additional services:

• photocopying and scanning of fragments of printed editions;
• copying of information from databases onto users’ data media;
• copying of information from databases onto users’ data media;

The opening hours of the reading room correspond to the opening hours of the Library.

Terms of Use

Contacts:

Librarian on duty
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 23 (internal number: 77 23)
Head of the research workers service section
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 23 (internal number: 77 23)
Head of the Library Service Department
Теl.: (+375 17) 293 27 03 (internal number: 77 03)