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The library of the Department of Scientific Information specialises in linguistic and Czech studies literature, contains selected publications from affiliated fields, such as literary science, history, etc. The library has been under development since the 1950s. The library contains approximately 55,000 volumes and 140 domestic and international journals to which the library currently subscribes; about 600 new works are added each year. The book catalogue has been electronic since 1995 (initially in ISIS, now in Aleph) and is part of the collective catalogue of the libraries of the Academy of Sciences institutions, while the catalogue of periodicals is part of the database of the National Library (SKCP).

The library collections of the Brno-based Dialectology Department (ca. 8,500 volumes) and the Etymology Department (ca. 11,600 volumes) is administratively par of the library of the Czech Language Institute but are managed separately and their electronic catalogues are also available in the collective catalogue.

The library serves staff of academic institutions and students as well as the public.

The electronic catalogue of the library of the Czech Language Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i. is located on the website of the Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic as part of the aggregate catalogue of institute libraries.
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The catalogue of periodicals is part of the database of the National Library (SKCP). After the website loads, you can search by journal name or by the symbol of the document owner (ABB047).

The Bibliography Section analytically processes Czech linguistic and foreign Czech studies works (electronically in the BCL database since 1992). All of the records contain special decimal sorting codes and keywords and most records contain annotations. The database is easy to search from various aspects and database research services are provided upon request.
Access to the bibliographical database: Bibliography of Czech linguistics (1991–)
Most of the published bibliographical yearbooks are available as PDFs (1945–1963, 1973–1992, 1995–2001): Bibliographical yearbooks-PDF (gradually supplemented).
The ASEP database, which was set up in 1993, serves the internal needs of the institute (automated system of publication records), and is accessible on the website of the Academy of Sciences Library website.

The Bibliography Section publishes the Bibliography of Czech Linguistics yearbook, the Bibliography of Czech Onomastics yearbook and occasional thematic or personal bibliographies. It also contributes to international linguistic bibliographies
Bibliographie linguistique – Linguistic bibliography, Brill, Leiden; Bibliografia Językoznawstwa Slawistycznego, Polska Akademia Nauk, Instytut Slawistyki, Warsaw; The Year's Work in Modern Language Studies, Modern Humanities Research Association, London; MLA International Bibliography, Modern Language Association of America, New York.