Library

The Sociological Library is a modern specialised library, which is intended to serve the needs of researchers, students, and the wider academic community. Library collection contains just about 25 thousand volumes. All items are available for use in the library study hall and about two thirds of books may be borrowed for home use. The holdings are placed in free access to shelves, local storeroom, and remote depository in Jenštejn accessed weekly.

Collection development was based on limited purchase budget as well as on grants, institutional and personal book endowments and numerous small free copy gifts. Donations and contributions to help expand the library stock are welcome and greatly appreciated.

LIBRARY OPENING HOURS

Monday to Thursday   9:00 - 18:00
Friday   9:00 - 14:00

CONTACT

knihovna@soc.cas.cz 
Tel.: 210 310 569 (in opening hours).

• ON-LINE SERVICES
• LIBRARY CATALOGUE
• LIST OF AVAILABLE JOURNALS

Notes to availability by item status and location:

• Loan / Absenčně - may be borrowed for home use
• Loan SOU / Absenčně pro SOU - home use only for the institute employees 
• Reading room / Presenčně - non-circulating item available only within the library study hall
• Grant - long term borrowing reserved to running research project, reclaimable for short on-site loan - may take some time.
• Sklad - local storeroom in cellar, available to 16:15 only
• Jenštejn - remote depository in Jenštejn, accessed weekly only on demand: usage of on-line order recommended for registered readers.

ON-LINE JOURNAL DATABASES

• Library enables direct access to on-line databases of journals. Some of the following links are fully functional only in the library study hall.
• Portal of e-Journals of the Institute of Sociology

Fulltext databases:

• EBSCO - home remote access available for registered readers
• PROQUEST 
• JSTOR 
• OXFORD_Reference_Online (ORO).

Bibliographic citation databases:

• WEB OF SCIENCE 
• SCOPUS 
• ULRICHSWEB 
• CEJSH - free access - download more information.

Note among attached files below there are:

• Novinky... is a link to the list of the most recent acquisitions.
• Knihy poškozené povodní 2002 is a list of books damaged by flood in 2002 that are not involved in ordinary catalogue. Available and readable: disinfected and freeze-vacuum-dried {waved and mud-water-blurry}. Remote depository Jenštejn.