The SGH Library provides free access on site to its collections for the SGH users and general public in the following departments:

• Collection of the Students’ Lending Library

multi-copied collection of books and textbooks; Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Wypożyczalnia’ as location; the only collection available to borrow for students; call number begins with “W” for “Wypożycza się” status (“For lending” status)

• Main Collection

located in the main store rooms; Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Księgozbiór Główny’ as location; available on site in the General Reading Room after the submission of the library order slip with the call number of the demanded item; call number is short and simple

• Open Access Collection

located in the General Reading Room; ordered on the bookshelves in accordance with the Library of Congress Subject Headings;Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Czytelnia’ as location; freely available on site; call number is long and composed, begins with the symbol of the appropriate discipline which in parallel indicates the right bookshelf where you may find the demanded item

• Collection of Polish Periodicals

is divided into 2 parts:

1. issues from the last 21 years are located in the Polish Periodicals Reading Room; Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Czytelnia Czasopism’ as location; freely available on site
2. issues older than 21 years are located in the main store rooms; Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Księgozbiór Główny’ as location; available on site in the General Reading Room after the submission of the library order slip with the call number of the demanded item
   

• Collection of Foreign Periodicals

is divided into 2 parts:

1. issues from the last 7 years are located in the Foreign Periodicals Reading Room; Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Czytelnia Czasopism’ as location; freely available on site
2. issues older than 7 years are located in the main store rooms;Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Księgozbiór Główny’ as location; available on site in the General Reading Room after the submission of the library order slip with the call number of the demanded item
   

• Collection of the Reference Centre

freely accessible on site in the Reference Centre;
Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Ośrodek Informacji Naukowej’ as location

• Collection of the International Monetary Fund Deposit

freely available on site in the Reference Centre;
Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Ośrodek Informacji Naukowej’ as location, call number begins with the symbol IMF

• Collection of the European Documentation Centre

freely available on site in the European Documentation Centre;
Aleph Catalogue indicates ‘Centrum Dokumentacji Europejskiej’ as location;
the books are arranged in accordance to the subject classification of the European Communities, call number begins with the symbol CDE (e.g.: CDE-4057-0820 where the last 4 numbers (0820) indicates the discipline of EC classification)

• Collection of B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. Thesis

located in the special store rooms - is not available for students;
this collection is available on site in the General Reading Room only for certain groups of users, on special conditions precisely defined in the SGH Library Rules, call number begins with RM [e.g.: RM 50678]