Room E – Bibliographical Research

The collections of Room E are dedicated to Bibliograhic Research, to Book History, to Publishing and to Library Science. Our Librairians are available to help and to orientate you to more specific collections suitable for your research. Room E accomodates 56 seats.

Salle E - recherche bibliographique © Béatrice Lucchese / BnF

Collections

Collections dedicated to bibliographical research and reference research, composed of French and foreign encyclopediae, language dictionaries, bibliographies, and reference books on the essentials to start your research and orientation at the BnF
Collections on Book history, Library Science: about 2,700 documents

The collections on Library Science cover the following subjects :

Information Science
Library Science
Libraries
BnF Centre
Press
Publishing, Bookstores: current news
Reading
Children’s books
Writing
Book crafts
Comics
Illustrated books

Services offered

Documentary research assistance, finding your way in the BnF collections, guidance on the good use of paper and electronic collections
Numerous computer stations available for readers
Audiovisual stations
2 cabins for visually impaired users
Link to bibliographies and other downloadable documents
Access to the Sound, Video, Multimedia portal