Library and Scientific Information Service

The IWE's library is a specialised scientific library with national scope. It contains one of Hungary's most important and most up-to-date collections of books, periodicals and statistics on international economic affairs. Since 2000 the library constitutes part of the United Library for Social Sciences together with the libraries of the Institute for Political Sciences, the Institute for Sociology, and the Institute for Minority Research: www.etk.mtapti.hu

Through consistent and constant expansion of the IWE's international relations, about 90% of the books and periodicals, including most of the foreign books, have been acquired on exchange base. This is already the case with some publications of the World Bank, the IMF, the OECD and the EU.

In addition, almost three-quarters of the annual increase in value of the stock is accounted for publications that arrive under exchanges schemes or as gifts. This remarkably high proportion by national standards ties in with the Institute's own publishing activity.

The task of the Scientific Information Service is to obtain the information required for research work, examine it comprehensively, store it, make it available, and distribute the Institute's publications through the conduct of international publication exchanges.

The enlarged library's stock contains 180.075 books, 30,000 archives, and 439 periodicals.

Also, the establishment of a CD ROM databank was started and will be further developed in accordance with the financial possibilities of IWE.

Last year the Institute was successful in creating the availability of publication distribution via e-mail among all its exchange partners who apply for it. (This may result in substantial savings of postage.) The library's cumulative catalogue can also be searched by Internet: www.etk.mtapti.hu

For information about the library please contact our information service
(telephone: 224 6759).

Kapcsolatfelvétel: 1112 Budapest, Budaörsi út 45. - Tel.: (06-1-)309-2643, Fax:(06-1-)309-2624,  E-mail:

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