Library and Information Centre

The Library and Information Centre of Institute of International Politics and Economics is one of the largest libraries specialising in international relations. It contains more than 150,000 titles (books, periodicals and documents).

The work of the Library and Information Centre involves processing of monographs, journals and documents. Data are stored in three databases. The Library and Information Center is a public library accessible to scholars from all institutes, professors, students, public administration experts, diplomats, and other users interested in international relations. It has the access to the most important databases and e-journals.

On the following link, you can view the Bibliography of the publications of the Institute of International Politics and Economics in the period from 1947 to 2022.

The Library and Information Centre comprises the general library and depositary libraries:

  • General library (books, journals and reference books),
  • International organisations documentation,
  • European Documentation Centre and
  • NATO library

Working hours: 10am – 4pm

General library (books, journals and reference books)

General library includes:

  • A database with over 32,000 entries,
  • Books treating international law,
    international political and economic relations,
  • Domestic and foreign periodicals from 46 countries and
  • Electronic periodicals.

More than 100 various periodicals are available at the Library.
These are some of them:

  • Southeast European and Black Sea Studies,
  • American Journal of International Law,
  • Foreign Affairs,
  • Economie et Statistique,
  • Foreign Policy Review,
  • International Politik,
  • The International Spectator,
  • Politique étrangère,
  • Social Science Japan Journal,
  • Südost-Europa.

Apart from this, in its holdings there are 318 dictionaries in 20 different languages.

United Nations Depository Library

The UN Depository Library was founded up in 1948 and it includes the majority of the printed materials published by this international organisation and its commissions and specialised agencies (Economic Commission for Europe, Economic Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Economic Commission for Africa, Economic Commission for Latin America, International Law Commission, UNCTAD, WTO, ILO, and others.

The following publications can also be found here:

  • UN Yearbook,
  • World Economic and Social Survey,
  • Statistical Yearbook,
  • Yearbook of International Law Commission,
  • Treaty Series.

Apart from documents, The World Trade Organisation holdings (WTO) include the following publications:

  • World Investment Directory,
  • Annual Report.

OSCE: Within the documentation of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe(OSCE) the following documents and periodicals can be found:

  • Annual Report,
  • Newsletter.

The European Documentation Centre

The European Documentation Centre is a depository library of the European Union and it has operated since 1968.
It contains EU publications, including its legislation from the time it was founded up to the present day.
Apart from monographs and periodicals, the following publications can also be founded here:

  • Official Journal of the European Communities,
  • European Court Reports: Reports of the European Community Staff Cases,
  • Bulletin of the European Union,
  • Reports of the Cases before the Court of Justice and the Court of the First Instance,
  • General Report on the Activities of the European Union.

NATO Library

The NATO Library has been the official depository library for Serbia since 2002 and it consists of some public publications of this organisation.
They are as follows:

  • NATO Handbook,
  • NATO Update,
  • Basic Texts,
  • Basic Fact Sheets,
  • Ministerial Communiqués,
  • Fellowships Reports,
  • Standardization Agreements.

Electronic periodicals:

Aims are:

  • acquisition of foreign scientific information,
  • transition from paper form to electronic issues,
  • improvement of access to electronic information

Number of magazines: 14.000
Limitation: latency from 6 months to 3 years. Also there is prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, words from subject, ISSN number or topic.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

This is electronic service for access to 12 data bases. Some of them are for economics. Texts are in full format from 1960.
Number of magazines: 6935
Limitation: latency from 6 months to 3 years.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Following bases are available:

  • ProQuest Applied Science and Technology
  • ProQuest Computing
  • ProQuest Telecommunications
  • ProQuest General Science
  • ProQuest Career and Technical Education
  • ProQuest Social Science
  • ProQuest Education Journals
  • ProQuest ABI Trade and Industry
  • ProQuest Agriculture Journals
  • ProQuest Nursing Journals

Number of magazines: 3.800
Limitation: latency from 6 months to 3 years. Also there is prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Number of magazines: 300
Limitation: prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Number of magazines: 626
Limitation: Checking IP number. Also there is prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Number of magazines: 170
Limitation: prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Electronic magazines from management, librarianship and techniques.
Number of magazines: 135
Limitation: Access through user name and password, unique for each University in Serbia.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Number of magazines: 663
Limitation: prohibition of copying whole issues.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Number of magazines: 1.400
Limitation: Users have to send request by e-mail from authorized address to get IP and password from publisher. Then he can get PDF format of the text he need.
Ways to search: through subject, author, title.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail.

Serbian quotation index for social science.
Number of magazines: 59
Limitation: Not all functions from full version are available on-line. It is free of charge for using in National Library of Serbia and time has to be marked in advance.
Ways to search: simple and advanced search.
Results can be printed or sent on e-mail

Contact:

Ana Vukićević, MA
anav@diplomacy.bg.ac.rs
Tel: +381 11 3373320