Reading Rooms and Sections

Collections and Services

Opening Hours

Place

Information Desk

To answer readers' enquiries and help readers access the collections

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

2nd Floor, Zi Zhu Hall

OPAC Services

2nd Floor, Zi Zhu Hall

Card Office

To process NLC reader's card (Reader's cards for the Library of Ancient Books are not included)

From May 1 to September 30
Monday - Friday
9:00 - 18:00
Saturday-Sunday
9:00 - 17:00
From October 1 to April 30
Monday-Sunday
9:00 - 17:00
(Reader's cards processing time is 9:00-16:30)

South Gate West

Chinese Books in Social Sciences Reading Room I

Part of Chinese books in social sciences in the latest 5 years (including the current year)

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 21:00
Saturday to Monday
9:00 - 17:00

South 231

Chinese Books in Social Sciences Reading Room II

Part of Chinese books in social sciences in the latest 5 years (including the current year)

South 6-3

Reading Room for Chinese Books in Science & Technology

Chinese books in science & technology in the latest 5 years (including the current year)

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

South 5-3

Books of Taiwan & Hong Kong Reading Room

Chinese books which have been published since 1994 in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao

Tuesday to Saturday
9:00 - 17:00

East 406

Foreign Books Reading Room I

Providing western language books which are catalogued from A to H and from K to S in the latest 3 years (including current year)

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

North 214

Foreign Books Reading Room II

Providing western language which are catalogued with “T” “U” “V” “X” “Z”, Japanese and Russian books in the latest 3 years (including current year)

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

East 417

Reference Books Reading Room

Chinese and foreign encyclopedias, dictionaries and biographies

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

Middle 3-1

Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I

Part of Chinese books in the latest five years

From May 1 to September 30
Monday - Friday
9:00 - 18:00
Saturday-Sunday
9:00 - 17:00
From October 1 to April 30
Monday-Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

South 2-3

Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books II

South 4-3

Reading Room for Chinese Periodicals in Social Sciences

Chinese social sciences periodicals in the latest 2 years

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 21:00
Saturday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

West 206

Reading Room for Chinese Periodicals in Science & Technology

Chinese periodicals in science & technology in the latest 2 years

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

West 209

Periodicals of Taiwan and Hong Kong Reading Room

Chinese periodicals which have been published in Taiwan and Hong Kong in the latest 3 years

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

West 304

Foreign Periodicals Reading Room I

The western language social sciences periodicals in the latest 3 years

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

West 406

Foreign Periodicals Reading Room II

The western language periodicals in science & technology in the latest 3 years

West 409

Foreign Periodicals Reading Room III

Russian, Japanese and Korean periodicals in the latest 3 years

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

South 407

Reading Room for Special Collections in Artistic Designing

Chinese and foreign language art periodicals in the latest 2 years

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

South 406

Newspapers Reading Room I

The major newspapers of each province and city in the latest 2 months

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

North 211

Newspapers Reading Room II

The major newspapers of Beijing and overseas in the latest 2 years (holder of NLC Reader's Card, with the function of borrowing the books in Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I or Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks)

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

North 209

Newspapers Reading Room III

The foreign newspapers, Chinese newspapers published overseas and newspapers in China published 2 years before (holder of NLC Reader's Card, with the function of borrowing the books in Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I or Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks)

Monday to Saturday
9:00 - 17:00

North 310

Rare Books Reading Room

rare books, rubbings, maps and atlas (holder of NLC Reader's Card, with the function of borrowing the books in Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I or Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks)(If originals are required, please make reservations and present the recommendation letter which labels the research task.)

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 16:45
(If originals are required, please make reservations)

Middle 2-1

Dunhuang-Turpan Materials Reading Room

Dunhuang-Turpan materials, including books, periodicals, photos, etc.

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

East 419

Reading Room of Publications in the Languages of China's National Minorities

rare books, new books, periodicals and newspapers in languages of China's national minorities

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

North 410

Reading Room for Chinese Yearbooks

Comprehensive, professional, statistical yearbooks published in China

Tuesday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

Middle 412

Reading Room for Chinese Doctoral Dissertations

Doctoral dissertations and master's papers

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

West 218

Reading Room for the Publications of International Organizations and Foreign Governments

The publications of UN, other international organizations and foreign governments

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

West 320

Reading Room for the Japanese Publications

The Japanese books in the latest 2 years

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

West 417

Circulation Desk for Books and Periodicals in Stacks

Books and periodicals in stacks (Publications should be returned intradayly.)

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

Fourth Floor, Zi Zhu Hall

Reading Room for Books and Periodicals in Stacks

South 430

Temporary Reading Room for Books and Periodicals in Stacks

Books of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau published before 1993, part of Chinese and foreign art books (J0-J5), Min Guo books and periodicals, and reading serivices for books in Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

Middle 4-1

Reading Room for Preservation Collections

Permanent preservation publications (holder of NLC Reader's Card, with the function of borrowing the books in Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I or Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks), internal materials (Readers should hold NLC Reader's Card, with the function of borrowing the books in Loan Stack Room for Chinese Books I or Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks, and present the recommendation letter of Bureau-level institutions or above with one month validity)

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

South 337

Lending Desk for Foreign Books in Stacks

The foreign books in the lending desk for foreign books in stacks (except books published 20 years ago)

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

Second Floor, Zi Zhu Hall

Microforms Reading Room

Microforms of newspapers, periodicals, doctoral dissertations, etc.

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

West 214

Electronic Reading Room I

Web information access, databases in the format of CD-ROMs, electronic publications

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

East 202

Electronic Reading Room II

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 21:00
Sunday
9:00 – 17:00

East 204

Document Delivery Center

Interlibrary and international interlibrary loan

Sunday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

South 215, 216

Enterprise Information Service Center

Newspaper clipping and search, photocopy

Monday to Friday
9:00 - 17:00

North 210

Law & Policy Information Inquiry Room

General references, subject references, and selective dissemination of information

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

South 209

Science & Technology Information Inquiry Room

South 208

Social Science Information Inquiry Room

South 209

Information Inquiry Center

Collaborative Library Information Inquiry

Monday to Friday
9:00 – 17:00

Middle 404

Self-study Room

Self-study purpose

Monday to Friday
9:00-21:00
Saturday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

South 428

Reproduction Service I

Reproduction service for Chinese and foreign books

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

South 224

Reproduction Service II

South 423

Photocopy Room III

Reproduction service for foreign language periodicals

West 402

Reproduction Service IV

Reproduction service for newspapers

North 210

Reproduction Service V

Reproduction service for current periodicals

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

West 202

Reproduction Service VI

Reproduction service for foreign language books

Monday to Sunday
9:00 - 17:00

East 4-6