One of India's finest and most
coveted research libraries, the Indian Council of World Affairs'
Library is located in the heart of New Delhi. It is well equipped
on international affairs and allied streams including political
history and developments in India.
The Library is a treasure trove
of more than 1,25,000 volumes of books, some of them rare,
bound periodicals, rare maps, microfiches and about 7 lac
clippings with special reference to international relations,
international law and international economy. It offers a congenial
atmosphere with a reader- cultured approach in a serene and
calm environment to more than 150 readers at any given time
of the day. It subscribes to about 384 research journals of
repute from National and International leading journal publications
and houses 28 thousand periodicals in bound form. Newspaper
files of the Hindu (Madras) from 1933 to 1979, the Times of
India (Bombay) from 1945 to1975 and the Times of India (New
Delhi) from 1969 to 2004 are also preserved beside stray volumes
of Asian Age, Economic Times, Financial Times (London), International
Herald Tribune, Nation (Lahore), Pakistan Times and Japan
Times (Tokyo) News.
UNITED NATIONS & EUROPEAN UNION SECTION
The ICWA Library is a repository
for the United Nations and European Union documents, periodicals
and its other publications. The library has almost all the
UN documents since 1945. Important among them are Security
Council and General Assembly debates and their Resolutions.
The access to these documents is free of charge. Similarly,
the Library has almost all the publications of the European
Union documents under a repository scheme.
PERIODICALS INDEXING SERVICE
The Library also provides bibliographical
support to the readers. It indexes 202 journals as part of
Current Awareness Services to research scholars working on
international affairs, India and Indian politics. Indexing
services are available from 1956 onwards.
AFRICA CENTRE
To focus on in-depth studies
on African states and their relations with India, the Council
has established an Africa Centre in the Library. The Centre
has a valuable collection of books, periodicals, maps and
other published material on African countries.
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