Reference services

The Service is available to users for information on the collection of the Library and on bibliographic tools to produce an adequate bibliography and to make research. There is assistance to identify and locate books, find libraries, institutions and institutes in Italy and abroad, and to consult the databases available online or on cd-rom.


It’s possible to access the Internet, only to the web sites of study and research, through the assistance of the Librarian.


Bibliographic information may also be required:

  • by fax to: 06 4457635
  • by mail at: Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Roma, Bibliographic Information Services, viale Castro Pretorio 104 - 00185 Roma
  • by email at: infobib@bnc.roma.sbn.it
  • by phone (only brief general information): 06 4989291

For bibliographic information on ancient manuscripts and books please contact: