The users have free and direct access to documentation on the shelves.

There are around 32.000 volumes, classified by topic through decimal classification:

000 Science, information and general works.

100 Philosophy e Psychology

200 Religion

300 Social Sciences

400 Language

500 Science

600 Technology

700 Arts and recreative activities

800 Literature

900 History and Geography

There are also three rooms dedicated to catalogues: study of rare and valuable materials (REPERTORI), linguistic dictionaries (CONS. DIZ.) and Venetian subjects (CONS. VEN.) respectively.

including:

Primary sources giving direct information: yearbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, biographical resources, atlases, tourist guides, manuals, books of laws;

Secondary sources: catalogues and bibliographies;

Basic works: medium-high level works which make reference to a specific area;

Specialized material: only in some disciplinary areas of particular interest for the library (Venetian topics, economic and information sciences, social sciences and legislation, linguistics and arts);

collections of texts on classic authors in the literature, political science, philosophy and religion areas;

Monographies on artists and architects.