Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies Library (Colombo, Sri Lanka)

Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies has its own specialised Library with over 12000 volumes dedicated to International Relations in addition to all important foreign and local journals/ Newspapers. The Centre is also a depository library of the United Nations. The Library's Lending Collection consists of materials on topics related to: International Relations, International Politics, International Law, Foreign Policies, Human Rights, International and Regional Organizations, Sri Lanka Collection, Foreign Language Collection. The Reference collection in the Library includes reference materials such as Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, Reports, Glossaries, ect. Apart from this there are six special collections in the reference section: Bandaranaike Collection, UN depositary Collection, Special Loans Collection, Dissertation Collection, Pamphlets Collection, Public Forum Audio Collection. There are paper clipping files which are often used by readers. There is a general collection of periodicals in the fields of International Affairs.