Central Library

Reference Collections

In the main reading room you will find a major reference collection, also intended for the non-specialist: Subject bibliographies, directories, major handbooks, lexica and introductions to nearly all study fields. They are classified according to the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC).
Some subject collections are quite comprehensive e.g.: Area studies (UDC 908), genealogy and heraldry (UDC 929.5 & 929.6, special reading room, first gallery).
Some reference works must be consulted in the corresponding special reading rooms:

Archives	Government Publications
Manuscripts	Newspapers
Old and precious works	Japanology, Sinology, Korean Studies

By categories

Bibliographies	UDC	Reading Room
Bibliography of bibliographies	01	bibliographic room
Bio-bibliographies	012	bibliographic room
Bibliographies with special characteristics	014	bibliographic room
Bibliographies: reference works, databases	01/03	bibliographic room
National bibliographies	015<land code>	bibliographic room
Special subject bibliographies	[resp. study fields]	main reading room
Biographies
Index bio-bibliographicus notorum hominum	929	bibliographic room
Instruments biographiques pour l'histoire contemporaine de la Belgique	949.3	main reading room 1st gal.
National biographies	929<land code>	bibliographic room
Who's who's	929<land code>	bibliographic room
Catalogues
Library catalogues	017	bibliographic room + gal.
Books in Print	017	bibliographic room
Encyclopedia
Major encyclopedia	03	main reading room (centre)
Older encyclopedia	03	main reading room (gallery)
Multilingual dictionaries	03	main reading room (centre)
Varia
Atlases	912	special reading room
Dissertations	043	bibliographic room
Directories	058	bibliographic room
Press	07	BKOP
Journals	05	bibliographic room