The Scientific Literature Department mainly offers scientific and specialized literature but also magazines focused on scientific themes. The Scientific Literature collection is divided and arranged based on the Universal Decimal Classification which classifies books into individual classes.
This department also offers special services:
Interlibrary Loan Service
- ILS (Interlibrary Loan Service) – loan of documents which are not available in the library collection from another library in Slovakia.
- IILS (International Interlibrary Loan Service) – if a requested document is not available in Slovakia, it is possible to provide the loan from another library in Europe.
- If you do not find the document or article you require in the Regional Library in Žilina collection, you may use the Interlibrary Loan Service. After filling out a request form and paying a fee, you will be provided with the document loan in accordance with the conditions of the respective library.
Literature Search
- completion of a list of specialized literature on a specific topic based on a user’s request,
- to request literature search, one must be a registered user with a valid library card,
- list refers to existing sources of information (books, articles in magazines, almanac, etc.),
- is completed withing 7 days or 24 hours based on a filled-out request form and paid fee.
E-books and e-readers
- on and off-site loans of e-readers are newer services. The user may download their own legally acquired content to the e-readers.
The Regional Library loans e-books via the Palmknihy.cz platform. E-books can be found in the online catalogue Carmen. Registration on the Palmknihy website/application is required with the same email the user provided to the library. Process for acquiring books.
Another application KUBO CLUB provides access to more than 1000 children’s books anywhere at any time.
The library offers e-readers to registered users. E-readers are loaned on-site in the Scientific Literature Department. E-readers contain a selection of free available e-books in English, Slovak, and other languages. List of books on PocketBook readers. Some of them are available this way thanks to the digitalization project of the Public Library in Prague.
The Regional Library in Žilina thanks the PocketBook company for support.
New e-readers which can be loaned off-site were added to the library collection. These e-readers are available for a month based on a signed agreement and a financial deposit. It is possible to download one’s own content to the readers, but it must be acquired legally.