The University Library comprises more than one million titles and subscribes to 5,400 journals and periodicals. It is accessible through an on-line catalogue, also allowing remote access by internet. The system allows unlimited possibilities for further searches, for example in on-line contents, an index of journal articles that includes 14,000 periodicals, and the Dutch Central Catalogue, a database with the holdings of hundreds of Dutch libraries. In addition, inter-library loans can be requested through the University Library, directly through the PC (with a special code and account number) or by fax or email.

The Library is an Official Depository of publications from the Dutch Statistical Office (CBS) and is recognised by the European Union as a European Documentation Centre.

Statistical information is compiled and maintained in different forms (publications, on-line, CD-ROM). Data sources include Data-stream, Central Banks, National Statistical information sources and international organisations such as the United Nations, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Eurostat, OECD and ILO.

The Library has numerous reading rooms, as well as rooms where recent and back issues of international and Dutch periodicals are kept. These rooms are accessible to students who want to study for exams or prepare for lectures.

MEL subcribes to a number of specialized periodicals and databases such as Lloyds List, Fairplay, Journal of Commerce, Containerization International etc., while a section of the main university library is dedicated to MEL-specific titles.

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