Documentary Ressources Centres

The University Paris 1 is responsible for one of the largest documentary resource centres in France.

The jewel in the crown is the beautiful Sorbonne Library which has a collection of almost three million books, 100,000 of which are more than 200 years old, and 17,500 periodicals covering all the humanities. The library and map collection of the Geography Institute are the oldest such collection in France.

In addition, the 400,000 volumes in the specialist libraries offer users one of the largest collections in France and in Europe.

The Cujas Library, with its computerised documentation service , provides access to over 500 data banks and is the largest law and economics library in France. The new Economics Building houses another resource centre, and the library at the "Centre Pierre Mendès France - PMF" offers students free access to its large collection.