Catalogues available in the historic building:
- Alphabetical catalogue (for pre-1944 collections)
- Alphabetical catalogue (for collections gathered from 1945 until 1997; also available in the digitised form)
- Systematic catalogue (for collections gathered until 1944)
- Subject catalogue (for collections gathered from 1945 until 1997, also available in the digitised form)
- Catalogue of periodicals issued by 31 December 1998 (also available in the digitised form)
- Maritime catalogue (for collections gathered from 1945 until 1997)
Specialist files are available in the Workrooms.