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2. BIBLIoteCAS / LIBRARIeS
enciclopedias, diccionarios, catálogos y directorios; la sala Cervantes, con manuscritos
antiguos y modernos, incunables, obras de teatro y obras cervantinas; la sala Goya, con
dibujos, grabados, ephemera, carteles, fotografías, mapas antiguos y modernos, etc.; la sala
Barbieri, documentos y grabaciones de música y musicología, audiovisuales y multimedia;
la sala de prensa y revistas, con revistas, periódicos, boletines oficiales y recursos online
sobre publicaciones periódicas; la sala de información bibliográfica, para la consulta
bibliográfica general y especializada, catálogos, etc.
Hemeroteca: los fondos de publicaciones periódicas incluyen varías categorías como revistas,
periódicos, anuarios, boletines, guías e informes; entre otros, las principales revistas
científicas europeas de los siglos XVii a XiX, numerosas publicaciones latino-americanas,
así como las revistas españolas más importantes
Colecciones especiales: fondos sonoros y gráficos. Cabe destacar el llamado archivo de
la Guerra Civil, que reúne miles de fotografías sobre ambos frentes. El fondo del antiguo
protectorado español en marruecos, con fotografías de los primeros sesenta años del siglo
XX. Existe también una colección de carteles de la república y la Guerra Civil, organizados
en cinco grandes bloques temáticos: retratos y representaciones alegóricas, campañas
electorales, carteles de guerra, la retaguardia y carteles nacionales.
Acceso: libre
Ayudas al investigador: solicitud de carnet a distancia, petición anticipada de fondos y
consultas. Catálogo online
Collections: the collection comprises a wide and varied range of documents, formats, origins
and topics, from the middle Ages to the present day. the library has two main branches, one
in madrid (recoletos building), and one in Alcala de Henares. the latter contains monographs,
poster collections, and many of the books printed in Spain after 1986. in order to facilitate
access to the different types of holdings, the recoletos buiding is divided into halls: the General
information room, for the issue of library cards and practical information; the General room,
with monographic works from the 16 th century onwards, encyclopaedias, dictionaries,
catalogues and directories; the Cervantes Hall, with ancient and modern manuscripts,
incunabula, plays and works by Cervantes; the Goya Hall, with drawings, engravings, ephemera,
posters, photographs, early and modern maps, etc.; the Barbieri Hall, with music and musicology,
audio-visual and multimedia documents and audio recordings; the newspaper and magazine
room, with magazines, newspapers, official gazettes and online resources about periodical
publications; the Bibliographic information room, for the consultation of general and
specialist bibliographies, catalogues, etc.
Newspaper library: the collections of periodicals include various categories such as magazines,
newspapers, yearbooks, bulletins, guides and reports; among others, the leading European
scientific journals from the 17 th –19 th centuries, numerous latin American publications, and
the most important Spanish magazines
Special collections: audio and graphic collections. it is important to mention the so-called
Civil War Archive, which gathers thousands of photographs concerning both sides; the collection
of the former Spanish Protectorate in morocco, with photographs from the first six decades
of the 20 th century. there is also a collection of posters from the republic and the Civil War,
arranged in five thematic groups: portraits and allegorical representations, electoral campaigns,
war posters, the rearguard, and national posters.
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