With its stock of around 240,000 volumes and around 500 currently purchased journals, the library of the Rome Department is the most competent specialist library for classical studies in German possession and one of the most important collections of its kind worldwide. For some years now, the printed collection has been increasingly supplemented by digital monographs and journals which are available to all readers free of charge. The acquisition policy is centred on the archaeology of the Mediterranean world between the Aegean Bronze Age and the end of the 7^th  century AD, including the epigraphy, the numismatics, and art history. It furthermore covers documents on classical philology, the history of classical antiquity, provincial Roman archaeology, pre- and early history, Egyptology, and Near Eastern archaeology.

OPAC: iDAI.bibliography / Zenon

iDAI.bibliographie/ZENON is the catalogue of printed and digital holdings at all DAI libraries.
The search functions can be restricted to the location of Rome only. The catalogue lists all monographs published after 1995, about 90% of all earlier monographs, and all periodicals. It further covers hundreds of thousands of titles of articles in journals and anthologies published as from 1956.

Electronic Journals Library (EZB Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek) is a cooperative catalogue of scholarly e-journals in which also the DAI participates. We recommend it for searching for electronically available journals.

Info E-Ressourcen of the DAI provides further information on the use of e-journals, e-books, and databases available at the DAI.

URBiS Library Network is an international meta-catalogue of research institutes based in Rome, in which also the holdings of the DAI department in Rome are listed.

Propylaeum Specialized Information Service Classics is a comprehensive information service on printed and digital offers in the field of classical studies.