Collections

The Library collections are developed according to the academic profile. The selection of publications is consistent with the criteria for accreditation of each professional field. Today it possesses 197 000 books and periodicals in the field of agronomy, viticulture and horticulture, plant protection, agricultural economics and agricultural tourism worldwide.

The types of materials include: 

Books - general collection including books, monographs, conference papers, guides, handbooks, student's books and workbooks. The collection is characterized with linguistic diversity, with documents written in Bulgarian, English, French, German, Russian, etc.

Periodicals – it consists of Bulgarian and foreign newspapers, magazines and yearbooks.

Reference Books - this collection includes general and special encyclopedias, thesaurus, terminological reference books, bilingual and multilingual dictionaries, manuals, almanacs in various fields of knowledge and other publications with reference character.

Bachelor and Master Theses, Dissertations – the Library stores and grants access to the graduation papers and dissertations of AU students.

University Publications – it includes all documents published by the Publishing House of the AU.

The special collections are as follows: Personal Collections - this collection includes selection of works of famous AU researchers.  Rare and Valuable Books – it includes documents in specific languages, designed in a unique layout; books in limited total print or bibliophile books in the field of agricultural science. Electronic Resources - The Library provides the following ER: university access to electronic resources through annual pad subscription to Databases - the access is possible only in the library or in the AU campus, because it recognizes the AU IP address; online journals – subscription and open access; digital library