Library
The ANSTO Library is Australia's most comprehensive scientific centre for nuclear information. It is a much-valued national resource that supports the scientific, research, commercial and educational activities of ANSTO. The Library principally serves the staff of the two scientific organisations on site: ANSTO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) and approved visiting researchers.
The Library collection contains 50,000 monograph titles, over 6,000 electronic journals, more than 1,700 print journal titles and over 200 databases. It encompasses an extensive classic collection of technical reports dating from the 1950s, as well as a vast range of patents, standards, theses and nuclear literature, available in electronic, hardcopy or microfiche formats.
In addition to physics, chemistry and engineering, the subject areas covered by the collection include: environmental sciences, radiopharmacology, materials sciences, management, counter terrorism, climate change, minerals, nuclear medicine, food sciences and safeguards
ANSTO Publications Online is a digital repository for publications authored by ANSTO staff since 2007. More...
International Nuclear Information System
The ANSTO Library also hosts the Australian International Nuclear Information System (INIS) Centre where Australian nuclear science and technology literature is indexed, scanned and recorded into the global INIS Database. INIS is the world's leading information system on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It is produced and maintained by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ANSTO's submissions to the INIS database are also available as the Australian Science and Technology Information (ANSTI) database available from INFORMIT.
Institutional repository
The Library coordinates input of ANSTO authored publications to ANSTO Publications Online, ANSTO's institutional repository that showcases ANSTO research.
Library access
Physical access to the library is restricted to site staff only, however material located on our Library Catalogue is available for Inter Library Loan only through Libraries Australia. Contact your library to request an Inter Library Loan.
Contact ANSTO Library
Library Information Desk
Ph: + 61 2 9717 7755
Email: nlhr@ansto.gov.au