Welcome to the comprehensive library collections at NU, which include both the Main Library and the School of Medicine Library. Our libraries are committed to supporting research, teaching, and learning through a diverse range of print and digital resources. Our collections expand through the selection of resources by Liaison Librarians, requests from academics and researchers engaged in specific studies at NU, and donations, all by the library's collection development policy.
Library Collections
Both the Main Library and the School of Medicine Library provide access to library print collections.
Popular Reading
Users are invited to browse the shelves on the 3rd floor of the Main Library for fiction books. Other titles of current interest, popular science, and non-fiction can also be found within the open shelves collections.
Short Loan Collection
Materials in this collection can be used in the library for 2 hours. Please ask at the library circulation desk for more details.
Main Library Collection
The library holds over 240,000 print volumes. The collection supports all areas of research and teaching at NU. The library actively expands its collection each year by selecting new books through Subject Librarians and suggestions from NU faculty, researchers, and students. Print books can be found on open shelves on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the library. The Library of Congress Classification System is used to arrange the books by subject. To locate a print book, use the Library Primo. Verify that the item is available, and make a note of the location and call number. Books in this collection include publications in English, Kazakh, Russian, French, Japanese, and other languages.
Popular Reading
Users are invited to browse the shelves on the 3rd floor of the Main Library for fiction books. Other titles of current interest, popular science, and non-fiction can also be found within the open shelves collections.
Short Loan Collection
Materials in this collection can be used in the library for 2 hours. Please ask at the library circulation desk for more details.
The medical sciences collection was established to support the research, instructional, clinical, and patient care interests of the faculty, students, and staff of the University School of Medicine. It includes educational literature, research, and scholarly publications in the basic and clinical biomedical sciences, with publications in both English and Russian. All books are located and searchable through the online library catalog. The collection grows through the selection of resources by Subject Librarians, requests from academics and researchers involved in medicine studies at NU, and donations.
To explore the Medicine collection, please visit the Library in the NU SoM building.
To make an appointment for any collection-related inquiries, please use the contact details of a Subject Librarian.
To explore the Medicine collection, please visit the Library in the NU SoM building.
To make an appointment for any collection-related inquiries, please use the contact details of a Subject Librarian.
Books in this collection include dictionaries and encyclopedias and are only available to read in the library. Please ask at the library circulation desk for more details.
The Library provides access to online databases, eJournals, newspapers, and eBooks for current NU community members worldwide. NU authentication is required. Please see the A-Z list for details.
MA and PhD theses and capstone projects can be accessed via the NU Repository. NU Repository Libguide provides details about the policies and benefits of open access publishing.
The collection was established to collect electronic and multimedia holdings in Russian, English and Kazakh languages. The collection features:
The microfiche or microfilm can be found in the Astana Room (3rd floor).
- digitized edition of "Туркестанский сборник" - 594 volumes of primary sources about Turkestan from local and international newspapers (1868-1939);
- newspapers 1990s - 2000s (EastView, Brill, ProQuest).
The microfiche or microfilm can be found in the Astana Room (3rd floor).
This is a very young collection of maps, charts, and atlases from around the world with an emphasis on geological and topographical maps of Central Asia and in particular, Kazakhstan. The collection features large paper topographic, geological, and geographical maps, as well as historical and modern maps of the Central Asia region.
You can discover and locate the atlases, maps, and books about cartography, GIS and related subjects in Primo using the Advances Search option.
The large paper Maps from the Collection are located in a quiet study area on the 3rd floor with a large table for easy use of sheet maps. Large-format scanning is not available in the library.
You can discover and locate the atlases, maps, and books about cartography, GIS and related subjects in Primo using the Advances Search option.
The large paper Maps from the Collection are located in a quiet study area on the 3rd floor with a large table for easy use of sheet maps. Large-format scanning is not available in the library.
The Culture Room features dedicated collections of Japanese, Kazakh, and Korean literature, along with literature from ASEAN countries like Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. The collections include classical literature and fundamental works, language study textbooks, books for children and periodicals.
The collection is designed to support the curriculum and provide materials and resources for enjoyment. It currently includes more than 1,700 educational materials, documentaries, and classic, modern, foreign, and local films. We also offer several audiobooks, as well as CDs, DVDs, and microfilm, available in the Media Room (5e.216).
Collections of recently published books, ebooks and journals on emerging and strategic topics.
The major part of the journals are online versions of existing printed titles or published electronically. You can access online titles to which the Library subscribes by using Primo.
Print journals and newspapers can be read on the 3rd floor of the Library. For previous issues, speak with a staff member at the circulation desk.
Print journals and newspapers can be read on the 3rd floor of the Library. For previous issues, speak with a staff member at the circulation desk.
Microforms are photocopies of the following newspapers.
Eastview publisher newspapers
Microforms can be read on the 3rd floor of the Library with a special equipment (Astana Room). Please ask at the library circulation desk for more details.
Eastview publisher newspapers
- Izvestiia: January 1940- December 2013
- Kazakhstanskaya Pravda: January 1945 - December 2011
- Pravda: January 1912 - December 2010
- Sotsialistic Kazakhstan: January 1932 - December 1990
- Trud: January 1930 - December 2011
- "Asian Studies in Russia and the former USSR"
- "Periodicals and Serials in Imperial Russia (up to 1917)"
- Subcollection: Official and government publications
- Sel'skoe khoziaistvo i lesovodstvo
- Zhurnal Ministerstva narodnogo prosveshcheniia
- Subcollection: Military periodicals
- Trudy Imperatorskogo russkogo voenno-istoricheskogo obshchestva
- Subcollection: History; Archaeology; Ethnology; Auxiliary Historical Disciplines
- Etnograficheskoe obozrenie
- Istoricheskii vestnik
- Trudy Orenburgskoi uchenoi arkhivnoi komissii
Microforms can be read on the 3rd floor of the Library with a special equipment (Astana Room). Please ask at the library circulation desk for more details.