The library's main role is to serve as an information and resource center for the students of the Department of Archaeology and Near Eastern Cultures and the staff of the Institute of Archaeology.

The library houses over 16000 books, 7000 offprints and about 100 periodicals , which focus on the subjects taught in the department. The library has access to useful Databases via wire and WIFI Internet connection.
The journals are chiefly acquired through exchange agreements with academic libraries worldwide.

The acquisition of new books is enabled by the generous support of the Friends of the Institute of Archaeology.

The computer catalogue of publications can be searched via the Aleph system of Sourasky Central Library. Some of the earlier non-Hebrew material is still being computerized, it can be located via the card catalogue.

The Archaeology library is managed by Nirit Kedem, with the assistance of chief librarian Alexandra Shavit.

Opening hours:
Sunday–Thursday 9:00–16:00
Friday–Saturday closed
(changes during the holidays)

Address and contact :  
Gilman Building, Room 224, on the second floor
Tel: 03-6409023
Fax: 03-6407237
E-mail: libarc@tauex.tau.ac.il

 
Useful Databases

IHP - Index to Hebrew Periodicals is a bibliographic indexing project, covering articles of Hebrew periodicals. It is also an Eretz Israel database.

RAMBI - The Index of Articles on Jewish Studies is a selective bibliography of articles in the various fields of Jewish studies and in the study of Eretz Israel. Material listed in Rambi is compiled from thousands of periodicals and from collections of articles in Hebrew, Yiddish, and European languages, mainly from the holdings of the Jewish National and University Library.

JSTOR includes archives of over one thousand leading academic journals across the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, as well as select monographs and other materials valuable for academic work.

PROQUEST is a resource of electronic collections containing millions of documents originally published in magazines, newspapers and journals.     

ATLA covers Bible, archaeology and antiquities; human culture and society; world religions and religious studies, etc.