The Library/Marine Information Centre

Amongst the world's foremost Marine library collections

Find the answers to your technical questions and literature needs - professional library staff are here to assist you. Contact the library on: mic [at] imarest [dot] org or +44 (0)20 7382 2648

The Marine Information Centre (MIC) is on the third floor of the IMarEST HQ building. It offers both traditional library facilities and a range of virtual and specialized electronic services to both members of IMarEST and the wider public. Most of our core services are free, or at reduced cost, to our members. For example our Library Catalogue which can be found at www.imarest.org/olib is the key to our holdings and our unique database of marine consultants and companies The International Directory of Marine Consultancy (IDMC) can be found at www.imarest.org/idmc . The library is open to all during office hours. There is no need to make an appointment to visit, but non members will be required to sign the visitors book in our Reception. Only IMarEST members are entitled to borrow books.

Reference library

Holdings include nearly 10,000 books and about 2,000 conference volumes. About 100 journal titles are taken on subscription and some of these are bound. The library holds a variety of reference works such as Lloyd's Register of Ships, Lloyd's Maritime Directory, Fairplay's World Shipping Directory, Lloyd's Marine Equipment Buyers Guide, Jane's Fighting Ships, Classification Society rules, CD-ROM databases, etc.

The library now has direct access to the Internet and its own database services available on a dedicated PC on public access in the library. Members are welcome to make use of this service for access to the Internet, consultation of our online resources or even web-based email.

Search the IMarEST library catalogue online (The database includes books and all IMarEST Publications)

Enquiries

Enquiries are welcome from member and non-members in person, or by telephone, fax, post or by email. Literature searches are usually carried out using MIC's main bibliographic database, which contains abstracts from all key publications held in the library.

Non-members are charged for literature searches. Charges are also made for photocopies of papers, which can be posted to any destination.

Databases

The MIC/Library continually updates several live databases which cover various categories of marine information (subscription details for any charged databases should be obtained from our IMarEST Publications Sales Department, please contact lorraine.jordan

Marine Technology Abstracts
This is our most substantial product and is the result of collaboration between the libraries of The Institute of Marine Engineers, Science and Technology and British Maritime Technology. Over 80,000 abstracts dating back as far as 1940 and sourced from all major marine engineering publications held in our collections are presented. The database is available in a web-based format via BMT Ltd.

The International Directory of Marine Consultancy
This is updated annually and contains detailed information on the background and technical expertise of those consultants listed, as well as contact names and addresses.

Maritime Conferences and Events Calendar
Free for all visitors to consult as an indispensable online current awareness tool, gain full event contact and other principle details. Can also be supplied as a printed publication (Annual subscription -email: lorraine.jordan or individual copies can be purchased from MIC\Library)

IMarEST Maritime Links Directory
A substantial and ever growing directory of marine relevant websites worldwide. This database is carefully monitored for accuracy and relevance.