Library and Information Center
Publications
The institute publishes four periodicals, i. e. “Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica”, “Studia Marina Sinica”. “Marine Science” and “Chinese Journal of Oceanology ” (in English). Among them, “Oceanologia et Limnologia Sinica” is the most influential periodical of marine science in China.
Information network center
The information Network Center of IOCAS is one of local information service units of China Science and Technology Network (CSTNet) at Qingdao, with the bandwidth of 8M for the global internet and 100M for the local area network.
Library book stacks
If has over 200,000 volumes, 2,900 periodicals uith and encompassing both Chinese and foreign languages editions ublication and information exchanges have been established with 270 organizations in more than 44 countries. About 470 publications, including 260original periodicals are exchanged annually. International indexing and database searching services are also an integral part of the library service.