The Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, named after Dr Lee Kong Chian, in honour of the Lee Foundation’s S$60 million donation, aims to be the premier resource for works on or about Singapore and the region for local and overseas researchers and academics.

Lee Kong Chian Reference Library Collection Directory

• Level 7: Business and Science & Technology Collection.
  Latest issues of Companies and Institutions Annual Reports, and Singapore Standards can also be found here.

• Level 8: Arts and Social Sciences & Humanities Collection.
  The collection of items requested from the Repository Used and PublicationSG book collections are to be made at the Information Counter at this level.

• Level 9: Chinese, Malay & Tamil collection on all subject areas.

• Level 11: Singapore and Southeast Asia in English
  (except for the Arts and Literature collection which is located at Level 8)

Services

The Library provides several reference services, including an reference enquiry email service, microfilm, photocopying, and more. For a full list, you may refer to our available services here. These are some of our services in detail:

• Reference Point email enquiry: Email us at ref@nlb.gov.sg if you have a reference question you need assistance with. Our librarians will assist you to find some resources for your research.

• Photocopying and Scanning Services: As the Library’s collection items are available for reference only (not available for loan), photocopying and scanning services are provided on every floor.¹

• Microfilm services: The Library holds microfilm surrogate copies of our local newspapers, rare books, and other publications. These can be referred to on-site at the Library at Level 11. Microfilm printing services are also available.¹

• Digital Reproduction Services: High-resolution digital copies from the National Library’s collections can be provided to users such as researchers and publishers.² This is applicable to users based overseas as well.