Sichuan Library is the main library in this province, with a rich and unique collection of 4.6 million books. The most distinctive parts are: handwritten scriptures in Sui and Tang Dynasties, important poems of famous literati in Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, precious Sichuan local chronicles, ancient medical classics in China, manuscripts of modern cultural celebrities, documents of the Republic of China and the Anti-Japanese War, etc. , with a total turnover of more than 700,000. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Sichuan Library has gradually established a large-scale comprehensive and research-oriented core literature system through submission, procurement, domestic and foreign exchanges, donation and allocation, and copying.

Resource positioning

1. 650,000 volumes of China ancient books are bound by thread. Among them, there are 5000 rare books and 60000 rare books, belonging to 995 domestic products. There are 2,000 kinds of 50,000 local chronicles.

2. Genealogy of China: * * About 520 species, nearly 5,000 volumes. 20 provinces and cities 122 surnames.

3. Old paperbacks: 130000 volumes have been catalogued.

4. Modern newspapers: * * There are 400 kinds.

5. Modern magazines:

Cataloging 8700 kinds of 87000 volumes, 1949 and 10 published about 8700 kinds of 87000 volumes before.

Among them, the most distinctive literary periodicals are Pen Array, photo periodicals such as Popular Pictorial, and social science periodicals such as Journal of Social Sciences (Chengdu).

6. Maps: * * There are about 320 kinds and 373 pieces.