The bibliography is searchable according to author, title, source and location. The collection is a smaller yet similar version of the central library in Bremerhaven. In expanding the Potsdam collection, special emphasis is placed on acquiring literature on the periglacial and the permafrost regions of Siberia, as well as on atmospheric physics and chemistry. The AWI-Potsdam Library also houses a collection of works acquired for East German Antarctic researchers prior to 1989. The number of exchange partners is now around 25 - before 1989 it was more than 300.
All titles are freely accessible.
Doubles and archival documents on the history of GDR polar research are stored in archives in the cellar.