This research library has more than 13,000 books, audio tapes, and periodicals such as The Communist and the World Marxist Review. Also housed here is a collection of thousands of pamphlets. 6501 Telegraph, Oakl. This consumer library houses health and medical information on treatments from the conventional to the alternative. The new and expanded facility also has access to the Internet.
Members can check out and return books through the mail and get discounts on lectures and seminars.
Readings are held the first and third Sunday of each month. The resources include books on genealogy and local history, ancient Hebrew manuscripts and scrolls, and pre-1900 paintings. The Sutro Mexican Collection of Mexican history and literature from the conquest to 1900 is also housed here. If you're looking for resources about the environment, this is the best place to start. This library specializes in international relations, with an emphasis on the political and economic relations between countries.