National Speleological Society Library

The Library is the largest and most diverse collection of literature about caves, karst and caving. The collection is very broad and contains documents produced by the NSS and its internal organizations. It also includes books, periodicals, and literature published by independent publishing companies, individual authors, and other speleological organizations both in the US and other countries.

The diverse reference collection can be broken down as follows:

NSS Published:

        NSS Books

        NSS News (monthly publication)

        The Journal of Cave and Karst Studies (scientific journal 
       published three times a year) and its predecessor, the Bulletin
       of the National Speleological Society.

        NSS Convention Materials

        Grotto Newsletters 

        NSS Section Publications (such as the Photography section,
       History Section, etc)

        Publications of other NSS organizations (such as Regions and
       Surveys)

Additional Sources:

            Books (over 4,000 American and foreign publications)

            Theses

            Author reprints

Vertical Files (clippings from journals, magazines, newspapers,
     and other sources that are filed by subject, state, or foreign
     country)

Subject files (organized by subject, such as Blind Cave
     Shrimp)

State Files (organized by each state in the US)

Foreign files (organized by each foreign country)

Foreign Periodicals

Bibliographies

Alabama publications

Cave fiction
Non-caving periodicals (includes items related to caves, such
    as geology, hydrology, and so on)