The Hanns Sachs Library at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society holds a valuable collection of historic and contemporary psychoanalytic literature and over 90 bound journals and current periodicals. The collection includes standard psychoanalytic references, biographies and histories, correspondences, Freud's writings, and works on child analysis. Works written by contemporary scholars and clinicians expanding the range of psychoanalytic thought and practice are continually added to the library's holdings. Psychoanalytic Electronic Publishing (PEP Web) Version 8 (1871-2006) release is now available in the library.  We have free Wireless Internet connection everywhere in the building, so bring your laptop to work in our quiet library rooms. In addition to PEP Web, you can take advantage of the library online access to the current issues of the following electronic journals:

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Bulletin of Menninger Clinic

Infant Mental Health Journal

International Journal of Group Psychotherapy

International Journal of Psychoanalytic Self Psychology

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Journal of Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy

Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association (JAPA)

Lacanian Ink

Psychoanalytic Inquiry

Psychoanalytic Dialogues

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Psychoanalytic Review, The

Psychoanalytic Social Work

Studies in Gender and Sexuality

The American Journal of Psychiatry

As a member of the Boston Regional Library System we now have access to the GALE Databases, including Academic OneFile, Health Reference Center Academic, LitFinder, Educator's Reference Complete, Gale Virtual Reference Library and a variety of other electronic resources delivering fulltext and updated daily. Online access to current academic and popular journals, literary works and their audio versions is available everywhere in Massachusetts. Ask librarian for assistance!

The BPSI Archives housed in the Nemetz Room holds the personal papers, books, photographs, audio and video tapes, and other materials pertaining to the history of the institute and to psychoanalysis in general. Among the Archive collections are the books and papers of Ives Hendrick, Isadore Coriat, Felix and Helene Deutsch, Grete and Edward Bibring, Walter Langer and the Suzanne T. van Amerongen collection of books on child analysis Access to the Archives may be requested by writing to
Dr. Sanford Gifford.

Although the Hanns Sachs Library is maintained for the use of BPSI members, unaffiliated scholars and students are invited to use the library. On-site use is free and available whenever the building is open. Borrowing privileges may be acquired for an annual subscription fee of $50.00.

The following services are available to anyone interested in using the library:

-bibliographic searches ($15/search)

-photocopying and mailing of articles ($6.00/article)

-scanning and e-mailing of articles ($3.00/article)

-production of audio or data CD's ($10.00/disc)

-instruction on electronic databases

-reference services and interlibrary loan

We wish to provide access to this special collection of psychoanalytic literature. Please call us if you are interested in using the library or becoming a library member.

(617) 266-0953
library@bostonpsychoanalytic.org