Many of the available books and articles were never published in Russia before and were translated into Russian for the first time by the Institute's specialists.

Acquisition for the Library stocks is carried out taking into account the needs of the educational process, scientific, practical and clinical work of students and teachers at the Institute. Replenishment of the Library is based on the recommendations from the teachers of the Institute departments and its leading specialists in the field of psychotherapy and psychoanalysis. This ensures that the purchased literature meets modern professional standards.

The unique collection of foreign psychoanalytic literature includes works by Z.Freud, O.Fenichel, K.Menninger, C.Brenner, A.Freud, M.Klein, M.Mahler, O.Fraiberg, E.Furman, J.Bowlby, J.Sandler, O.Kernberg, J.Chasseguet-Smirgel, as well as thematic monographs by the E. R.Kriss research group, of the International Psychoanalytic Association, and many other works.
The library possesses a unique electronic archive of articles published in the professional journals of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APA) and the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA).

The catalogues (alphabetical and systematic) and the card indexes of foreign literature and translations make it easier to work with the library's collection. Since 2010, the IPPP library has maintained an Electronic catalog that includes descriptions of all the publications in the stock.

For the convenience of readers, the library is equipped with computers with Internet access, as well as a copier and printer.
The Library is open to everyone to sign up, loan its materials and use the reading room.
In accordance with the Federal law on Librarianship (№78-ФЗ), readers have the right to receive free of charge:

You can learn about the opening hours, check the availability of materials and extend the term of their use by sending us an email: lib@psychol.ru.

A cooperation agreement was signed between the Institute and the Institute of Psychology of Russian Academy of Sciences, according to which students and trainees of the IPPP gain access to the collections of the scientific library of the Institute of Psychology of RAS.