State Center for Documentation and Information of Social Services (CEDISS)

Its funds consist of about 42000 monographs, 925 journal titles, social legislation, documents of grey literature and numerous reference works. The fund specializes in social services, childhood, immigration, women, gender violence, education, integration, minorities, senior citizens, etc.

Since October 2005, it has been part of the collection of the library of the disappeared Centro de Estudios del Menor.

It is at the service of all members of the Department, providing them with access to information and documentation on matters of social protection and migration, as well as other matters of a transversal nature that are related to the areas of competence of the Department (equality, social services, integration policies, etc.).

It is also available to specialists, researchers, other administrations, NGOs and interested persons who wish to make use of its facilities and sources of information.

Bibliographic and legislative information is provided by consulting their own databases, reference works, legislative repertoires, CD-ROMs, bibliographies, summary bulletins, specialized catalogues... Requests for information can be made personally, by mail, email or telephone.

Department staff can borrow books and other documents for one month. For conservation reasons, it is not possible to lend the fascicles of the magazines, being able to obtain a photocopy of their articles, according to the current regulations (Intellectual Property Law).

There is no loan service for users outside the Department, instead they can consult all the bibliographic funds in the reading room.

The CEDISS performs a newsletter which includes a thematic dossier made with a bibliographic selection of newly published documents of any kind, integrated in the CEDISS catalogue on a topical subject, and bibliographic novelties which are incorporated into the catalogue.

Until 2020, a selection of the normative State, autonomous and community in the field of social action and social services that can be consulted in the LEX database and in legislative bulletins which were produced.

- Selection of online magazines They contain information, studies and analyses on social issues and related topics. All of them are full-text and freely accessible.

- Selection of online resources on the thematic areas of the CEDISS Library.