TThe Institute specializes in historical journals and has most well-known historical journals of the world. The foreign journals include journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Pacific Affairs, Journal of Asian & African Studies, Journal Asiatique, SHIGAKU – ZASSHI and THE TOYO GAKUHO etc. Some of the Indian journals include Indian Quarterly, Indian Horizons, Journal of Sikh Studies, The Sikh Review, Jayasree, Praci Jyoti, Span, Vishveshvaranand Indological Journal, Journal of Oriental Research, Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute and Journal of the Institutional Dayanand Vedapeetha etc. The library has a good number of rare collections like Prabashi mordn Review etc.