Today’s opening hours: Universitätsbibliothek from 8:00 to 21:00 o’clock · Teilbibliothek Mil from 9:00 to 16:00 o’clock · Teilbibliothek Jura: now closed
Universitätsbibliothek from 8:00 to 21:00 o’clock
Today’s opening hours: Universitätsbibliothek from 8:00 to 21:00 o’clock · Teilbibliothek Mil from 9:00 to 16:00 o’clock · Teilbibliothek Jura: now closed
Welcome to the HSU library.
Registration
There are three library locations in building H1 (campus plan):
The university library is the largest of the three locations and provides books in the fields of humanities (GeiSo), economics (WiSo), mechanical engineering and electrical engineering (MB/ET).
The law branch library offers legal literature (JUR).
The military branch library has literature available on military affairs (MIL), general reference books (ALL) and other small shelfmark groups such as GER, LIT, SPO, and various languages.
Your chip card is also your library card but your account does not exist automatically.
Please come to the library to set up your library account or send an email to [email protected].
We need the following data to set up your library account
Um sich bei den folgenden Services anzumelden, verwenden Sie Ihre Rechenzentrumskennung (RZ-Kennung).
Library login (library account):
A list of your borrowed items including the loan periods can be displayed in your library account. You can also renew your loans and make reservations.
PC workstations in the library:
You can log in with your RZ-Kennung (Computing Centre ID) at the workstations in the library.
The Bundeswehr intranet can also be used via the workstations. For this purpose, also log in with your Computing Centre ID.
HSU login (Shibboleth):
To access our licenced products (e-media, Citavi, Anny), use your RZ-Kennung (Computing Centre ID).
University Library
| Monday – Friday | 8:00 – 21:00 |
| Saturday – Sunday | 10:00 – 18:00 |
Service hours
| Monday – Friday | 8:00 – 17:00 |
| Saturday – Sunday | Closed |
Teilbibliothek Mil
| Monday – Thursday | 9:00 – 16:00 |
| Friday | 9:00 – 14:00 |
| Saturday – Sunday | Closed |
Teilbibliothek Jura
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday – Thursday | 9:00 – 16:00 |
| Friday – Sunday | Closed |
| 11. February | 12:00 – 16:00 |
| 10. March | 10:30 – 16:00 |
| 27. January – 29. January, 9. April – 16. April, 26. May – 3. June | Closed |
The library is closed on public holidays.
During lecture-free periods, the library has reduced opening hours. Please refer to the information on our startpage (news).
Borrowing
You can borrow print media (books and bound journals) with your chip card using the self-booking system. You will be responsible for the media from that time until you return them.
Loan periods
*You may keep borrowed books after the 6 months for another 26 weeks, unless they are reserved. If a reservation has been made, you will receive an email notification asking you to return the book.
Return of items
You can return borrowed media via the self-booking system during the library opening hours. Outside the opening hours, you can put them in the book return boxes in building H1 (ground floor and 2nd floor, each at Roter Platz).
You do not need a library card for the return.
Use HSUfind to search the stocks of the HSU libraries (books, journals, e-media). To find printed items, you will need the following information:
Shelfmark
HSUfind shows a shelfmark for printed works, for example “JUR 285:YD0012”. Next to the shelfmark, you will find a note on whether the book is available or unavailable.
Click on the shelfmark to find information in which of the three libraries the book is to be found.
The shelfmark provides information on the exact location of the book in the shelf and also on the contents. For example in the JUR 285:YD0012 shelfmark,
JUR 285 designates the subject area “university legislation/law of research”. Books of the same subject area are sorted alphanumerically on the shelf by using letter and number codes such as YD0012.
Specific locations
| Location | Description |
| Textbook collection | The textbook collection comprises media recommended in lectures or seminars, which are available in large numbers. It is located in the WiSo I area (Economic and Social Sciences). |
| Specific reference items/documents | Specific reference items/documents are available in the respective professor’s office only and are therefore not accessible to you. |
| Special stack | Please contact the information desk. |
| Trimester-specific reference items/documents | Recommended literature for seminars and lectures is located in the entrance area of the university library on the 2nd floor and can only be viewed on site. Borrowing is not possible. |
Special parts of shelfmarks
| Special component | Description |
| “S” after colon | Books with a shelfmark that has an “S” after a colon in the textbook collection and are available in large numbers. |
| “Z” after colon | The “Z” after a colon indicates that it is a journals. They have a separate location. |
| Person-related codes, e.g. SMI | Person-related codes are assigned if the content focusses on a specific person, e.g. Helmut Schmidt |
| Country codes, e.g. 2AA | Country codes are used if the content focusses on a specific country, e.g. Germany |
E-Media
In addition to printed literature, you can also find e-media such as e-books or e-journals in HSUfind. They are marked “online”.
In the electronic journal library (EZB) you will find an overview of our range of licenced e-journals, which you can also search in HSUfind.
Within the campus network, you can access the library’s licenced stock without restrictions.
Off campus:
Access from outside requires a VPN connection. Information on setting up a VPN connection to the university network can be found on the intranet pages of the Computing Centre (Rechenzentrum).
If access via VPN is not possible, many publishers now offer access via Shibboleth. On the pages of the publishers, registration via Shibboleth is often possible under “Log in via Shibboleth” or “Institutional Login”. For registration use your Computing Centre ID (RZ-Kennung) and your password.
Additional login data are only required in exceptional cases. Before creating personal login data, please contact our service personnel.
The database information system (DBIS) gives you access to our range of licenced and freely available databases for your subject area.
We have licenced both full-text databases and reference databases/technical bibliographies.
Access:
How to obtain literature
Third parties can pick up the books and interlibrary loans you have ordered from the library. These persons require informal written authorisation.
Specific reference items/documents include literature that you can obtain on permanent loan (limit: 200 books).
Another library account will be set up for specific reference items/documents, with which you can also use the order portal (see below) for professors.
Please contact the library information desk for setting up the additional account.
The order portal for professors enables you to initiate book suggestions for your specific reference items/documents as well as for the library.
It is also possible to view your budget and orders placed.
For questions, please contact Dr. Nober.
You can order literature that is not available in the HSU library from other libraries free of charge via interlibrary loan (see detailed information).
Urgently needed literature from academic libraries can be ordered more quickly and conveniently via subito than via interlibrary loan (further information on subito).
Please note that the HSU library has to pay for this service, which should therefore only be used as a supplement to interlibrary loan. After implementing the new delivery via email interlibrary loan is now almost as fast as subito.
Services for your courses
The trimester-specific reference items/documents portal allows you to make literature available to the students of your course both online and on site in the library.
The library offers courses for literature search. For this purpose, we offer to visit your course (more information).
The order portal for professors enables you to initiate book suggestions for the library and the textbook collection.
Services for your research
You can publish your scientific documents online via the openHSU research information system. Further information on electronic publishing.
You can use our openHSU research information system to map and publish your research output (FAQ openHSU).
Find information on financial support options offered by the HSU library at “Funding your Open Access publication”.
Literature management programmes allow you to collect, sort, and use your literature information to create bibliographies.
The library has licenced the Citavi literature management programme for all HSU members. Information on possible uses can be found at „Managing literature with Citavi“.
The library also provides information and support regarding the Zotero open source literature management programme.
Are you leaving HSU?
When you leave HSU, please contact us in advance so that we can organise the return of your borrowed books and your specific reference items.
We are happy to provide you with an advance overview of the books you have borrowed.
Do not hesitate to contact us by email ([email protected]) or by telephone (040/6541-2177).
Please note that we will not be able to sign your outprocessing checklist (Laufzettel) until all borrowed books have been returned.
Contact us
For questions use our contact form.
You can contact us personally Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., via chat or by telephone (040/6541-3701).
Do you have any questions about literature search, literature management, quoting or electronic publishing?
You are welcome to schedule a meeting with a librarian or book a training course (advice and courses).