FAQ: Frequently asked questions
Location
- Where do I find which shelf mark and which location?
- Where is a book labelled "for loan" in the catalogue if it is not on the shelf?
- Where can I make copies at the library?
- Where do I find journals?
- Where do I find newspapers?
- Where do I find the textbook collection?
- Where do I find standards?
Where do I find which shelf mark and which location?
At Dortmund University Library, most books are on open access. At the Central Library, books are arranged by subject (e.g. mathematics, economics, ...). Every subject has a shelf mark.
The books in each subject are shelved by order of accession. If you are looking for a specific book, you should therefore not look at the shelves, but you need to know its shelf mark, which you can find out in our catalogue.
In the Departmental Libraries, however, books are shelved in a classified arrangement. The classification schemes can be found on the websites of the respective Departmental Library.
After searching something in our catalogue, you will get a short hit list with different items or a full display of a single item. By clicking on the respective item you can find out shelf marks and locations. Look at "Holdings" to see loan status and branch where the item is located, too.
Our location guide links you to a map of the Central Library and of the Emil-Figge-Bibliothek. If the book is at another Departmental Library, the location guide will link you to the website of the respective Departmental Library.
23.09.2010
Where is a book labelled "for loan" in the catalogue if it is not on the shelf?
What may have happened to the book:
- It has been misplaced.
- Someone is studying with or copying something from the book at this precise moment.
- The book is missing, but library staff have not noticed/have not been notified.
What you can do:
- Please check back at the shelf on another day. Check in our catalogue whether there are more copies of the book.
- contact our staff at the reference desk - there is a form for missing books so that we can search for the lost book and contact you if it is found or if a new copy is bought.
23.09.2010
Where can I make copies at the library?
On the web page print and copy station, you will find information about copying in the Central Library and the Departmental Libraries.
Further information:
06.04.2010
Where do I find journals?
Our print journals can be found in the Central Library and in the Departmental Libraries. Journals may not be borrowed.
Our electronic journals can be found in our catalogue or in the electronic journals library (EZB).
Central Library
Individual issues of the current volume can be found in the journals reading room on the ground floor of the Central Library. The journals are shelved alphabetically there. The current issues are on the hinged lid, the older ones behind it.
Some of the current issues are only available at the reference desk on the second floor if you leave your library card as a security.
Older volumes can be found under their shelf mark on basement level 1 or 2. The shelf mark can be found out in our catalogue.
Departmental Libraries
In most Departmental Libraries, the issues of the current volume are shelved alphabetically. The older volumes are also shelved alphabetically and do not have a specific shelf mark.
- Journal shelf marks
- Access to licensed electronic resources
- Our journal subscriptions: The lists are being revised at the moment.
- Journals information service ZID: Subscribe to our journals information service (ZID) to have table of contents of selected journals emailed to you free of charge.
- How can I find journals?
05.08.2009
Where do I find newspapers?
Current issues of newspapers can be found in the journals reading room in the Central Library and in the Emil-Figge-Bibliothek (EFB). There is an alphabetical list of all our newspaper subscriptions, where you can also find links to online editions.
We do not archive newspapers. If you need an old issue of a newspaper, please contact the Institut für Zeitungsforschung which is housed at Dortmund public library.
09.06.2008
Where do I find the textbook collection?
The textbook collection is located on the ground floor of the Central Library.
13.07.2010
Where do I find standards?
The Information Centre for Technology and Patents (ITP) is located on basement level 2 at the Central Library. Here, you can research and consult standards, patents and related documents. The ITP also offers advice on standards and patents.
14.07.2010
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