Terms and conditions

The PUEB Main Library collects collections from all disciplines of knowledge practised at the University of Economics, with particular emphasis on publications in economics, management, commodity studies and related sciences.

 

The Library provides access to its printed collections:

• on site – in the Reading Room,
• through external loans – in the Lending Library.

Reading Room:

• provides access to: books, journals, newspapers and weeklies, government journals, doctoral theses, scientific journals, dictionaries and encyclopaedias, specialist collections, statistical publications,
• you can use the following on-site:
  – librarian assistance in researching information,
  –  printed collections,
  – desktop computers,
  – databases,
  – online catalogue,
  – self-service scanner,
  – rooms for teamwork,
  – board games,
  – relaxation areas.

 

• The Reading Room makes its collections available on-site in various categories, which are appropriately lettered and colour-coded,
• the printed collections are available in the Reading Room:
  – free access to shelves (locate the book yourself),
  – You can order them via the Library’s online catalogue after logging into your Reader Account. Once you have received confirmation that your order is ready for collection, please speak to a librarian at the Reading Room Service Desk.
• the books in free access are arranged on the shelves according to their reference numbers (i.e. the numbers assigned to the books; you’ll find these on the back cover, handwritten on a barcode sticker),
• current journals are arranged in alphabetical order by title.

 

Who can use the Reading Room?

•  if you are over the age of 15, you can use the Reading Room even if you do not have an active Library Account,
• if you wish to access the collections held in the Reading Room’s stacks, you must register with our Library and have a Reader’s Account.

 

Lending Library provides textbooks and set books (recommended and compulsory).

In the Lending Library, you can:

• sign up for our Library,
• borrow books to take home,
• request a copy (also from other domestic and foreign libraries) of publications unavailable in the PUEB Main Library and other libraries in Poznań (service available to PUEB students, PUEB PhD students and PUEB employees),
• return borrowed books,
• settle a clearance slip,
• use the computer room,
• use the room with specialist equipment for people with special needs,
• use the Parent and Child Room.

Who can borrow books from the Lending Library?

• PUEB employees, PhD students and all other PUEB students
• retired PUEB employees,
• PUEB alumni registered with the PUEB Alumni Club,
• employees and students from the following associations of The Poznań Science Library Foundation (Poznań University of Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań University of Economics and Business, University of Medicine, University of Life Sciences, Academy of Music, Academy of Physical Education, Magdalena Abakanowicz University of Art),
• employees of Raczyński Library and Poznań Society of Friends of Science.

Other users may only access the Main Library’s collections on-site in the Reading Room.

Multi-search engine and online catalogue:

• include information about our collections and how to access them,
• when searching for the literature you need, pay attention to the signature of the selected item, the collection it is included in, its location and availability,

• the Multi-search engine will allow you to browse not only the online catalogue, but also most of the online databases subscribed to by the Library.

General rules in the Library:

• please leave your outerwear, jacket, backpack, handbag, food and drinks in the self-service lockers located in the Lending Library and Reading Room (water is allowed),
• private belongings, as well as books and magazines, you will conveniently move with the help of baskets available in the Reading Room and Lending Room,
• silence your phone and do not make phone calls, if possible,
• never leave your belongings unattended.