Information for first-year students

The University Library has been located in the Alte Aktienspinnerei, directly at the station "Omnibusbahnhof".

• Opening hours
• Contact
• The University Library in the campus map (A01)

Your TUC-Card is also your user card. In order to use all services on site, you have to activate your account first.

• Activate your user account
• Borrow media
• My user account

Follow us on our social media channels to stay up to date.

• Instagram
• Twitter
• ubLOG

• Library self-study course
• Library Fake Facts
• University Library Game

Our physical stocks include printed books, printed daily newspapers, trade journals, maps and sheet music, as well as CDs and DVDs.

• Online-Catalog
• Interactive location map

Our licensed e-media are available within the campus network. You only need a valid login from the University Computer Center.

• E-books
• E-journals
• Databases
• Usage via VPN

We support you with subject-specific research and provide assistance for your first term paper:

• Subject portal
• MIKA
• Tutorials

• Individual workplaces
• Working and learning silently: carrels
• Catalog & Computer workplaces

Our FAQ give a correct answer to everything

• University Library in general
• Registration
• Searching
• Borrowing
• Interlibrary Loan
• Offers/Services