Law, Social Sciences and Economics Library

The Faculty Library RESOWI is an important service facility for academics and students of the Faculty of of the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences. It is a public, scientific library with open access, i.e. the required media are freely accessible and can be taken from the shelves by oneself.

Subject areas:

• Law

• Political Science

• Business Administration

• Sociology

• Economics

A large part of the holdings is accessible without barriers (except for the gallery).

Current new acquisitions can be found on the acquisitions shelf on the ground floor.

All media can only be used in the rooms of the RESOWI library.

Only academic staff members of the University of Graz are authorized to borrow items. Students of law have access to an extensive collection of textbooks.

Basically excluded from the lending are:

• Reference works (dictionaries, encyclopedias, encyclopedias ...)

• Loose-leaf collections

• Decision collections

• Law gazettes

• Periodical collections (loose issues as well as bound volumes)

• Historical media (year of publication before 1900)

A self-check-out machine is available to users for borrowing, returning and paying fees.

The extensive textbook collection REWI provides textbooks for students of law. It is located on the ground floor to the right of the information desk - if all volumes are borrowed, additional copies are available at the main library.

Textbooks for Social Sciences and Economics are located at the main library (mezzanine).

Several copies of each title are available and can be borrowed for a minimum of 60 days; renewals can be made before the loan period expires.

For acquisition or update requests, please use the web form.

• About 400 learning and workstations (most of them with power sockets)
• 20 PC workstations

On the 2nd floor (Mediathek) there is also a group room for about 15 people with LCD projector and multimedia equipment. For appointment requests/reservations please contact ub.mediathek(at)uni-graz.at

Technical equipment:

• 1 self-checkout device
• 10 multifunctional devices (one device DIN A3)
• 3 book scanners and 1 scan tent - free of charge with USB stick or cell phone
• WLAN

Checkroom & library baskets

Lockers of various sizes are available in the entrance area. You will receive a key for use at the information desk upon presentation of your UNIGRAZCard. To avoid overdue fines, please return the key at the latest when the library closes.

Baskets are available in the foyer for transporting your materials (e.g. notebooks, writing utensils, books). These may only be used within the RESOWI library.

Current dates for individuals can be found on the guided tour dates page.

For group tour requests, please use our web forms.