Profile
The Romance Studies Library is an important service facility for scholars and students of the Institute of Romance Studies. It is a public, scientific library with open access, i.e. the required media are freely accessible and can be taken from the shelves.
It is a library that has grown since the end of the 19th century with a stock of about 80,000 volumes. In addition to linguistic, literary and cultural studies works, especially on Romance languages, there are also numerous fiction titles in the original language from all periods up to the immediate present.
Collection focus Romance Studies
by language: all Romance languages, especially French - Italian - Spanish (also Hispanic-American);
subject: general and Romance linguistics and literature; fiction (in original language); women's literature (focus on Hispanic-America); regional and cultural studies of the Romance countries; educational works, language textbooks.
Borrow and use media
The loan period for the majority of the holdings is 30 days, for AV media 7 days. Literature from semester handbooks and reference works can be borrowed for the duration of the closing periods. Periodicals are excluded from the loan period.
During the library's closing hours, a book return box is available for the duration of the building's opening hours.
Workstations and equipment
- 62 learning and workstations
- 18 PC workstations
- 1 reading lounge in the magazine area (ground floor)
- 1 separate area for audiovisual media with corresponding players
- 2 multifunctional devices for printing, copying and scanning
- 2 book scanners
- WLAN
Semester handhelds
The required literature for the current courses is provided in semester handbooks.
Tours
Current dates for individuals can be found on the guided tour dates page.
For group tour requests, please use our web forms.
Acquisition request
Please use the web form on the acquisition request page.
New acquisitions
Are you interested in newly purchased publications related to your study and department?
Here you have the possibility to query all new acquisitions.