The Slavic Studies Library is an important service facility for scholars and students of the Institute of Slavic 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 one of the largest collections of Slavic studies in Austria and one of the oldest on campus. Its holdings have grown continuously over more than 150 years and include both culturally and historically valuable older and cutting-edge scholarly literature, classical and contemporary authors in original Slavic editions, as well as printed and electronic holdings.
Collection focus Slavic Studies
by language: Church Slavonic; Macedonian; Bulgarian; Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian (Serbo-Croatian); Slovenian; Russian; Ukrainian; Belorussian; Polish; Czech; Slovak; Kashubian; Sorbian; Polabian; Rusyn;
factual: literature on Eastern and Southeastern Europe, general and Slavic linguistics and literature; Balkan studies (incl. Albanian philology); ancient and modern texts, fiction (in original language); history; cultural and folklore studies; religion; Austrian ethnic groups.
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.
- 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
The required literature for the current courses is provided in semester handbooks.
Current dates for individuals can be found on the guided tour dates page.
For group tour requests, please use our web forms.
Please use the web form on the acquisition request page.
Are you interested in newly purchased publications related to your study and department?
Here you have the possibility to query all new acquisitions.