Borrowing from the Subject Libraries
Open access collection and core collection | General lending conditions | Local lending conditions in individual libraries
Open access collection and core collection
Lending conditions don´t vary amongst the Subject Libraries of the University Library.
The LMU Subject Libraries offer both open access and core collections.
- The open access collection is available for loan by all members of the LMU, including the students and academic staff of cooperating institutions.
- The core collection (e.g. reference works) is not available for loan.
At some locations parts of the loan collection are housed in the stacks and must be ordered via the online catalogue.
You will normally need a LMUcard or a personal University Library card to borrow books from the Subject Libraries.top
General lending conditions in the Subject Libraries
The following ruling basically applies:
Open access collection
Professors, emeriti, other academic staff and postgraduates of the LMU and TU Munich
50 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Loan collection (if available)
Students of the LMU and TU Munich and postgraduates of the LMU
25 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Professors, emeriti and other academic staff of the LMU and TU Munich
25 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Textbook collection (if available)
Students of the LMU and TU Munich and postgraduates of the LMU
25 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Professors, emeriti and other academic staff of the LMU and TU Munich
10 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Local lending conditions in individual libraries
In some Subject Libraries there may be varying or supplementary rules applicable to particular collections (e.g. books from the stacks).
- Fachbibliothek Kunstwissenschaften
- Fachbibliothek Mathematik und Physik
- Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
- Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft
- Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
Fachbibliothek Kunstwissenschaften
Fine arts and theatre section
The general loan conditions apply throughout. Books from the stacks (older and special collections housed separately) may only be ordered for use in the library. Academic staff are permitted to extend this use to include departmental offices and work space.
Musicology section
Special loan conditions apply:
- Students of musicology
3 items from the reading room collections. Loan period: over the weekend from Friday 12 noon – Monday 12 noon - Professors and other full-time academic staff of the Department of Fine Arts
15 items from the reading room collections. Loan period: until the end of the following month
Fachbibliothek Mathematik und Physik
The general loan period applies throughout. Special loan conditions apply:
LMU and TU Munich students and LMU postgraduate doctoral candidates
In total a maximum of 25 books may be borrowed from the open access collection or loan collection.
Professors of LMU, emeriti of LMU and other academic staff of the LMU and TU Munich
A maximum of 25 books from the open access collection as well as 25 books of the loan collection may be borrowed.top
Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
Testothek special collection
Students and academic staff in the subjects psychology, educational psychology, special needs education, speech therapy, PIR, learning sciences, trainee guidance counsellors, trainees of the Münchner Universitäres Institut für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie-Ausbildung (MUNIK), trainees of the Münchner Universitäres Institut für Psychologische Psychotherapieausbildung (MUNIP)
Loan period: 2 weeks, no renewals
Fachbibliothek Rechtswissenschaft
Students cannot borrow books from the Subject Library Rechtswissenschaft.
The lending conditions are completely separate for the Subject Library Antike Rechtsgeschichte und Bayerische und Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte:
Professors, research assistants and emeriti of Faculty 3 are entitled to borrow books. There is no loan to the chair.
Loan period: 4 weeks; renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Lending in Antike Rechtsgeschichte and Bayerische und Deutsche Rechtsgeschichte is only possible with a separate library card - not with the LMUcard or the UB/BSB library card. To apply for a library card, please contact us via e-mail at rechtswissenschaft@ub.uni-muenchen.de.
Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
The general loan period applies throughout. Special loan conditions apply:
LMU and TU Munich students and LMU postgraduate doctoral candidates
In total a maximum of 25 books may be borrowed from the open access collection or loan collection.
Professors of LMU, emeriti of LMU and other academic staff of the LMU and TU Munich
A maximum of 25 books from the open access collection as well as 25 books of the loan collection may be borrowed.
