Borrowing from the Subject Libraries
Please note the changed lending conditions and terms of use during the COVID-19 pandemic:
LMU and TU students have the temporary option to borrow books and other media from the open access collections in any of the Subject Libraries. To do so, please go directly to the shelves at your chosen location to select and borrow the items you require. Please note that some collections in the Subject Libraries (e.g. reference books, loose-leaf works, journals) are for reference only.
The loan period of media from the open access collection is 2 weeks. The loan period can be renewed up to 4 times for 2 weeks each time provided no other user has placed a reservation.
Loan collection and open access collection | General lending conditions | Local lending conditions in individual libraries
Loan collection and open access collection
Lending conditions vary amongst the Subject Libraries of the University Library.
The LMU Subject Libraries generally house both loan and reference collections. The reference collections consist of an open access and a core collection.
- The loan collection (primarily textbooks) is available for loan by all members of the LMU, including the students and academic staff of cooperating institutions.
- The open access collection may only be borrowed by the academic staff and postgraduates of the University.
- 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 applies to most Subject Libraries:
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 Medizinische Lesehalle
- Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
- Fachbibliothek Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Statistik
- Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
- Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek Klinikum Großhadern
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 Medizinische Lesehalle
The general loan conditions apply throughout.
Books from the stacks may also be borrowed by:
LMU and TU Munich students
25 items. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided the item has not been reserved
LMU and TU professors and other academic staff
50 items. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided the item has not been reserved
It is not possible to borrow or return items on Sundays.
Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
The general loan conditions apply throughout.
In addition the following loan conditions apply:
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
Books from the stacks
- Students of the LMU
25 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved - Academic staff of the LMU
50 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Fachbibliothek Wirtschaftswissenschaften und Statistik
The general loan conditions apply throughout.
Books from the stacks may also be borrowed by:
Students of the LMU
25 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reserved
Academic staff of the LMU
50 volumes. Loan period: 4 weeks, 4 renewals of 2 weeks each provided item has not been reservedtop
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.top
Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek Klinikum Großhadern
Special loan conditions apply:
Staff of the Klinikum
In exceptional circumstances items may be borrowed from the reading room collections. Loan period: overnight or over the weekend
