Borrowing
Please note the still changed lending conditions and terms of use during the COVID-19 pandemic on the following pages.
Number of items you can borrow
Borrowing from the Subject Libraries
LMUcard
Most of the University Library's holdings are available for loan. You will need your LMUcard or a library card to borrow media.
Zentralbibliothek (Main Library)
The loan collections of the Zentralbibliothek (Main Library) are housed in the stacks. If you want to borrow media for off-site use you will need to search for the titles you need in the online catalogue and submit an order for them to be fetched from the stacks.
Textbook collections
The textbooks in the Zentrale Lehrbuchsammlung (Central Textbook Collection) and in the textbook collections of the Subject Libraries are on open access. You can borrow these books immediately without ordering them first.
Subject Libraries
Lending conditions vary amongst the Subject Libraries of the University Library. You will find detailed information on loan availability in the left-hand navigation bar. You can also contact library staff on-site whenever you are in the library.
Number of items you can
borrow
Please check to see how many volumes you are permitted to borrow at any one time.
Borrowing from the Zentralbibliothek
Please make sure you know where to pick up the media you have ordered and what else you need to note.
Borrowing from the textbook collections
How to borrow media from the University Library's various textbook collections
Borrowing from the Subject Libraries
Please make sure you are familiar with the borrowing regulations in the 14 Subject Libraries of the University Library system.
