Library of the University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt
| Library of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt | |
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| Duration | 248,500 media |
| Library type | University library |
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Würzburg , Schweinfurt 
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| ISIL | DE-863 |
| Website | [1] |
The library of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (FHWS) is primarily used for studying, teaching and research at the two locations of the university.
It is also available as a public academic library. The holdings of books, magazines and electronic publications reflect the range of subjects taught at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt . This ranges from applied social and economic sciences, communication design to technical courses such as civil engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, plastics technology, mechanical engineering and surveying technology.
Library in numbers (2017)
- 261,596 library visitors
- 317,240 virtual visitors
- 96,145 print loans
- 148,466 books and audiovisual media
- 97,295 e-books
- 370 print magazines by subscription
- 29,995 licensed e-journals by subscription
Library system / catalog
In addition to the central library in the old Sanderring / Münzstrasse building, the Würzburg departmental library includes two additional sub-libraries: the Sanderheinrichsleitenweg reference library with books and journals from the IT and communication design faculties and the Röntgenring reference library with books and journals from the architecture, civil engineering, plastics technology and surveying faculties.
The Schweinfurt departmental library is housed in the ZE7 building together with the IT Service Center and includes the holdings on the subject areas of electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, engineering informatics and industrial engineering taught there. The logistics branch library is located on Campus II.
The FHWS library records its holdings in an online catalog. It can be accessed via the internet workstations in the reading room or online and includes:
- the holdings of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University Library
- the holdings of the Aschaffenburg University Library
- the holdings of the Coburg University Library
- the holdings of the court library in Aschaffenburg
The literature search can be expanded from the catalog to
- the holdings of the University Library of Würzburg
- the catalog of the Bavarian Library Association (13 million titles with interlibrary loan)
- the catalog of the SWB Southwest German Library Network (12 million titles)
- the catalog of the Hessian library network HeBIS (15 million titles)
- the catalog of the library network North GBV (32 million titles)
- the catalog of the North Rhine-Westphalia library network HBZ (12 million titles)
Services
- Procurement of literature that is not available on site via interlibrary loan
- Reading room workstations
- PC workstations
- Group study room (one in Würzburg, several in Schweinfurt)
- Color scanners, laser printers, copiers, tablets
- consultation
- Library tours
- Training in the use of the databases
- Online tutorials on specialist databases (e-learning)
literature
- Greubel, Roland: The Schweinfurt departmental library of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt-Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences . In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern, 23 (1995), pp. 349-360.
- Greubel, Roland: The new building for central facilities at the Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences . In: ABI-Technik 14 (1994). Munich, pp. 327-333.
- Greubel, Roland: The University of Applied Sciences Library Würzburg-Schweinfurt . In: Bibliotheksforum Bayern, 19 (1991), pp. 187-201.
- Greubel, Roland / Siegmüller, Renate: The library of the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt . In: 20 years of the Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences. Würzburg: Fachhochschule, 1991, pp. 32–34.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quoted from: University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt: Annual Report 2017 (PDF; 3.6 MB), pp. 114–115