Studying On-Site

Cloakroom

 Anja Herwig, CC BY 4.0

The library may not be entered with rucksacks, bags and laptop sleeves. 
Coats and jackets no longer have to be locked up in the cloakroom due to the cooler temperatures in the reading room (energy-saving measures).

In our cloakroom there are lockers of different sizes to lock your bags, laptop sleeves (and coats). To lock the cloakroom compartments, you will need to bring your own padlocks with you. The padlocks should be between 5 mm and 6 mm thick in order to secure the compartment effectively.

BiBtasche, padlocks and other items in the office supply vending machine

In the stationery vending machine you can purchase the BiBtasche as an alternative to our transport baskets. There you can also get secure padlocks for using the wardrobe and much more, e.g. whiteboard markers, USB sticks, erasers.

Please note: only card payment is possible at the vending machines.

Catalogues on site

All freely accessible holdings of the Science Branch Library can be found in our Primus Gateway.

Almost all of our magazine holdings are also listed in Primus and can be ordered via Primus. The few exceptions are only accessible via card and microfiche catalogues. Detailed information can be obtained from the information desk in the library.

Workplaces

 Anja Herwig, CC BY 4.0

In collaboration with the PC Hall of the CMS, the Science Branch Library offers you more than 400 workplaces, almost one half of them is equipped with a computer.

The library's modern equipment includes WLAN in all areas, power supply at all workplaces, PCs for image and graphics processing in the PC Hall, rooms for group study, study carrels, specially equipped workstations for disabled readers, a parent-child area and also a particularly quiet working area behind the Physics collection ("notebook-free zone").

Rooms for Group Study

 Anja Herwig, CC BY 4.0

The Branch Library of Natural Sciences offers five rooms for group study, which are located in the gallery. The rooms are locked and can be used on request during the library opening hours. You can just refer to the reservation list next to each room. Especially during the examination periods we recommend a reservation.

Reservations

The rooms can be booked in person at the service desk, by telephone (+49 30 2093-70081) or by e-mail (nawi@ub.hu-berlin.de). Please note that reservations must be made at least one day in advance, only a maximum of 14 days in advance and for a maximum of three dates per week. Your reservation will expire after 30 minutes if you don't show up.

Equipment

• The rooms 1'201, 1'202 and 1'203 have a smartboard (brief instructions for the devices in the respective room).
• The rooms are equipped with whiteboards.
• There is power supply for your mobile devices in each room for group study.

Terms of use

• The rooms are only permitted for groups of two to ten people and not for individual use.
• You can borrow the keys for the rooms at the service desk, you need a valid library account for this. The equipment box for using the smartboard is also available at the service desk.
• You have to bring your own pens - please make sure to use only suitable pens!
• Special materials are available for cleaning the whiteboards - if they are dirty, you will receive a replacement at the service desk.
• Finally, please note that the group study rooms are also part of the library and are not soundproofed - please work as quietly as possible there as well.

The rooms 1'207 and 1'208 are currently closed due to ventilation problems.

Study Carrels

 Eckart Schulz, CC BY 4.0

For writing a thesis, members and guests of Humboldt-Universität can use one of the 14 available individual study carrels free of charge for one calendar month after prior application.

Please refer to the information sheet (pdf) for application requirements and terms of use. You can either apply for the allocation of a work cubicle directly at the counter of the Branch Library of Natural Sciences or download the form (pdf)  and send it by e-mail to nawi@ub.hu-berlin.de.

Lockable Book Trolleys

 Anja Herwig, CC BY 4.0

In addition to the study carrels, students and doctoral candidates of Humboldt University have the opportunity to use one of the five lockable book trolleys to store work materials in the library free of charge for one calendar month.

Please refer to the information sheet (pdf) for application requirements and terms of use. You can either apply for the allocation of a book trolley directly at the counter of the Branch Library of Natural Sciences or download the form (pdf)  and send it by e-mail to nawi@ub.hu-berlin.de.