Library resources, services, events, exhibitions and special collections

To find books and journals available in the Library, both on paper and digital, you need to use OneSearch.

OneSearch informs you if what you are looking for is available online or owned by the library. In this case it indicates the location, that is the string of numbers and letters that represents the address of the document, the shelf where the volume is placed.

In a library volumes can be placed:

• open shelf, with free access to the public: you can go to the shelf, consult the document, leaf through it, take it for  borrowing or just for reading and then leave it on the tables or trolleys: librarians will take care and put it back on shelf!  Generally, books are placed by subject, according to a classification system by hierarchically organized topics (our libraries adopt the DDC - Dewey decimal classification), which serves both to identify the subject of the book and its location. This means that all the books dealing with the same topic are placed close together on the shelf. Journals are instead placed alphabetically or in numerical sequence.

• closed shelf/deposit, not accessible to the public: you can send a request through Onesearch and librarians will take it for you. The request lasts three days from the moment the librarians take the document from the warehouse. When the book has been picked up for you, you will be notified with an authomatic email to your institutional address by our system.
  

Reading on-site is generally allowed for the entire collection. Some restrictions may be applied to particular kinds of documents, such as ancient or rare books and degree theses.