Economics and Social Sciences Divisional Library
The Economics & Social Sciences Divisional Library (BBWiSo) supplies information and literature for university teachers and students on economics, social and political sciences.
Contact
Economics and Social Sciences Divisional Library (Service Desk)
At a glance
Study places
In the BBWiSo are numerous individual study places with or without PCs, group areas and standing workstations on two floors available.
Scanning and printing
Book scanners and multifunctional devices for printing, copying and scanning are available in the BBWiSo. You will find a scanning tent for optimized scanning with your smartphone nearby the service desk.
Standing desks
Ideal for longer periods of study or research: standing desks are available in the BBWiSo for concentrated and ergonomic work.
Course reserves
Course reserves are set up in the basement and contain literature on specific seminars and lectures.
Lockers
Would you like to lock away your coat or personal documents? Then feel free to use our lockers on the ground floor. Your library card can be activated at the service desk.
Parent-child-room
There is a specially equipped parent-child-room for students with children in the basement of the BBWiSo.
Our holdings
In the BBWiSo you will find freely accessible and systematically arranged monographs, textbooks, journals, handbooks and reference works (approx. 496,000 volumes in total).
The holdings of the textbook collection (basement on the right, marked with "LBS" on the spine) can be borrowed for four weeks at a time, with the possibility of renewal. The majority of the holdings are reference holdings with two-day short-term loans for students and privileged loans for employees of the University of Göttingen.
You can collect your reserved items from the service desk.
You can access our constantly growing range of media via our catalogues and databases.
Get to know BBWiSo
For library tours as part of courses at the University of Göttingen, please contact us.
Would you like to get to know the BBWiSo on your own? We would like to give you some basic information on how to 'survive in the library system of the University of Göttingen. You can find printed task sheets in German at the Service Desk.
If you successfully complete the library rally and name the solution set at the Service Desk in the BBWiSo, you will receive a little sweet surprise and a confirmation of your successful participation.
Help with writing your term paper
Our Infoflyer (German) provides you with a clear overview of our services related to research and writing in the social sciences and economics, as well as numerous links for further information.
Specialist information
On our subject-specific information pages you will find structured access to relevant catalogs, databases, e-journals and research tools.
Our subject librarians will support you with all questions relating to literature research and ensure that the most important publications from your subject area are represented in our holdings.
Accessibility at the location
The Economics & Social Sciences Divisional Library is accessible at ground level via the main entrance from the campus. An elevator takes you to the reading room in the basement.
On the first floor of the Divisional Library you will find a PC on a height-adjustable table top. In the basement you will find a table with a height-adjustable table top and internet connection.
A toilet for people with reduced mobility is located in the basement.