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Address: Domplatz 20-22, 48143 Münster
Phone: 0251 83-24409 (Information and Circulation Desk)
E-mail: fhaus.bib@uni-muenster.de
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General Information
In Fürstenberghaus you will find the library of the Department of History as well as the libraries of the Institute of Classical Archaeology and Christian Archaeology/Archaeological Museum and of the Institute of Classical Philology.
A total of over 420,000 volumes are available. For details on the collections and their classifications please refer to the websites of the respective institutes.
In addition to a large number of individual working desks the library offers several group study rooms in the basement and on the upper floor. The two group study rooms in the new section are equipped with Smartboards. They can be reserved via the ULB's Seat Reservation Service.
All floors and rooms of the library are accessible by elevator. A barrier-free lavatory is located in the Fürstenberghaus foyer.
Terms of Use
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Jackets and bags may be taken into the library. Nevertheless, lockers are available. Please note that a 2-euro coin is required to use these lockers. Baskets for transporting your study materials are available, too.
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Beverages may only be taken into the library when carried in securely sealable and shatterproof containers. The consumption of food is not permitted in the library.
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A student ID card or a MensaCard is required to use the multifunctional photocopiers (which are also scanners and network attached printers). KaBu in the basement of Fürstenberghaus. à
- A student ID card or a MensaCard is required to use the multifunctional photocopiers (which are also scanners and network attached printers). The cards can be topped up in our bistro KaBu in the basement of Fürstenberghaus. If required, we keep a MensaCard for inhouse use which can be borrowed at the Information Desk.
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Please, always return the books to their correct location.
- Items of closed stacks (Magazin, Sonderstandort) can be ordered via the Information and Circulation Desk (on site or via e-mail).
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Please, leave the library 15 minutes prior to closing.
Locating books in our libraries
All library holdings of the University of Münster are listed in KatalogPlus comprising printed and electronic media and also database content such as journal articles. Therefore, your first step is always to determine the location of the desired book in this so-called discovery system.
Please make sure you always take note of the exact location named in KatalogPlus because in the Fürstenberghaus library you will have to head for a "library within the library". Once you have found the respective library and/or section, it will be easy to also find the shelf mark.
The collections of the Fürstenberghaus libraries are set up in a systematic order. This means that books with similar topics can be found in one section but please note that each of our libraries has its own classification system, which can be challenging sometimes (i.e. when shelf marks resemble each other in appearance). Therefore, an overview of all shelf mark groups and their location is available at the Information Desk and on the websites of the individual libraries.
Further information on search tools and strategies is provided by the Central Library.
Floor plans
Throughout the libraries you will find floor plans leading to the locations of the different "sub-libraries" as well as to our group study rooms, course reserves, our copier-scanner-printers, the elevator, and facilities.
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Basement© Bibliotheken im Fürstenberghaus G
Ground floor© Bibliotheken im Fürstenberghaus 1
Upper floor© Bibliotheken im Fürstenberghaus
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Websites of the indiviual libraries
The following "sub-libraries" are jointly located in the Fürstenberghaus:
Department of History:
Library of the Institut für Didaktik der Geschichte
Library of the Seminar für Alte Geschichte and the Institut für Epigraphik
Library of the Historische Seminar
Library of the Abteilung für Osteuropäische Geschichte
Library of the Abteilung für Ur- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie
Library of the Abteilung für Westfälische Landesgeschichte
Library of the Institut für Klassische Philologie
Library of the Institut für Klassische Archäologie und Christliche Archäologie/Archäologisches Museum
Library of the Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung
Library of the Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte
In addition individual holdings of the Seminar für Lateinische Philologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit and the journals of the German Society for the Exploration of Palestine are also available in the Fürstenberghaus. The holdings of the former Arbeitsstelle für die Neuere Geschichte Großbritanniens und des Commonwealth are now in the sub-library "Neuere Geschichte Großbritanniens, British Empire & Commonwealth". Furthermore the library of the Historischer Verein is in the charge of the Department of History and may be accessed upon request.
Contact and Information
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us at any time during the opening hours at the Information Desk located at the entrance to the library.
We are happy to help you find your way around the building and answer any questions you may have about using the library or borrowing items. If you have more specific enquiries, we will gladly refer you to the respective library's administration.
You can reach the Information Desk staff by telephone on 0251 83-24409. We also welcome your questions, suggestions or criticism by e-mail at fhaus.bib@uni-muenster.de.