Library

Opening hours during the 2025 summer semester (lecture-free period):

  • July 21 - August 15: Monday - Thursday: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • August 18 - September 12: Monday and Friday: 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
  • September 15 - September 30: Closed

  • Lending 

    • The library is a reference library, loans may be possible under certain circumstances.
    • Tel: (0251) 83-24875; aufsicht@uni-muenster.de

  • Holdings

    The holdings comprise approximately 87,000 volumes, including not only Slavic studies but also a large number of titles on Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, and Finnish language and literature.

    Main areas of focus:

    • Russian studies
    • Polish studies
    • Baltic studies
    • Serbo-Croatian studies
    • Bohemian studies
    • Finno-Ugric studies
    • Ukrainian studies
    • General Slavic studies

    The library is organized by language/country, and within each language/country by subject area: texts/sources, reference works, linguistics, literary studies, philosophy, religion, art, music, theater, history, law, regional studies, economics, science, education, general overviews, bibliography. After primary literature, the largest areas are literary studies, linguistics, and history.

    The holdings are being reorganized according to RVK; newer literature can be found opposite rooms 210-211.

  • Research

    You can find our entire inventory in the ULB catalog: DISCO

    Other catalogs:

    • Journal database: ZDB-OPAC
    • Electronic journals: EZB
    • Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog: KVK

  • New acquisitions

    Weekly lists of new acquisitions by the Institute and the ULB (only recent literature from the last two years): List of new acquisitions

Working places for students

The library has several working places for individual researchers as well as for groups.

Guided tours through the library

Please contact the librarian if you want to take a guided tour through the library.

Ukrainian Studies in the Library for Slavic Studies and Access to Information on the War in Ukraine

The library of the Institute for Slavic Studies has an extensive collection on Ukrainian Studies: fiction by Ukrainian authors, including many translations of contemporary literature, as well as works on the culture and history of Ukraine. Numerous media on these topics can be found in library room 202 (call numbers Af, Cf-Zf) and under other call numbers throughout the library collection (e.g., KH/KL 9990...). This collection is continuously being expanded. A selection of contemporary literature in translation can be found on a specially designated shelf in the library entrance area:

- Juri Andruchowytsch: Moskoviada (Signatur: KH/KL 7420 M896D)

- Juri Andruchowytsch: Zwölf Ringe (Signatur: KH/KL 7420 Z98D)

- Stanislaw Assejew: In Isolation (Signatur: KH/KL 9999 A844 I35D)

- Yevgenia Belorusets: Glückliche Fälle (Signatur: KH/KL 9999 B452 G567D)

- Tanja Maljartschuk: Blauwal der Erinnerung (Signatur: KH/KL 9999 M251 B645D)

- Oksana Sabuschko: Museum der vergessenen Geheimnisse (Signatur: KH/KL 9990 Z12 M986D)

- Sofija Yablonska: Der Charme von Marokko (Signatur: KH/KL 9990 J11 C482D)

- Serhij Zhadan: Antenne (Signatur: KH/KL 9990 Z17 A627D)

- Serhij Zhadan: Internat (Signatur: KH/KL 9990 Z17 I61D(2))

- uvm.

 

- ULB-LOTSE: Find information about the war in Ukraine:

https://www.ulb.uni-muenster.de/lotse/faktensuche/ukraine.html