Innstrasse 29
94032 Passau
Phone: +49 851 509 1610
Opening hours / Show free seats in the reading rooms
Floor plans: Ground floor Upstairs Carrels
Map: all reading rooms of the University library
Free seats in the reading rooms.
General reference works (11/AE-AZ), specialist reference works and compendia (11/B-Z), textbook collection (17/A-D,F,L,M,N,R,ZX and ZY)
History (50/N), Political Science (51/MA-MM), Sociology (52/MN-MW), Geography (53/R), European Ethnology & Folkloristics (54/LA-LC), Southeast Asian Studies (55/RA,RR,RX), Classical Philology (63/F), Slavic Studies (67/K), Psychology (71/CL-CZ), Pedagogy/Education (72/D), Musicology (73/LD, LP-LZ), Art History (74/LD, LH-LO), Sports (99/Z)
Theology (75/B), Philosophy (70/CA-CI)
Books requested from the closed stacks are arranged by user number and must be checked out at the borrowing desk.
Short-term loans for use in the reading rooms against deposit of library card or student ID:
Reserve collections for subjects covered in the Book Tower and in the basement are located in the new learning area at the entrance level.
Editions from the current year are located in the journal trays in front of the Library Lounge; bound annual volumes can be found in the shelves in the reading room or in the Book Tower.
Daily and weekly newspapers, fiction and non-fiction, crime novels, travel guides (shelf marks starting with 14/O).
For enquiries related to the library, literature search, book locations, borrowing rules, interlibrary loans or our electronic services or library cards, contact the Central Information Desk.
There are currently 278 reading desks. Visit the Library Lounge or the group study room on the entrance level - there is space to study, work or collaborate.
Wi-Fi access is available in the Central Library and all other reading rooms.
Accessing the network with a mobile device
Access Problems: ask ZIM-Support.
17 reading desks in 10 lockable cubicles in the west and east galleries. Reserved for postgraduates (doctoral and postdoctoral researchers) – registration is required. For more information and to have the keys issued to you, contact the check-out desk on the ground floor.
There is at least one search station in every single reading room - without need to login.
Scanners and the Microfiche/Microfilm-Scanner are located outside the reading room and in the Scan-Box, located in the first floor. Printer-copiers are located in the ground floor
There are 326 electronically operated daytime lockers. You need your Mensacard to use these. Like the coin-operated lockers, they are free to use. However, to discourage permanent use of these lockers, you will be charged a minimum of 5 euros if the locker is not emptied by the closing time of the relevant reading room.
How to use the lockers and locker regulations
Longer-term lockers for students writing their dissertation or thesis are available free of charge but in very limited supply. More Information.
You may not take any bags or rucksacks/backpacks, etc. into the reading room. What kinds of bags are permitted in the reading rooms?
Mobile phones must be set to 'silent mode' while in the library. You may not make phone calls or listen to voicemail messages. You are allowed to receive text messages, but only with the phone set to 'silent mode' (i.e. no acoustic notifications). Non-excessive use of your mobile phone is permitted in the Library Lounge, as long as you keep the noise level to a minimum. You may use your mobile phone as normal in the specially designated mobile phone area in the Central Library ('Handy-Zone'). This area is located behind the Scan-Box.
You must not consume food or beverages in the reading room. However, you may bring drinking water onto the premises in a transparent, sealable glass or plastic bottle.
Break discs should be set to indicate when you leave your desk and intend to return later on. If you do not return within the next 60 minutes, or if you do not leave a break disc indicating when you left, other users have the right to use your desk space, see Desk reservation discs to prevent permanent desk occupancy
The relationship between users and the library is governed by the General Regulations on the Use of the Bavarian Public Libraries.
