Services in Hamburg:
User workstations and reading rooms

In the ZBW in Hamburg the following premises are at your disposal:

Reading rooms and single work places

The ZBW in Hamburg has one reading room on the second floor where you can read and connect your own laptop. In addition there is a periodicals reading room (first floor) where the current issues and the volumes of the past 10 years of a selection of the most widely read and renowned journals are on display. Next to the loan desk and the information desk on the first floor you can find work places as well.

Rooms for group study

In the group study rooms on the first floor you can work in teams, connect your own laptops and have a conversation without disturbing others.

Internet workstations

The internet workstations are located on the first floor of the library. Here you can search our online catalogue ECONIS and order your literature. Here you also have access to the electronic journals and databases for which the ZBW has a user’s license and which are generally not accessible outside of the ZBW. The internet workstations are connected to our fee-bearing network printer.

Stand-alone workstations

In the ZBW in Hamburg there are two stand-alone workstations available where you can use removable data carriers. At this PC you can access our CD-ROM databases and use Microsoft Office programmes. The PC is connected to a printer.

Book carts and lockers

In the ZBW in Hamburg on the second floor book carts are at your disposal. You can reserve these carts if you work regularly in the ZBW and wish to lock up your documents. There are lockers as well. Please contact the loan desk, when you need a locker.

Please contact the loan desk if you wish to reserve a book cart.

Microfiche microfilm reader

On the first floor you will find a microfilm and microfiche reader. You can also make print copies of microfilms and microfiches.