Catalogue

How to find a document?

1. Which catalogue can I consult ?
2. How and where can I find a scientific or scholarly article ?
3. What is international library loan (ILL) and how can I use it ?
4. Where can I consult the course readings ?
5. How can I discover the new books of the Library ? 
6. How can i consult books from the EIB library ?
7. How can i consult Bachelor and Master Dissertations ?

1. Which catalogue can I consult ?

The BUL is part of the network of libraries in Luxembourg and feeds the national collective catalogue Bibnet.lu .

The catalogue Bibnet.lu  is therefore the reference for bibliographic research for the libraries in Luxembourg and for the BUL in particular, with some disparities for the different libraries of the University nonetheless.

Kirchberg library
Since February 2009, the reference catalogue is the Luxembourg’s collective catalogue Bibnet.

Limpertsberg library
Works acquired before 1985 are catalogued in traditional paper catalogues. Works acquired after 1985 are available through Bibnet.lu.

Walferdange library
Since April 2007, new acquisitions are registered exclusively in Luxembourg’s collective catalogue Bibnet.
While waiting for the transfer of bibliographical data to be completed by the end of 2012, the ELICA catalogue  remains the reference to be consulted for documents registered prior to April 2007.

Library "centre d'éveil aux sciences" in Walferdange
The bibliographical data are contained only in the ELICA catalogue .

The aim is for the Bibnet catalogue to contain, by 2012, all the documentary collections of the university libraries (Limpertsberg, Kirchberg, Walferdange) acquired since 1985.

We thank you for your understanding during this transition period.

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2. How and where can I find a scientific or scholarly article ?

The URL for your search is: http://www.findit.lu

The electronic portal  of the National Library and the University of Luxembourg Library features more than 215 databases and more than 45’000 periodicals at this time. You have direct access to the complete text for most of your research.

• If an article is not available on the electronic portal , do not hesitate to contact the catalogue of Luxembourg’s libraries on Bibnet.lu . Furthermore, more than 1'000 periodical titles on paper format are available for consultation, e.g. in the University Library or the National Library.
• Worth knowing: millions of electronic articles are now available and openly accessible in archives and periodicals. Have a look: they may prove very useful! To find the electronic repository of an institution or for an academic discipline, you can use the Directory of Open Access Repositories (DOAR) .
•  Articles not available on the electronic portal, in the libraries, or in the open access repositories may be ordered through international library loan (ILL).

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3. What is international library loan (ILL) and how can I use it ?

International library loan is a service organised by the National Library to obtain articles or books not available in Luxembourg.
Please read carefully the tips given below before making an international loan request.

• Students
  Students have access to international loan through the National Library either via the interface of the Bibnet catalogue or directly on the premises. The service is invoiced at a rate of €2 per transaction.

• Teaching and research staff, administrative and technical staff, doctoral candidates
  The BUL covers automatically the cost for international loan requests for registered readers. Each request is made online via Bibnet.lu. Please note that these readers must be also registered to the BnL (national Library of Luxembourg).

How to proceed in order to receive an article or a book?

• You are a member of the University Library and have a member card with user name and password.
• Connect to the interface of the Bibnet.lu  catalogue and complete the request form on the international loan pages to order the article or book desired. The international loan service of the National Library will process your request.
• If possible, the electronic article will be sent directly to the e-mail address you have specified, while the paper version will be sent to your campus.
• Please note that some of these ordered books are available for consultation only in the National Library.

More information on the international library loan service

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4. Where can I consult the course readings ?  

The course readings, that is to say, documents that teachers have used to prepare their lessons and that they recommend to their students as readings, are available for consultation through the catalogue Bibnet.lu  by choosing the function
« Course readings » .
This function is only available for the documents which are in the library in Walferdange and for the following studies :

• Bachelors en cultures européennes
• Master en histoire contemporaine
• Master en philosophie
• Master in spatial development and analysis

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5. How can I discover the new books of the Library ?

You can easily have a look to the new books recently acquired by the BUL in your preferred topics...
 All new books are referenced in the Luxembourgish union catalog Bibnet.lu (  www.bibnet.lu ).
 To view these accessions, on this webpage http://wwwen.uni.lu/university/library/collections/new_acquisitions   , there are every month lists sorted by topics of new books which have joined the collections of the BUL .

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6. How can i consult books from the EIB library ?  

The European Studies Library of the European Investment Bank and the University of Luxembourg comprises selected works from the historical library collections of the European Investment Bank and a series of press clippings concerning the activities of the Bank.

Documents from this library  are exclusively reserved for the staff of the EIB and UL.

Rules, procedure and inventory are available on the EIB Collection  page.

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7. How can i consult Bachelor and Master Dissertations ?

The Kirchberg library now houses Bachelor and Master dissertations which have been sent to libraries since 2003.
This collection is incomplete.
A reservation form must be submitted before consultation.
Form and Inventory are available on the Bachelor and Master Dissertations  page.

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