Services

Our team will gladly assist you in your research. The library is open to all. Most of our library stock is on open shelves, but you might need to ask the reception desk to access some documents.

• Library IT equipment

   For: All students of the SciMed Faculty

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  The informatics support for the computers of our public room is available for all students of the Faculty of science and medicine.

  This support is provided by our technician whom you can contact by  e-mail or phone at the number 026 300 92 48.

  If our technician is not available, please point out any informatics issues to the librarian.

  The following equipment is available:

  • 15 PCs equipped with standard software and specialized software for persons with a University of Fribourg account.
  • 1 PC for persons outwith the University of Fribourg.
  • 1 MFP Printer on the ground floor : User's manual, cost see
  • 1 paper guillotine

  Persons with a University of Fribourg account can use the library WiFi with their own laptop.

  Lockers are available upon a deposit of 60 CHF - contact the reception desk.

• Loans

  Use of the library is free of charge. 

  The loan service is open: 

  From Monday to Friday
  8:00 am. To 7:00 pm

  The library is closed on Saturday and Sunday.

  
  Library card 

  Lending conditions

  Works with a yellow dot cannot be borrowed and are reserved for consultation on site. The loan conditions correspond to those of the BCU.

    

  Document return

  Documents that belong to the Dokpe collection must be returned to the Dokpe.

  Exception: when the library is closed for sveral weeks (e.g. in summer) the documents can be returened to the white collection box at the entry.

   

   

   

• Information literacy training and guided tours

  Upcoming courses in information literacy:

  There are currently no courses.

  All courses
• Articles PDF delivery

  Members of the university community can request pdf articles when no subscription is available and the article is not open access.
  Allow a waiting time of a few hours to a few weeks... a request may not even succeed

  • if no library has a paper version
  • if the author does not respond to our request
  • if the review is rare and impossible to locate

  Make a request