English Studies

Opening hours

 

The English Studies Library is part of the Unitobler Library

Services

The English Studies Library is open to the public. Its collection and services are primarily geared toward the needs of university staff and students.
General information on facilities, borrowing, returns, courier services, and support services can be found on the Unitobler library website.

Infrastructure

  • Workspaces: 6 day-use workspaces, 50 long-term workspaces (14 with mobile file cabinets), available for rent on a semester basis via this form
  • 30 lockers, available for rent by semester via this form
  • 1 self-checkout terminal
  • 1 online catalog terminal
  • WiFi
  • Guidance system Mediascout for orientation in the Unitobler building

Library introductions

  • Library introductions are held at the beginning of each fall semester. Additional introductions are available upon requests (anglistik.ub@unibe.ch).
  • Tutorials in subject-specific research are offered by subject librarian Gabriela Scherrer.
  • Interactive tour via the free app Actionbound
Bibliothek Anglistik

Collection

The English Studies library's has a collection of arround 45'000 items which corresponds to the research specialisations of the institute of English Languages and Literature.
Literature is collected from the fields of:

  • Medieval English literature
  • Modern English literature
  • North American literature
  • Literary theory
  • Modern English linguistics
  • Language and communication

New acquisitions in English and American studies (entire university library)
New acquisitions English Studies library
Classification system English studies library

Is there an important title missing from our collection? We welcome your acquisition suggestion.

The entire collection is listed in the swisscovery Universität und PH Bern catalog.