Linguistics
Opening hours
The Linguistics Library is part of the Unitobler Libraries
Services
The Linguistics Library is open to the public; however, its collections are primarily intended for members of the university, students and other specialists.
For general information about infrastructure, borrowing and returning, courier, information and research assistance please visit the website of the Unitobler Libraries.
Infrastructure
- 24 long-term work spaces for students of linguistics (registration with library staff)
- 1 online catalog terminal
- 1 self-lending terminal
Library introductions
Library introductions are offered as part of courses as well as on request.
The subject librarian for general and comparative linguistics Lea Helfenstein offers tutorials on subject-specific research.

Collection
Collections in the fields of:
- specialized academic literature on general linguistics, on historical-comparative linguistics and on Indo-European studies
- special areas: psycholinguistics (especially language acquisition), Indian and Iranian (language and culture), Caucasus (language and culture), Tibeto-Burmese linguistics
Contacts
Librarian

- Name / Titel
- Solange Jaccard
- solange.jaccard@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 88 04
Subject librarian

- Name / Titel
- Katharina Steiner
- Funktion
- Head theology and humanities section; subject librarian general and comparative linguistics
- katharina.steiner@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 47 02
- Phone2
- +41 31 684 47 01