Geography

Opening hours

The Geography Library is a sub-library of the University Library Bern (UB). It offers a selection of books and journals on the research priorities of the Institute of Geography and separately collected maps.

Most of the collection can be found using swisscovery and is freely accessible and borrowable.
The library is public and borrowing takes place on site using user cards. Interlibrary loans only to libraries, not to private individuals. (library abbreviation: BE 6)

Service

Service on Demand

Would you like a personal consultation from the library staff? You can make an appointment at any time during office hours: geographie.ub@unibe.ch

Infrastructure

  • 36 study spaces
  • One research station
  • One self-checkout
  • One GIS workstation
  • Wireless LAN (network of the University of Bern)
  • Photocopier (individual copies CHF 0.20, copy cards with 88 copies for CHF 10)

Borrowing

Media from the open access shelves can be borrowed autonomously. For media located in the archive and special site, please contact the library staff during service hours or send an e-mail to geographie.ub@unibe.ch.. The conditions of borrowing and usage are based on the University Library Bern’s user regulations and fees. A user account is required for borrowing.

Guide to new acquisitions

Collection

The contents of the Geography Library corresponds with the research priorities of the Institute of Geography. You can search for documents from the collection via swisscovery.

Most of the collection is freely accessible and borrowable.

The library is public and borrowing takes place on site using user cards.

E-Journals

Discover E-Journals with BrowZine

In BrowZine you have following options:
- list articles and journals in your own library
- set up alerts for notification of new publications
- save articles to read them offline later