Books

The library offers an extensive collection of monographs in both print and electronic format, searchable on GalileoDiscovery, the catalogue of the university library system.

You can search the catalogue by entering keywords, which can either be part of the title and/or author's name if you already know the book you are looking for, or be related to the topic on which you want to find material. The catalogue will return results that can be filtered by numerous criteria.

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Paper books

The books in paper format are arranged on the shelves by discipline, based on the Dewey Decimal Classification. The number scheme is organised into subject classes and subclasses from the general to the particular. An example follows:

500 Natural sciences and mathematics

   540 Chemistry and related sciences    

   541 Physical and theoretical chemistry 

E-books

The books in electronic format via GalileoDiscovery are also available for consultation and/or download. When you are not connected to the University network, you will need to configure browsing with Auth-Proxy or Single Sign-On (SSO) access, authenticating yourself.

Find out how to access and download e-books with the video tutorial

At the moment, in addition to the e-books already acquired, those made available for pre-purchase viewing (evidence-based purchasing contract) by some publishers are also accessible through GalileoDiscovery, which can be viewed below.