Library
What can you do in the library?
Most of the documents in the library located in strada Cappuccini are on open shelves and can be read in the study room next to the library.
A specific request should be made to the personnel for dissertations, audio-visual material, and for some of the more important items. They will locate and handover the required material.
Dictionaries, encyclopaedias, dissertations and documents published more than 60 years ago can only be consulted in the Library. Whilst practically everything else can be borrowed.
At the library counter located in Via Monte Vodice, you can consult examination texts and dictionaries.
The number of documents that can be borrowed and for how long depends on who makes the request (students and administration staff, graduates, academic staff and teaching or research staff) and on the type of document (exam texts, other volumes, periodicals, audio-visual materials).
In order to borrow books you should fill in the online form and join the Library.
You can use the IT workstation in the periodical room in the library located in strada Cappuccini to access the online databases that the university subscribes to. You can also login with the univda wifi using the computers in all the University buildings and your personal devices.
To consult these resources remotely, simply follow the instructions on this page and enter your University identification details.
The library personnel are available to help you find what you need. You can get an appointment for anything more complex.
You can request books and copies of articles that the University doesn’t have using the interlibrary loan and document delivery service.
There is a fee for this service that varies depending on what type of document and if it comes from an Italian or foreign institute. Requests can be made filling in the form on the specific page on the University website.
Who can use the university library services?
Anybody can access the online catalogue to view the University Library resources.
On presentation of the university badge or an identity document, students, academic staff, administrative staff and any other teaching or research staff from the University or any other partner establishments can join the Library and make use of its services.
External users can consult the documents at the University library by filling in the access for consultation request form.
Resources
The Library keeps, organises and has available a wide range of scientific content in different formats: books, periodicals, online databases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, all for teaching and research purposes.
Databases and other online resources
The Library selects a range of free access online resources, sorted by subject. We have also subscribed to a number of online bibliographic databases, which can only be accessed via the University's internal network; they can also be consulted remotely by entering the University's identification details, following the instructions on this page.
Multimedia
The Library located in strada Cappuccini has CDs e CD-ROM, mainly for language learning with audio listening and exercises. There are also films on DVD with audio and subtitles in different languages.
Periodicals
The Library subscribes to a number of periodicals regarding subjects taught at the University: single issues can be borrowed for a week at a time, except for the most recent ones. Some of the journals can only be accessed online: this information is in the catalogue. Periodicals are available only in the library located in strada Cappuccini.
Dissertations
All dissertations presented at the University up until 2019 are kept in the library located in strada Cappuccini in a hardcopy format. These can be consulted onsite with the author’s permission. Dissertations presented since 2020 are only kept in digital format and are available online on the UniVdArTe portal.
Hardcopy Monographs
Located in an open-shelf system, according to the Dewey Decimal Classification, in the library located in strada Cappuccini. These include exam texts, books for research and reference items, such as dictionaries and encyclopaedias. Examination texts and dictionaries are available at the library counter located in Via Monte Vodice.
