How to borrow / renew books

Learn more about how to borrow items from the Klingemann Library

General borrowing policies

Number of borrowed books and loan period

Items excluded from borrowing*

*Exceptions can be made for faculty / staff members

Fines, suspensions, replacements

Fines for not returning or renewing items by their due date are as follows:

1st overdue notice One day after due date 0.25€ per item / day
2nd overdue notice Seven days after due date -
3rd overdue notice Fourteen days after due date Account / borrowing privileges restricted

Suspension of borrowing privileges occurs if an item is not returned with 14 days past its due date. Borrowing rights can be restored after the return of items payment of fines.

Refund / replacement:

Please see librarian for refund or in case of lost items.

How to create a user account

  • To borrow books, you need a valid library user account.
  • If you don't have yet a library user account, please register online.
  • If you have (or think you have) a library user account, but forgot your password, click here. If you don't receive an automatic reply with a link to recover your password or if you forgot your user name as well or if your account is no longer valid, please contact your librarian.
  • No additional user cards are issued.
  • Students: Your library user account is always valid as long as your student ID card.
  • Students: To borrow books or to renew your user account, please present your valid student ID card.

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How to reset user password

If you can't remember your user credentials from when you initially set up your library account, it's easy to reset your password using your BI email.

Unfortunately, other BI user accounts (either email or OIS) are not currently synchronised with our library system.

Step 1

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Step 2

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Step 3

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How to renew books

Books can be renewed up to two times. To renew a book, contact the library, or follow the steps below.

Log into your account

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Select Renew under Your Summary

Please note: Items may only be renewed within three days of their due date, and only if the item is not on hold for someone else.

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How to search the library's catalogue (OPAC)

Our online catalogue (OPAC) contains all of our holdings, including:

To perform a keyword search, simply type your search in the search field and press enter.

The Advanced Search will allow you to narrow or broaden your search as needed, based on expanded criteria.

Search in specific fields

If you're interested in learning more, see the article on advanced search techniques

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While Keyword is the default search, there are many additional fields that can be searched specifically by selecting them from the drop-down menu. The most relevant are Title, Author and Subject.

Subject

Subject headings are important because you can use them to find similar information more efficiently. Once you've found a record of interest, you may want to note the assigned subject headings to find similar items.

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More on Subject Headings

A subject heading is a specific word or phrase used to find and organise books and articles by topic. Subject headings can be a great way to easily find things related directly to your topic.  Once you have identified a book or article that is worthwhile, look at the subject headings.  In the online catalogue these are found in the catalog record and you can click directly on the subject heading to get a list of books on the same subject.

Subject headings are different from keywords in that they are specific terms assigned to a subject by a subject analyst or the author.

In the library catalogue and many databases, an items's subject(s) will be a link, so that you can click on the subject heading to find similar items. You also might want to note the exact words to search them as a keyword later.

Combine search fields

Sometimes searching in a specific field still returns too many results when you're looking for something specific. IN those cases, it is helpful to combine two or more search fields using AND, OR , or NOT form the drop-down menus to the left of the search field.

Example: A title search for 'human resource management' may return dozens of results, but when combined with an author search, as in the screenshot below, only items with 'human resource management' in the title AND 'Crawshaw' as an author will be returned. 

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Results

Once your search has returned results, you can narrow those results, or refine your search based on varied criteria, eg author, availability, item type or topic

By Availability

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By Item Type

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