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Subject librarians

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We are a team of subject librarians. We can guide you through the collections of the WUT Main Library and its branches.

We are responsible for formation of resources within the subject areas and for taking care of the book collection. We provide assistance with the subject areas and with the usage of library materials. One of our tasks is to realize purchase requests for new books needed in the academic community. We are open to your suggestions.

All users are invited to browse the library subject online guides. To do that, just select the subject area from the menu below.

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Contact to the subject librarians:

Contact to the subject librarians:

Architecture. City planning. Art

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Building Construction

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Chemistry

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Economics. Management

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Electrotechnics

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Physics

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Geodesy and Cartography

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Computer Science

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Materials Engineering

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Mathematics

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Mechanics

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Biological Sciences. Biotechnology. Medicine

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Law. Social sciences. Political science

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Environmental Engineering

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Machine Technology and Manufacturing Technology

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Transport

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Training programmes

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The library training addresses the WUT students and faculty and all interested users.

Training programmes at WUT Main Library:

Training for undergraduate students

Training for undergraduate students

The library training for the university beginners - The training is addressed to all students who have just started their studies at WUT. The training programme is obligatory. Each student has the possibility to take part in the training which is usually organize at the beginning of the winter term between October and December. The training lasts 2 hours and helps students become acquainted with the whole range of possibilities offered by our library.
The program consists of:
- general information about our library system
- opening hours
- library structures and organization
- information about the library holdings and access to possibilities
- library Catalogues and multi-search engine
The training can take a form of:
- traditional lecture - 2 hours lecture in the Main Library or in in some faculty libraries
- online course
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Regular course: “Scientific and Patent Information” - The course is addressed to undergraduate students and the programme has been developed in accordance with the requirements of the National Qualifications Framework and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Currently implemented by Faculty of Civil Engineering (studies in English as medium of instruction).
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Training for graduate and postgraduate students

Training for graduate and postgraduate students

The library training for graduate students - “The Library step by step and the guide to electronic resources“. It is addressed to the students who have just started their graduate studies at WUT.
The training programme includes:
- General information about our library system
- The WUT Computer Central Catalogue and multi-search engine
- Access to printed and electronic resources
- E-resources (how to search a specific journal or book titles; how to search literature on a specific subject)
- Standard and patent information
Currently implemented by The Faculty of Engineering Production.
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Regular course “Information Literacy” - The course is conducted by librairans and addressed to graduate students. WUT ML specialists conduct lectures, workshops and also offer e-learning.
The programme includes the following topics:
- Review of bibliographical databases
- Review of information sources on the Internet
- building a search strategy for literature in databases
- evaluating search results and gathering data
- Citation Managers - managing downloaded information and attachments
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Librarians' support to the faculty regular course - The programme includes the following topics:
- reviewing of bibliographical databases
- reviewing of information sources on the Internet
- building a search strategy for literature in databases
- evaluating search results and gathering data
- Citation Managers - managing downloaded information and attachments
Currently implemented at the Faculty of Building Services, Hydro and Environmental Engineering as a part of regular course Searching and Sharing of Knowledge (5 from 15 hours)
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
“Informacja o zasobach bibliotecznych” (Information Literacy) for the PhD students - An obligatory course for PhD students. 4 hours of lectures + e-learning. The aims are:
- acquainting students with the WUT Main Library holdings, including both printed and electronic resources
- building a search strategy for literature in databases
- managing scientific information from various sources
- introducing the principles of preparing footnotes, citations and references
- introducing the regulations concerning intellectual and industrial property and review of patents’ databases
- acquainting students with databases and tools like Web of Science, Scopus, Publish or Perish etc.
- introducing the principles of making a proper assessment
- selection of search results and applying them in a scientific work
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Tailored (subject) workshops for graduate and postgraduate students on searching literature and creating their own bibliographic database
The training can be organized for a particular faculty or individually for interested groups of students. It consists of a lecture followed by workshops.
Up to 20 students can participate in one workshop session which lasts 2 teaching hours (90 minutes). The structure and content of each session depend on the students and the course specialization. The course comprises (among other topics):
- Electronic Information Sources (e.g. E-Books, E-Journals, bibliographic databases and central catalogues)
- searching for literature in databases
- searching for patents and standards etc.
The length and frequency of the training units depend on the needs of the group and will take place either in ML Training Room or at the particular faculty.
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Individual library training

Library training for the WUT staff

Library training for the WUT staff

General library training
Advanced library training
E-learning

Each module will be prepared on request and tailored to the needs of indywidual WUT departments (in the field of electronic information sources, the literature search strategy, Web of Science and other databases for citations of the scientific literature).
Contact: Reference Cetre, phone: 22 234 73 00, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Online training

Interlibrary Loans

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Delivering materials from other libraries

Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology (WUT ML) offers readers with an active library account a free service of bringing in library materials that are not available in the resources of WUT libraries. The service is provided by Interlibrary Loans (see Address and opening hours).

Principles

only documents which are not available in Warsaw libraries are imported from other domestic libraries; only documents which are not available in domestic libraries are imported from foreign libraries;
interlibrary order slips are issued to Warsaw libraries¹, with which WUT ML has concluded relevant agreements (this does not apply to the libraries participating in BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme).

¹ With exclusion of the National Library and the library of SGH Warsaw School of Economics

Delivery

The way in which the imported materials are made available to the readers depends on the form in which they have been delivered:

borrowed books - are made available only on the spot in Main Library, Open Stacks, 3rd floor, under the pledge of a document with a photograph;
photocopies - readers are notified by telephone or e-mail when the copies are available for collection;
scan copies - a file is sent by e-mail; if not possible (files secured by DRM) – a printout is available for collection in person.

Borrowing books from the ProQuest Ebook Central database

ProQuest Ebook Central gives access to more than 810,000 titles from nearly 650 professional, scientific and academic publishers (mainly in English). The database operates on the principle of e-book lending. All orders are sent to the WUT ML Interlibrary Loans service. A Library staff member decides whether the particular publication can be borrowed and then sends the information to the user's e-mail address. If the order is accepted, a link to the full text is sent to the user's e-mail address. More about the database

Loans of own collections to other libraries

Loans to other Warsaw libraries

Loans to other Warsaw libraries

Not applicable to the libraries participating in BiblioWawa Reciprocal Borrowing Programme.

We lend our own collections to libraries located in Warsaw on the basis of the rules adopted in the WUT ML Regulations (see Regulations). The service is available at the Open Stacks, location, 3rd floor, room 336, Mon.- Fri. 9:00-19:00, Sat. 9:00-16:00.

In order to create/renew a library account, a registration form must be completed and delivered in person or sent by post to Open Stacks (original document needed). To renew the account, the library must not have any unpaid fees or overdue books. Registration form

Loans to domestic and foreign libraries

Loans to domestic and foreign libraries

The Library lends its own collections to domestic and foreign libraries for up to 30 days from the date of receipt. Maximum number of documents per account: 10. Instead of lending the original, the Library may make - by agreement and at the requesting party's expense - a copy of the requested document. The shipping costs of the requested documents are covered by WUT ML, while the return shipping costs are covered by the requesting party.

The following regulations regarding: prolongations, renewals, fees for not meeting due dates or for losing borrowed documents apply to all libraries using Interlibrary Loans. Requests can be made by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. When ordering copies, please include the full name of the requesting unit, the address with postcode and the VAT number.

Resources

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WUT Main Library’s collections contain scientific and didactic literature on technical sciences such as:

basic sciences: mathematics, physics and chemistry;
engineering sciences: environmental engineering, materials, civil, chemical, and mechatronics, computer science, electronics, electrical engineering, transport, engineering, construction, production organization and architecture;
natural sciences: biology, agriculture, geodesy and cartography;
socio-economic sciences: organization and management, political science and law.

List of divisions describes subject classes of collection.

WUT Main Library’s collections contain about 1,000,000 volumes:

including over 570 000 volumes of printed books (scientific, monographs, handbooks, manuals, lexicons etc.);
about 760 subscribed titles of printed scholarly journals;
over 8 300 titles of electronic journals;
160 000 titles of electronic books (see: e-resources title list);
access to 150 licensed databases (see: database list);
188 000 items of special collection (antique books, dissertations, audiovisual materials, microforms, etc.);
82 000 Polish standards or European and international standards harmonized with Polish;
and many other sources of information.

WUT Main Library is constantly expanding collections by systematically buying new publications, subscribing to the most important journals in the field of technical sciences and constantly updating resources.

In addition, it creates and develops Digital Library WUT, which collects digital versions of publications constituting historical scientific achievements of university, as well as materials related to the history of WUT. There are also selected digitized scripts, journals and PhD theses representing contemporary DL WUT participates in Digital Libraries Federation (DLF). There you can search more than 2 700 000 resources from over 110 other digital libraries in Poland, using one interface. Additionally, DL WUT resources are visible in the European Digital Library - Europeana.

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