Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology

Subject librarians

Created: 24 March 2015

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:

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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Subject librarians' team manager

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

Created: 24 March 2015

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

Training programmes at WUT Main Library:

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

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

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

Created: 24 March 2015

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).

Order form

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

Orders

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

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

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

Created: 24 March 2015

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;
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.

Instructions for authors of scientific papers, dissertations, theses

Created: 24 March 2015

Each scientific paper should contain a list of documents (e.g. books, articles), used by the author while writing the paper, ordered alphabetically or using other categories (such as document types). Such list, called bibliography or end-of-work bibliography or list of references, is a ready source of literature on the subject and is an expression of honesty of the author. Bibliography should be placed at the end of each chapter or the end of the paper. The basic element of any bibliography is a bibliographic description - information about the document (e.g. chapter in a book, journal article, conference paper, website) needed for the identification, put in a strict sequence.

I. Why cite sources?

Whenever you quote or base your ideas on another person's work, you must document the source you used. Even when you do not quote directly from another work, if reading that source contributed to the ideas presented in your paper, you must give the authors’ proper credit.

II. Citations and Footnotes

Naturally, when you write a thesis, you work with other people’s publications. In such case you will have to list your sources and describe them accurately. Documenting your sources is always important, especially when using citations, numbers or illustrations
Citations allow readers to locate and further explore the sources you consulted, show the depth and scope of your research, and give credit to authors for their ideas. Citations provide evidence for your arguments and add credibility to your work by demonstrating that you have sought out and considered a variety of resources. In written academic work, citing sources is standard practice and shows that you are responding to this person, agreeing with that person, and adding something of your own. Think of documenting your sources as providing a trail for your reader to follow to see the research you performed and discover what led you to your original contribution.

III. There are different ways to invoke cited theses:

You can cite literally, but then you have to separate the citation from your own text.
In case you want to shorten the citation, please replace the part you want to leave out like this (…)

Example:

Advances in physics often translate to the technological sector, and sometimes influence the other sciences, as well as mathematics and philosophy. [27].

Shortened version:

Advances in physics often translate to the technological sector(.) as well as mathematics and philosophy. [27].

The number given at the end of the citation indicates the position of the source in the bibliography.

You can refer to somebody’s ideas, publications, etc. in various ways, e.g.:

Example:

As Kwiatkowski wrote in [7] (…)

The number [7] informs us that we can find the title of the book written by Kwiatkowski in the list of references.

If the author wants to give additional information about his own text, she/he can do it using footnotes.

IV. How do you cite sources?

Citations within your text link specific fragments to the sources you consulted or quoted. This can be done through in-text brackets notes, footnotes, or endnotes. In addition, a bibliography or list of works cited is almost always placed at the end of your paper. The citation style and format you use will be determined by the style you choose. Only one bibliographic style format should be used for the entire paper

See more - examples of citation styles:

Oxford:

http://www.deakin.edu.au/current-students/study-support/study-skills/handouts/oxford-docnote.php#about_this_resource_62_1

Harvard:

http://education.exeter.ac.uk/dll/studyskills/harvard_referencing.htm

Gathering literature and creating references

Created: 24 March 2015

How to manage your research (resources and references)

During your research and looking for input from books, journals or other materials, you will have to deal with a lot of information, while searching scientific information you are building up a collection of relevant literature – it means managing and processing references. You have to put it all together and manage references using special programme.

WUT ML recommends the following free programmes, for creating your own database. Special programmes can help you put it all together and create references automatically:

Zotero - free access
EndNote Web - free access for teaching and research staff via ISI Web of Knowledge platform
Mendeley - free reference manager

References management software programme offers tools helping you “organize” all searching results. Here is what the programme can do:

Your references will be in your own searchable database
You can import descriptions from online databases, catalogues, journal indexes, full text sources
Your searching results will be automatically formed for your references in the style you choose

If you collect references from many different resources, you have to remember to refer to the source you have been using, you should develop the list of cited papers as footnotes or endnotes

Copyrights

All researchers and students have follow the copyright law if they cite other authors` articles, books or the Internet links.

Remember to inform about authors` names and titles of the sources.

Plagiarism

Accusations of plagiarism can have devastating consequences:

People in academic and scientific communities have lost their jobs and reputation for copying somebody work without giving credit to it, also financial consequences
More details - see Polish civil and criminal law

Finding literature

Created: 24 March 2015

You are looking for literature on a given topic, check out:

Primo multi-search engine
enabling simultaneous searching of multiple information resources, including library catalogues, electronic sources (databases, e-journals, e-books), as well as other digital sources. The search engine consists of two tabs available on the home page of the Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology:
- WUT resources (print + online) – simultaneous searching of all WUT library resources (print and electronic)
- National collections (print) – searching the catalogues of several hundred libraries included in the national library network (e.g. National Library, many academic and public libraries)
Primo Research Assistant
An innovative tool available in Primo, supported by artificial intelligence, which allows asking questions in natural language:
- analyses the content available in the Library's electronic resources;
- selects 5 publications that best answer the question asked;
- extracts key information from the descriptions or abstracts of these sources;
- presents them in the form of a concise summary.
  See Research Assistant
Database List
A tabular list of databases subscribed to by the Library, as well as selected publicly available sources. Please note the symbols and descriptions next to each database. The table includes, among other things:
- Bibliographic and abstract databases
  - enable quick review of literature: from one or many fields, many publishers, in different languages;
  - contain abstracts of articles, conference materials, and sometimes books;
  - offer advanced search tools (dictionaries, classifications, thesauruses);
  - enable redirection to the publisher's platform with access to the full text - only if WUT subscribes to a given title (if the publication is not available online, you can check the printed version in library or request it through the Interlibrary Loans)
- Full-text databases
  - databases of individual publishers or platforms collecting publications from multiple publishers;
  - contain full texts of articles, books, and other documents;
  - journals available in full-text databases are also largely recorded in bibliographic and abstract databases;
  - e-book databases (marked in red on the Database List)
WUT Digital Library
Digitised, selected WUT collections of historical and cultural significance; educational resources; scientific achievements of the University's staff.

If you are looking for a specific book or magazine title, check out:

Primo search engine WUT resources (print + online)
You can check the availability of journals and books in print or electronic form in WUT libraries (use the available filters - Resource type).
Primo search engine Journal Search tab
Search for journals by title, ISSN number or subject category.
Primo search engine National collections (print) tab
Search the catalogues of several hundred libraries included in the national library network (including the National Library, numerous academic and public libraries). If a publication in print is not available in the WUT resources, after logging into Primo, you will have access to the Interlibrary Loans Request tab with a completed request form.
For more information, see the Interlibrary Loans tab.

If you are looking for polish or foreign standards, check out:

Information about Standards can be found under the tab Circulation / Collections available on site only / Standards.

If you are looking for patents, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- Patents Espacenet
  Access to over 150 million patent documents from around the world (since 1836), including applications and granted patents. The database has a Polish language interface and allows you to search documents from over 80 countries (Worldwide), WIPO (WO), the European Patent Office (EP) and selected countries, including Poland (PL)
- Patents E-Search
  Database of the Patent Office of the Republic of Poland (UPRP), containing information on applications and exclusive rights granted for: inventions, utility models, industrial designs (including decorative designs), trademarks, geographical indications, and integrated circuit topographies
- Patents E-Register
  The register search engine provides online access to current entries in the registers maintained by the UPRP (history of changes, legal status) for: inventions, utility models, industrial designs, trademarks, supplementary protection rights
- Derwent Innovations Index / on the Web of Science platform
  An international patent database offering access to patent information (since 1963) and its citation index (since 1973). The subscription includes: Chemical Section; Electrical and Electronic Section and Engineering Section
- Google Patents
  Wyszukiwarka umożliwiająca dostęp do ponad 120 milionów dokumentów patentowych z ponad 100 urzędów na świecie, m.in. USPTO, EPO i WIPO. Obejmuje zarówno pełne teksty patentów, jak i zgłoszeń, w tym historyczne dane od 1790 roku (USA) i 1978 roku (EPO/WIPO).
  A search engine providing access to over 120 million patent documents from over 100 patent offices worldwide, including USPTO, EPO and WIPO. It covers full texts of both patents and applications, including historical data from 1790 (USA) and 1978 (EPO/WIPO).

If you are looking for diploma, doctoral or habilitation theses defended at wut, check out:

Information about theses defended at Warsaw University of Technology can be found under the tab Circulation / Collections available on site only / Diploma, doctoral and habilitation theses

If you are looking for the properties of chemicals and materials, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- CAS SciFinderN and Reaxys
  Bibliographic and abstract databases enabling the search for chemical substances and reactions. They contain, among other things, names, identification numbers, structural formulas, literature data, properties, information about suppliers, conditions of use, and reaction schemes with yields and catalysts
- Knovel
  The Data Search tab enables searching for specified values of chemical and physical properties of substances and materials
- Total Materia
  A comprehensive material database containing the properties of over 450,000 materials (metals, polymers, ceramics, composites). It enables searching for materials by their designations, chemical composition or mechanical properties, as well as searching for standards

If you are looking for company financial statements, industry reports, stock market quotations, statistics and macroeconomic data, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- EMIS NEXT Academic Research
  Enables searching and analysing market, industry and company data
- ProQuest ABI/INFORM Collection
  Offers nearly 3,900 full-text publications in fields such as business and economics, corporate strategy, management techniques, and information on competitiveness and products
- EBSCO Business Searching Interface (BSI)
  Enables searching and viewing of both economic data on the country and profiles of foreign companies, as well as SWOT analyses, industrial information and market research reports

If you are looking for legal regulations, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- Legal acts Internet System of Legal Acts – ISAP
  Full-text access to legal acts published in: the Journal of Laws and Monitor Polski (Official Gazette of the Republic of Poland)

If you are looking for textbooks written by university staff or lecture materials, check out:

WUT resources (print + online), then Database List:
- OKNO – textbooks educational resources Multimedia textbooks developed by the WUT Distance Learning Centre – OKNO PW
- Educational resources Educational platform for teaching computer science
- Open AGH educational resources Materials developed by employees and students of the AGH University of Science and Technology
- MIT OpenCourseWare educational resources Massachusetts Institute of Technology Open Learning programme

If you are looking for information about the scientific achievements of wut employees, check out:

WUT Base of Knowledge
Data on various aspects of the scientific and research activities of WUT employees, including: publications (articles, books, scripts), reports, translations, projects, patents, products, implementations, research data, professional activities and achievements.
For more information, see the WUT Base of Knowledge tab
Printed bibliography yearbooks available on site at the Reference and Bibliometric Analysis Department. The following years are available:
- 1944-1974
- 1975-1978
- 1979-1980
- 1981-1982
- 1983-1984
- 1985-1986

A Brief History

Created: 23 March 2015

The history of WUT Main Library is closely connected with the history of the university.

1824 - The first idea of establishing a higher technical school - The Institute of Technology (Instytut Politechniczny)
1825 - April. The Library Council was established to elaborate the final project of The Institute of Technology (Instytut Politechniczny)
1826 - January 4 - Inauguration of the Preparatory School for the Institute of Technology. The first principal of the school was Kajetan Garbiński and the first librarian was Dionizy Lanckoroński.
1831 - All universities in the Kingdom of Poland were closed as a consequence of the November Uprising.
1895 - Opening of the Mechanical and Technical School of Wawelberg and Rotwald in Warsaw. In 1951, the collection of this school became a part of the WUT Library Collection.
1898 - Opening of the Emperor Nicolas II University of Technology, with Russian as a medium of instruction.
1915 - November 15 - Inauguration of the Warsaw University of Technology with Polish as a medium of instruction. Organizing the library collections after the damages of the World War I.
1918 - Opening the Library with collections of 32,000 volumes.
1939 - The Library collections amounted to almost 90,000 volumes.
1939 - October - WUT Main Building occupied by the German Army.
1944 - The Main Building and the Main Library Collection were burned down during the Warsaw Uprising.
1945 - The Commission for the University Restoration decided to rebuild the Library collection.
1996 - The extension of WUT Main Building to accommodate the Main Library started.
1999 – September - Opening of the new facilities of the Main Library.
2011 - WUT Main Library organized a IATUL conference.

Faculty and Institute Libraries

Created: 23 March 2015

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE

Faculty Library

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tel: 22 234 5547

Koszykowa Street 55, ground floor, room 2

Opening hours

Mon.- Wed. 8:30-15:30

Thu.- Fri. 9:00-18:00

FACULTY OF AUTOMOTIVE AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 8449

Narbutta Street 84, 3rd floor, room 317

Opening hours

Mon., Wed., Thu. 9:00-15:00

Tue., Fri. 9:00-18:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 10:00-14:00

FACULTY OF CHEMICAL AND PROCESS ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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tel: 22 234 6335

Waryńskiego Street 1, 6th floor, room 601

Opening hours

Mon.-Fri. 8:00-16:00

FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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tel: 22 234 6590

tel: 22 234 6456

Armii Ludowej Street 16, 6th floor, room 607

Opening hours

Mon.-Thu. 9:00-16:00

Fri. 9:00-18:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 10:00-15:00

FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Library of Institute of Theory of Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Information Systems

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tel: 22 234 7326

Koszykowa Street 75, stairwell B, 2nd floor, room 209

Opening hours

Mon., Wed., Fri. 10:00-14:00

Thu. 10:00-17:00

Tue. closed

Extramurial studies Friday sessions: 12:00-18:00

FACULTY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 7625

Nowowiejska Street 15/19, ground floor, room 40

Opening hours

Mon.-Fri. 9:00-18:00

FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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https://www.facebook.com/BibliotekaWIBHiIS/

tel.: 22 234 7689

Nowowiejska Street 20, 3rd floor, room 320

Lending Room

Mon.-Fri. 9:00-16:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 9:00-14:00

Reading Room

Mon.-Fri. 9:00-16:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 9:00-14:00

FACULTY OF MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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tel: 22 234 8301

Wołoska Street 141, 1st floor, room 102

Opening hours

Mon.-Tue. 9:00-17:00

Wed., Thu., Fri. 9:00-15:00

Faculty of Mathematics and Information Science

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 5444

Koszykowa Street 75, 2nd floor, room 227

Opening hours

Mon. 10:30-18:00

Tue.-Fri. 9:00-18:00

FACULTY OF MECHATRONICS

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 8537

Św. A. Boboli Street 8, 3rd floor, room 335

Opening hours

Mon.-Fri. 10:00-14:00

FACULTY OF PHYSICS

Faculty Library

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tel: 22 234 5444

Waryńskiego Street 1, 6th floor, room 601

Opening hours

Mon. 10:30-18:00

Tue.-Fri. 9:00-18:00

FACULTY OF POWER AND AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 5768, tel./fax 022 234 5255

Nowowiejska Street 21/25, ground floor, room 10

Opening hours

Mon.-Tue. 9:00-17:00

Wed. 9:00-16:00

Thu., Fri. 9:00-17:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 10:00-14:00

Library of Institute of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics

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tel.: 22 234 7914, 22 234 7924

Nowowiejska Street 24, 2nd floor, room 231

Opening hours

e-mail contact

Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

Department of Printing Technologies

Opening hours

closed

Return of library materials

FACULTY OF TRANSPORT

Faculty Library

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tel. 22 234 7702

Koszykowa Street 75, room 9

Opening hours

Mon.-Fri. 9:00-15:00

Extramurial studies Saturday sessions: 10:00-14:00

Library on Sundays

Created: 23 March 2015

Sections of the Main Library open on Sundays:
10.00 – 16.00 ML Students Lending Room (room 71)
10.00 – 16.00 ML Open Stacks (level II - room 242, level IIa - room 243, level III - room 336)

Services offered on Sundays:

space for learning
sharing and borrowing items available in Open Stacks and Students Lending Room
returning items
renewing

Note! If you want to use items from ML Stockroom Collection on Sunday, you should order them earlier (last orders will be accepted on Saturday before 6.30 pm) by phone: 22 234 7176 or via mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Services not available on Sundays:

charging fees for overdue library items
sharing items from ML Stockroom
sharing periodicals from ML Stockroom
Interlibrary Loans from Warsaw libraries
getting request slips

ML Open Stacks

Created: 23 March 2015

It’s a part of the ML WTU where users are allowed to pick library items (journals and books) from the shelves by themselves. ML Open Stacks section is located: Level 2 – journals, magazines and books; Level 2A and Level 3 – books.

Open Stacks map Opening hours

Printed Open Stacks maps for people with visual impairment are available on levels 2, 2a, 3.

Arrangement of items

Item searching

Borrowing

Circulation

Created: 23 March 2015

Requests

Online requests

Key information about the Main Library's collections can be found in the library catalogue.

Most books available at WUT Main Library can be requested online by logging into your library account. For copies where this option is available, the ‘Request’ button will be visible after selecting location.

The ‘Request’ option is also active for books currently on loan to other users. In this case, when requesting a borrowed copy, you join the queue (this also applies to books in the Open Stacks location).

The ‘Request’ button is not visible to users who have reached their borrowing limit (check out: User authorisation levels) or whose library account has been blocked.

Pickup time

The requested book is ready for pickup when the message ‘On Hold Shelf until [pick-up date]’ appears in the ‘Requests’ tab of the user's library account. The requested material can be picked up within 4 working days from the date of its completion, or within 12 days in the case of extramural and postgraduate students.

Pickup location

To pick up your requested book, please go to the location indicated in the library catalogue as the pickup location. It is also visible in your library account in the “Requests” tab.

Loans

Persons with an active library account may borrow items from WUT libraries. Read more: User authorisation levels. Detailed provisions concerning user groups eligible to borrow items from WUT libraries and their authorisation are set out in the Regulations.

Loan period

The loan period for books is specified for each copy in the library catalogue after selecting the location, visible as ‘Available (…) for [specified period]’. After borrowing a book, the due date will appear in your library account under the ‘Loans’ tab. In justified cases, the library may request that the book be returned before the due date.

Borrowing limits

The status of individual user groups, borrowing limits and the maximum single validity period of a library account are listed in the table on the User authorisation levels page.

The borrowing limit applies to all loans on the user's library account, regardless of their location (Main Library, branches, and faculty and institute libraries). Other WUT libraries (faculty and institute libraries) may apply additional restrictions on loans from their collections.

BiblioWawa inter-university library loans

The Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology participates in BiblioWawa Warsaw Reciprocal Borrowing Programme, under which registered users from WUT can borrow library materials from affiliated libraries. Register at Student Lending Room (Main Building, ground floor, room 71). More information about BiblioWawa

The loan period depends on the regulations of the participating libraries
Borrowing limit: 3 books at a time per user in each participating library

Loan renewal

The loan period for each book can be extended three times. You can extend the loan period yourself - after logging into your library account - or with the help of a librarian.

The loan period for a given book may be extended each time for the same period as the original loan period (for example, a book borrowed for a month can be extended for another month). It is best to renew a few days before the due date (the new loan period is counted from the date of renewal, not from the original due date).

Renewal won’t be possible in the following cases:

the book has been reserved by another user
your library account has been blocked (check out: library account)
you have reached the maximum number of renewals

Returning books

Borrowed books must be returned to the locations from which they were borrowed.

Overdue books

If a borrowed book is not returned by the due date, the library account will be automatically blocked and a fee will be charged (PLN 0.3 per day). For more information about account blocking, check out: library account.
See also: Regulations and fees

Loss or damage of a book

If a borrowed book is lost or damaged, the user is required to provide the library with an identical copy. If it is not possible to purchase an identical copy, the librarian will indicate another book of similar value to the damaged/lost book.

On-site use only

Resources of the Main Library are available to all interested parties, including those without a library account, but in this case only on site. In the library catalogue, collections that cannot be borrowed can be identified by their status: ‘in the reading room’, ‘in the reading room (upon request)’, ‘in the reading room (consent required)’. These include books in the Open Stacks section, marked with a red label on the spine, as well as:

Diploma, doctoral and habilitation theses

BSc, BA, and MSc theses that are not classified, were defended after 1 July 2021, and for which the author has granted the Warsaw University of Technology a licence to make them available in a closed library system, are available in electronic form on terminals in: Open Stacks (2nd floor, room 242a); South Campus Library (room 206); Main Library Branch in Płock (room 32); faculty libraries (Architecture, Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronic and Information Technology, Environmental Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Transport).

Other theses are stored at the faculties (Faculty and Institute Libraries or dean's offices). To determine whether these theses are available for inspection, please contact the relevant unit.

Doctoral theses (paper versions) defended at WUT are available in Open Stacks, 3rd floor. They can only be used on site, after placing an order with the librarian. Doctoral theses are made available under special conditions and may not be copied.

Doctoral theses from some faculties, including Architecture, Civil Engineering, Mechanics and Petrochemistry in Płock, are only available on site in faculty libraries.

Doctoral theses from 1990 onwards, included in WUT Base of Knowledge, are available in electronic form on terminals in: Open Stacks (2nd floor, room 242a); South Campus Library (room 206); Main Library Branch in Płock (room 32); faculty libraries (Architecture, Automotive and Construction Machinery Engineering, Chemical and Process Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electronic and Information Technology, Environmental Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Power and Aeronautical Engineering, Transport). The chronological scope of doctoral theses available in WUT Base of Knowledge will be gradually expanded.

The collection of doctoral theses, both in print and digital form, is not entirely complete, as not all copies are submitted to WUT Base of Knowledge. If you cannot find the doctoral thesis you are looking for, we recommend checking the faculty library. Habilitation theses that have been published in the form of a scientific journal are available in Open Stacks, 2nd floor. If they have been published in the form of a monograph (book), they are available under general rules (check the status and location of the copy in the library catalogue).

Check out: WUT Base of Knowledge

Journals

At least the last three volumes of each journal available on site are accessible in the Open Stacks section on the 2nd floor. Journal titles are arranged on shelves according to subject areas (check out: List of Divisions).

Older volumes of journals must be ordered electronically or from a librarian; they are brought from the stores for on-site viewing (delivery takes from 30 minutes to 4 working days, depending on the location).

Most current foreign journal titles are available only in electronic form. They can be accessed from any computer after logging into your library account.

Standards

On-site access – in the WUT Main Library reading rooms

Standards Reading Room – Main Library, Open Stacks
- Main Building, Pl. Politechniki 1, 2nd floor, room 242A
- access: online + print
- full access to standards online from computers in the Reading Room
- printed standards available on site
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Reading Room of the WUT Branch Library in Płock
- ul. Łukasiewicza 17, room 32
- access: online + print
- full access to standards online from a computer in the Reading Room
- printed standards available on site
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Reading Room of the South Campus Library

Note: some standards issued after 2013 can be found in the Primo catalogue.

Types of standards available in WUT libraries

all Polish Standards (PN), including those harmonised with ISO, EN and IEC
selected foreign standards, e.g. ASTM
selected Industry Standards (BN)

Terms of use

copying the entirety of Polish Standards and Standardisation Documents is prohibited
reproduction of excerpts is only possible:
- up to 5% of the volume – without the consent of the Polish Committee for Standardisation (PKN)
- up to 30% of the volume (e.g. tables, drawings) – with the consent of PKN
educational and scientific institutions may use fragments for teaching and research purposes (Articles 27–35 of the Copyright Act)
for more information please consult: https://www.pkn.pl/en/na-skroty/faq

Online access from anywhere

The library also offers access to electronic databases containing standards and standardisation materials:

PKN standards search engine – catalogue of the Polish Committee for Standardisation (search by number, status, description); no access to full versions of standards
IEEE/IEE Electronic Library (IEEE Xplore) – IEEE standards and publications in the fields of engineering, electronics, telecommunications, energy, robotics and transport; access to the full versions of standards

Special collections

Special Collections consist of: old prints (documents published before 1800), Polish books published before 1945, foreign publications prior to 1900, Polish periodicals published before 1950, cartographic and photographic collections. The collections are available for viewing only on site in the Special Collections Reading Room (Main Building, ground floor, room 70).

For particularly valuable items, the consent of the Head of the Special Collections Department is required.

As part of the project tasks of the ministerial programmes DUN (science dissemination activities) and SON (social responsibility of science), over 1,250 typescripts from the 1930s to the 1990s and approximately 7,000 slides and photographs relating to architecture, urban planning, spatial planning and environmental protection have been digitised. Part of the iconographic collections and typescripts, belonging to the public domain, is available online in WUT Digital Library, and documents protected by copyright can be viewed on a terminal in Open Stacks (2nd floor, room 242a).

Before ordering a title included in Special Collections, please check the availability of its digital copy in WUT Digital Library.

Online resources

Access to e-resources subscribed to by Warsaw University of Technology is available to students and employees of the University and other users with E authorisation level, in accordance with the Regulations, and is possible after logging in with an @pw.edu.pl account. Open resources are available to all users without the need to log in. Detailed rules for using e-resources are presented on the Database List page.

Library account

Created: 23 March 2015

Library users

Main Library of Warsaw University of Technology is open to all users.

Students and employees of WUT – academic teachers whose details and e-mail addresses are stored in the USOSweb system – are automatically assigned a library account. Other persons associated with WUT may set up a library account at any of the WUT libraries.

Persons from outside Warsaw University of Technology may use the printed and open access electronic collections on site. To do so, they should register with the library and obtain a card valid for one year. It is necessary to present a document with a photograph.

Guidelines regarding access rights to WUT libraries for specific groups of users are set out in the Regulations. Information on status, borrowing limits and library account validity can be found in Table 1 – authorization levels.

Library card

WUT students and doctoral students should use their Electronic Student Cards as library cards.

WUT employees may use their Electronic Staff Cards as library cards.

Other groups of users eligible for registration receive a library card issued by the library.

Library cards may not be lent or transferred to other persons.

Logging in

Two-factor authentication is required for WUT students and employees, as well as retired WUT employees:

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PASSWORD: the password for your PW domain email account;

Additional authentication (MFA): using Microsoft Authenticator app, a token or SMS.

For other users (who only have access to printed collections):

If you lose your password:

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Other users should use the remote password reset service. To complete the operation successfully, you must enter your library card number OR the e-mail address provided during registration) carried out in WUT libraries are recorded in your account.

My account

All activities related to library materials (requests, loans, returns; see: Circulation)

After logging into your library account, you can check:

your contact details
the expiry date of your account
the collection date of requested books
the return date of borrowed books and extend the loan period
your borrowing history (list of borrowed books)
the amount of fees charged and make payments
requests from the Interlibrary Loans

Account blocking

Your library account will be blocked in the following cases:

overdue books
late return fees exceeding PLN 5
expiry of account validity
removal from the student register
removal from the student register

Account blocking prevents you from requesting and borrowing books, extending their return date, and using e-resources.

To unblock your account, you must return the overdue materials and pay the fee (if it exceeds 5 PLN). Fees not exceeding 5 PLN may be paid at a later date.

Please note: The block applies to all locations (libraries) in the system simultaneously.

Failure to receive an e-mail reminder does not constitute grounds for cancelling the fee for late return of a book. In accordance with the Regulations each user is required to monitor their loans in their account.

Clearance slip

For students of the following faculties:

For students of the following faculties:
- Administration and Social Sciences;
- Architecture
- Chemical and Process Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Geodesy and Cartography
- Management
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Mechatronics;
- Power and Aeronautical Engineering
- Transport
an electronic clearance slip will be completed in the USOS system – after the clearance slip has been activated by the dean's offices of the above-mentioned faculties.

Users who need a paper form of clearance slip to be signed, can obtain the signature at the required WUT libraries after settling their library account, i.e. returning books, interlibrary request slips, and paying fees (if applicable).

NOTE: Signing the clearance slip will close your library account.

About us

Created: 23 March 2015

WUT Libraries

Created: 23 March 2015

WUT Library System

The WUT Library System (WUT LS) consists of Main Library, branch libraries, students’ halls of residence libraries and specialist libraries. Specialist libraries are located in faculties, institutes, chairs and other WUT units. The WUT LS libraries are interrelated and cooperate in supporting the research system and the process of studying. They constantly strive for closer cooperation in order to increase efficiency of services for library users.

Specialist libraries characteristics

User groups

Specialist libraries (faculty, institute and chairs) provide library and information services first of all to researchers, doctoral students and students of the unit the +library belongs to, then to users from other WUT units and to readers from outside the University.
Faculty libraries meet expectations and needs of students mainly. Institute and chair libraries support first of all research and teaching activities of academic staff and doctoral students of their parent units.

Activities

The specialist libraries primary task of is to select relevant literature and to provide proper and equitable access to the library collections. Therefore, the library materials are collected in accordance with the area of study and the scope of research activities carried out at each faculty, institute or chair.

Services

The scope of library services offered by the WUT specialist libraries is defined by obligatory REGULATIONS for Access to the Collections and Provision of Information Services of the WUT Library System. However, individual specialist libraries may define some rules for accessing the collections differently, according to their specific operating conditions.

Most specialist libraries provide basic library services:

sharing collections (printed and electronic) – on site and borowing
providing information
training

The scope of library services, rules and procedures for their provision, and groups of users of particular services are, in most cases, defined by specialist libraries. For further information, refer to the individual libraries (see: Faculty and Institute Libraries).

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