Information at our service desks

You can of course obtain information and answers to your service enquiries at the service desks in the Central Library, the Historical Building and the Forestry, Physics, Cultural Studies and Economics & Social Sciences Divisional Libraries as well as in the Medical Library and the Waldweg Library.

Advice by email and telephone

We are of course also available during our opening hours Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00 by phone at +49 551 39-25231 (Tel.) and answer email to the information (email). If necessary, we will also be happy to put you in touch with contact persons at the Göttingen State and University Library. We also answer questions that go beyond library issues. Our information service is free of charge and available to all interested parties.

Virtual information desk at the Göttingen State and University Library

Orientation, literature search, online resources - we are happy to answer your questions at our virtual information desk.
 
Make an appointment with us:
Please send an email with the subject ‘Virtual Counselling’ and your subject and preferred appointment time (Mon - Fri 9:00 - 18:00) to the information (email). 
You will receive an invitation to the counselling session with the access data as soon as possible. 

The use of the camera is of course voluntary! You will find data protection information on the subject of videoconferencing on the University of Göttingen website.

Online Research Support (subject-specific, individual topics)

If you have any questions concerning

• subject-specific literature search
• writing a term paper or thesis
• reference management (Citavi, Zotero, Endnote, LaTeX)
• formatting with MS Word / Excel

please book a consultation appointment with one of our experts! The Research Support is here to help you: Find answers to all of your questions to complete your term paper or thesis quickly and successfully.

Do you have any bibliographical questions or need some information on our holdings?

Please contact Written Information, where we will be happy to help you. Please note that there are different contact persons for our modern and our historical holdings. 

We will assist you in preparing for your visit to the Göttingen State and University Library, help you with your questions about photocopy and scanning requests and advise you on the options that best suit your needs. Please consult our current price list for photocopy and scanning requests.

Do you need reproductions of entire works or of individual images from our holdings for printing purposes?

Please submit a simple request (email) for reproduction permission and state their proposed use. It is usually possible to grant your request by return mail.