The Economics & Social Sciences Divisional Library ("BBWiSo") supplies information and literature on economics and social sciences. It is open to university teachers and students as a reference library; its holdings are kept on site for you to read.
Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, +49 551 39-27256 (Tel.)
Access and location map
Changed May opening hours
The Library will be closed on 1 May 2021 (May Day) and 13 May 2021 (Ascension Day) as well as on 23 and 24 May 2021 (Whitsun).
Changed opening hours
On-site use is restricted until 16 May 2021.
As of 3 May 2021 a limited number of 30 individual workstations will be offered in the Economics & Social Sciences Divisional Library:
Mon - Sat 10:00 – 17:00.
We are happy to assist you with any questions you may have about the use of the library and to assist you in finding and borrowing specialist literature from our library as well as from other libraries.
We offer:
Circulation:
Textbook collection (basement level on the right, marked with "LBS" on the spine) four-week loan with option to extend
Weekend loan option for all items (except daily newspapers, non-bound periodicals, and books from the reserve book collections): Friday - Monday.
BBWiSo holdings can be researched in GöDiscovery and in the BBWiSo catalogue. This catalogue is part of the Göttingen University Catalogue (GUK).
Please find further information on our webpages Economics and Social Sciences. There you will find specialist databases, contact information for specialist staff, and can submit your procurement suggestions.
Are you limited in your personal mobility? Please take note of our information regarding parking facilities and barrier-free access points.
By public transport
From the train station
The bus lines 21 (Nikolausberg), and 23 (Faßberg) will get you to the stop "Platz der Göttinger Sieben". Pass the Central Library of the Göttingen State and University Library towards the campus. Follow on to the "Oeconomicum", Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, on the left.
The bus timetables can be found on the Göttinger Verkehrsbetriebe website (German user interface only).
On foot from the train station
Leave by the exit "Zentrum", then turn left into Berliner Straße. Pass the Central Library of the Göttingen State and University Library towards the campus. Follow on to the "Oeconomicum", Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, on the left. On foot, the library is a 10-minute walk from the train station.
By car
From Kassel
Take the A 7 exit Göttingen, and drive all the way down Kasseler Landstraße in the direction Stadtmitte / Hauptbahnhof. Turn left onto Berliner Straße and continue straight on, until you get to the junction Berliner Straße / Weender Landstraße.
Turn left on the junction Berliner Straße / Weender Landstraße. You have reached the university pay-parking facility on Weender Landstraße.
From Hanover
Take the A 7 exit "Göttingen-Nord" and follow the feeder road until Hannoversche Straße, where you turn right in the direction Stadtmitte.
You can now turn left on Kreuzbergring, and use the university pay-parking facilities on Weender Landstraße (see map). The parking access is located at the start of Kreuzbergring.
Drive straight on to the junction Weender Landstraße /Berliner Straße, and turn left into Nikolausberger Weg; keep straight on past the library (long building) and turn left into Goßlerstraße. Here you can use metered parking spaces (2 h) to the left of the barrier leading to the staff car park, as well as the pay-parking garage at the end of Goßlerstraße on the right.