Borrowing resources
Most of our books and journals are on open shelves so that patrons can browse these areas. All other resources with the location "Magazin" are in our stacks and can be ordered at the circulation desk.
Exact details concerning the shelving, availability and loan period of a resource can be found in the TU Graz LibrarySearch. You can find an overview here (PDF in German only).
There is no charge for borrowing our resources. However, for resources that are not returned on time, we charge overdue fees (PDF in German only). Please make sure to prolong the loan period online or at the circulation desk.
Books can be returned during the opening hours at the circulation desk or via our book-return boxes available at all three library locations.
We provide detailed instructions on how to use the library and its holdings in our library regulations.
Library card
TU Graz card
TU Graz students and staff borrow library resources with their TU Graz card.
University Libraries Styria
Students and staff of other Styrian universities can borrow resources of TU Graz Library using their ID cards from their own universities. This requires an activation for TU Graz library on your online business card of your own university.
Library for everyone
Anyone can use TU Graz Library. Library cards are issued at the circulation desks of the Main Library Monday through Friday from 8:30 am to 4 pm and at Inffeld Subject Library Monday through Thursday from 8:30 am to 4 pm and on Friday from 8:30 am to 1 pm. A library card is free of charge. You will need your registration form, an official photo ID and our admissions form.
Using e-books and e-journals
The library licenses a large number of electronic resources. Patrons can access them from within the IP range of TU Graz. TU Graz students and staff can also access these e-books and e-journals from off-campus locations. To do this, install a VPN client on your personal computer.
Please note that the rights to read and download electronic resources may differ between various publishers.
Journals
The library keeps a large collection of scientific journals, daily newspapers and magazines. Readers can read these in the library or make copies or scans of parts of them.
Textbook collection
The textbook collection contains up-to-date introductory literature for many subjects. Because there is strong demand for textbooks the library keeps multiple copies of each. The borrowing period for textbooks is 60 days.
In order to keep our textbook collection up to date, we purchase new books on an ongoing basis in consultation with TU Graz teachers. If you wish to suggest acquisition of particular books, write to us at order.bibliothek@tugraz.at.
24-hour pick-up service
With the library’s 24-hour pick-service, books from the main library are available around the clock at the pick up station at Technikerstraße 4.
After you activated the service, reserved books are automatically deposited for you at the pick-up service. To use this service a smartphone is required. Please let the library know your mobile phone number by email, telephone or in person at the circulation desk.
Main Library:
ausleihe.bibliothek@tugraz.at, 0316 873 6176
NAWI Subject Library:
fbnawi.bibliothek@tugraz.at, 0316 873 6177
Inffeld Subject Library:
fbinff.bibliothek@tugraz.at, 0316 873 4165
Activation is only valid for the library branch to which you have sent your number. If you wish to use the service for another location, please register separately.
We make sure your data is processed in compliance with data protection. You can withdraw your consent to use this service at any time.
This is how it works: Reserve a book via TU Graz LibrarySearch. As soon as the reservation is ready, you receive a text message including a link to a QR code. With this QR code, you may collect the reserved books at the station at any time within 7 days.
Reservations made at the Main Library by 15:00 on weekdays will be held at the pick-up station on the same day. Reservations made after 3pm will be available on the next working day. Reservations at the subject libraries take one to two days to be ready for collection at the pick-up station.
A Tutorial for the pick-up service is available on our YouTube channel.
Inter-library loans
The inter-library loan service will obtain journal articles and books that are not present in Graz. To order these, please use our online form on TU Graz Library Search. You have to login first with your TU Graz online username and password to use the form. Please note that inter-library loans are subject to fees (PDF in German only). The inter-library loans team will be happy to answer your questions.
Libraries and educational institutions that need to borrow media from our collections are also asked to send their requests to fernleihe.bibliothek@tugraz.at or order via Alma.
Course reserves
Lecturers can request essential literature for a lecture or a particular topic to be kept together as physical and virtual course reserves.
Print resources are available to students at the appropriate library location and is accessible during library opening hours. Electronic resources can be accessed online at any time via TU Graz LibrarySearch.
All virtual course reserves can be found here on the website.
If you would like to set up a physical or virtual course reserve? Please send an e-mail to service.bibliothek@tugraz.at.
Remote access
TU Graz students and staff can access electronic library resources from outside the IP range of the university. The way of getting access depends on the resources you want to use:
TU Graz LibrarySearch
Most of our e-books are listed in the TU Graz LibrarySearch. To access these, you need your TUGRAZonline user access data.
VPN
Install a VPN client to access databases, licensed e-journals or our e-book portals.
Shibboleth
Databases like IEEE Xplore, statista or effects 2.0 allow access via Shibboleth. Please log into these databases directly by filling in your TUGRAZonline user access data in the browser window.
Suggesting acquisitions
The library is constantly updating its collections. In doing this we are happy to follow suggestions by our users. You can submit your suggestions to order.bibliothek@tugraz.at or hand them in at the circulation desk.
Rarities
The library has a collection of rare and valuable books. Readers can search for these in the TU Graz LibrarySearch and can use them in the reading room of the main library (old campus).
TU Graz Archives
The TU Graz archives are your first point of call if you want to find out more about the history of the university and its members, you are interested in the history of Styrian architecture or are looking for historical images of Styria. The archive team will be happy to advise and support you.
You find all digitized objects online at TU Graz ArchiveSearch.
Standards and regulations
The library provides access to Austrian and international standards and regulations. Within the IP range of the university, you can also use electronic ÖNORM standards and ÖVE-guidelines in the standards reading room.
Many standards are also available to students and staff of TU Graz via the database effects 2.0. We are constantly expanding our collection of downloadable standards. Please submit any suggestions for standards that we should acquire to order.bibliothek@tugraz.at.
Departmental libraries
Parts of our collections are held on permanent loan to the institutes of TU Graz. When you find these media in the TU Graz LibrarySearch, the results will show an institute as their location.
The conditions for using and borrowing media from these departmental collections are different from institute to institute. You can find detailed information on these conditions on the business card of the relevant institute in TUGRAZonline.
