Consultation

Please consult the updated version of the text, in Italian.

Books located in the Closed Stacks (Magazzino)

Books located in closed stacks and whose location shelf code begins with the indication Mag., Ved., Sidic, FW, can be requested by completing the specific form.

This form should be placed in the request box at the Distribution Office.

Requests for such documents can be made from 9.00am till 12.00 noon and from 2.30 till 5.00pm.

Requests for books cannot be processed outside the aforementioned hours.

The requested volumes can be retrieved from the shelves next to the circulation desk, at the Distribution Office. When no longer in use, they should be returned directly or can be left on the reading tables.

Each person can request four (4) volumes in the morning and four (4) volumes during the afternoon.

Books located in the Reading Rooms

Books located in the reading rooms can be consulted directly from the shelves.

They are about 70.000 books and are mostly reference books, such as encyclopaedias, directories, dictionaries, textbooks, commentaries, handbooks.

Books located in the different Reading Rooms have location shelf code beginning with the indication S.L., Soc. (ex Social Sciences Seminario), Arte (Arte Reading Room), SIDIC/S.L.

All above mentioned books are exempt from Maneat Service (cfr. Loan)

Periodicals: current and back issues

All the periodicals, current and back issues, are directly available to users.

They are located in the various reading rooms and grouped by disciplinary domain (cfr. Periodicals Classification System).

After consultation, single issues or the bound volumes are to be returned to their proper place on the shelves.

(cfr. Periodicals Alphabetical Title List - April 2011

(cfr. Library Hours)