Please note that the library card of the library system of the University of Hamburg is not valid in our library.

To borrow media, you have to register with us separately.

Please also remember that borrowed media from our library will not show in your online account and you will not receive an e-mail-reminder to return the books.

The coloured sign on the back of a book will tell you if you can borrow it and how long the loan period is:

Extending the loan period

You can can extend the loan period by 4 weeks up to three times, as long as no one else has reserved the medium. To do so, you need to tell us the call number on the back of the book (e.g. FOR-DIV F 4). You can do this via e-mail, phone or in person at the information desk.

Returning media

You can return the media during our opening hours. Simply put them into the yellow box with the sign "book return" at the information desk.

Reservations

If someone else has currently borrowed a medium you want, you can reserve it at the information desk. We will contact you as soon as the medium has been returned. You will then have one week to collect it at the information desk. After that period, your reservation has expired.

The document delivery service CaLief lets you order articles from publications in an electronic form. Within five days you will receive a link to the download server of the SUB via e-mail, where you can download your order.

To use CaLief you have to be a member of the UHH or of the Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf and you need a valid library card of the library system of the UHH.

To place an order with CaLief, proceed as follows:

• Open the Katalogplus and log in with the credentials of your library card.
• Find the desired publication.
• If it is possible to order articeles from the publication with CaLief, you will find this symbol next to the title:

• Clicking on the symbol will open a form where you enter the details of the article and then hit order.

Further information on CaLief can be found on the website of the SUB: Campuslieferdienst

If you have any questions or problems regarding CaLief, feel free to contact the team:

e-mail: Dokumentlieferung@sub.uni-hamburg.de
phone: +49 40/42838-6216

If you cannot find your desired literature in ours or in any other of Hamburg's libraries, you can access it with an interlibrary loan. For this you need a valid library card of the library system of the UHH and an account with the GVK (Gemeinsamer Verbundkatalog). An interlibrary loan is charged with 1,50 € per order.

You can make in interlibrary loan request as follows:

• Open the GVK and log in.
• Find the desired work.
• Choose loan request or copy request on the right side in the grey bar above the title.
• Fill in the form and submit your order by entering your password.
• A copy request will be sent to your e-mail address; if you have chosen loan request you will be notified when you can collect your order from the SUB.

Alternatively, you can use the document delivery service subito for a fee.

Further information can be found on the SUB's website under Leihen und Liefern and under Fernleihe.

If you have any questions or problems feel free to contact the SUB-Team:

e-mail: ausleihzentrum@sub.uni-hamburg.de
phone: +49 40/42838-5809