FAQ on the supply of literature

• Members, relatives and guests of the UAS are required to wear medical masks (at least surgical mask) in the buildings of our university. Persons with cold symptoms are not allowed to enter the buildings (see rules for operation at Münster UAS)
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• When entering the library, visitors* must disinfect their hands
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• A medical mask must be worn while in the library. This can be removed at the workplace.

You can contactless pick up your pre-ordered media in FINDEX and borrow them at the self-checkout.
Furthermore, a limited number of people can independently search for media on the shelves or copy them, for example, after checking in via QR code.
In addition, designated individual workstations are available in the departmental libraries. The use of these places is possible in compliance with the regulations of the current Corona Protection Ordinance.
Please observe our current hygiene rules.
Please check the opening hours schedule for each area library for more information.

Bibliothek für Architektur, Design und Kunst
No separate booking of a workstation is necessary. You can view the final papers during opening hours.

Departmental Library Hüfferstiftung (Sozialwesen).
No separate booking of a workstation is necessary. You can view the final papers during opening hours.

If possible, the media should be ordered in advance via FINDEX.

Loans are only possible via the self-booker.
In order to be able to check out items at the self-check-machine, you must know your FH identifier and your associated password! It is not possible to check out through library staff. The self-checkout machine is operated by a touch screen and is cleaned regularly. However, if you do not want to touch the touch screen, please bring disposable gloves yourself.

It is not possible to return books via the self-check-machine or at the counter during circulation hours.

Please refer to the pages of the respective departmental library for the current opening hours.

Please observe our current hygiene rules.

Yes, it's possible. However, borrowing is generally only possible for members of Münster University of Applied Sciences and Münster Academy of Art. The equipment must be ordered in advance using the order form on one of the websites listed below and will be loaned to your library account after the order has been processed. You will receive a loan receipt by e-mail and then have the possibility to pick up the equipment during Lending hours in the Departmental Library of your choice up to 4 days after the loan date. Afterwards the equipment will be returned. The devices can only be borrowed if the loan receipt can be shown as a printout or on the smartphone.
The end of the loan period is the date on the loan receipt.

For current opening hours, please refer to the pages of the respective Department Library.

Please observe our current hygiene rules.

1. you return the book via the return machine in the bistro courtyard of the FHZ (Corrensstr. 25, 48149 Münster) or via the return boxes at the other locations
- Library for Architecture, Design and Art outside at the door to the library foyer (Leonardo-Campus 10, 48149 Münster).
- Hüfferstiftung Departmental Library behind the building (inner courtyard) at the rear entrance door (Johann-Krane-Weg 23, 48149 Münster).
- Steinfurt Departmental Library in front of building part A, (Stegerwaldstraße 39, 48565 Steinfurt).

2. Use the online extension. In principle, all borrowed media can be extended several times. The renewal is valid from the day it was carried out.
Therefore: Please renew only once at first! There is no point in immediately renewing a second time, you are "giving away" another loan period.

For current opening hours, please refer to the pages of the respective Department Library.

Please observe our current hygiene rules.

For current opening hours, please refer to the pages of the respective area library.

Please note our current hygiene rules.

Use FINDEX to search for the electronic book you need. You will find a link to the full-text version of your university (FH Münster or Kunstakademie Münster) in the e-book details. You must identify yourself with your FH ID.
This is only possible for members of the FH Münster or Kunstakademie Münster.

If you have problems using e-books, please contact us by e-mail: findexfh-muensterde.

The use of scanner, printer and copier is possible in compliance with the regulations of the current Corona Protection Ordinance.

Please observe our current hygiene rules.

Copying from journals and loose-leaf collections is permitted, subject to the regulations of the current Corona Protection Ordinance.

Please observe our current hygiene rules.

A: External users can apply for a library card through self-registration.

The current opening hours can be found on the pages of the respective departmental library.