UB Social and Cultural Anthropology & Sociology

Live Occupancy

Study Spaces

• There are around 30 study spaces, whereof 2 with PC/screen (see devices).

• The study spaces can be used at any time without prior reservation.

Group Study Room

• 1 group study room (AND-5.38d) for min. 2 to max. 6 people. For details see Group Study Rooms.
• UZH members can reserve the room via booked-UB , max. 4 hours and 7 days in advance.

The group study room serves as a learning and working space, e.g. for cooperative group work, exam simulations and discussions (also see ). Please respect the rules of use: 

• During use, please ensure that conversations are conducted at low volume and that other library users are not disturbed. Otherwise, you will be asked to leave the room.
• Cleanliness must be ensured when leaving the room. Eating and the use of cell phones are not permitted. As a beverage only water from drinking bottles is allowed.
• For security reasons, it is recommended that valuables not be left unattended in the group study room. The library is not liable for items brought into its premises.
• The room must be vacated 5 minutes before the end of the booking time or, if necessary, must be extended at the counter if there are no reservations.
• During use, the instructions of the library staff must be followed and access to the group study room must be guaranteed to them in any case.

Borrow and Return

• Self-checkout station
• Return of books up to 5 cm: 24h outside mail box (Bibliothek Ethnologie & Soziologie, Medienrückgabe) in front of the electric sliding door at the entrance on the ground floor
• Please note that items will not be cleared from the library account until the next working day (check due date).

Devices

• 1 PC workstation
• 1 study space with external screen (USB-C)
• Printer (UZH Print Plus instructions)

Lockers

• Lockers are available in the entrance area outside the library. Use with your own lock.

The extensive collection of the open stacks library (approx. 50,000 volumes) includes textbooks, basic and research literature, reference works, journals and DVDs.

Film offer

The UB Ethnology & Sociology makes numerous films available, which can be searched via the catalog and borrowed on DVD.

The Swiss Anthropological Association (SEG) also offers films that can be viewed here. Searchable either via Swisscovery UniNE, or the list stored as PDF.

The library has licensed the film database ALEXANDER STREET. You can search directly in the database or search for content via various channels, such as "Anthropology". However, the resource can also be accessed directly from the swisscovery catalog (with authentication via Switch edu-ID) if a search refers to a film from this database, or if we enter the name of a resource from this database that we already know.