The Library provides you with books, magazines, electronic resources, dissertations, music CDs and DVDs.
In addition to the books required for teaching and research, the Library holdings include academic and general-interest journals, and a collection of DVDs and CDs.
The Library rich digital resources are available to users via the portal of the University Library System.
The Library is part of the Bologna library network within the National Library Service.
The main subject areas covered are economics, law, social sciences (political science, international relations, sociology), modern languages and literatures, linguistics and sociolinguistics, aerospace, mechanical and naval engineering, and medicine.
The Library collections are updated and expanded every year.
It includes textbooks, manuals, essays, literary works, critical studies, encyclopaedias, atlases and dictionaries, all searchable via the Library Catalogue.
Every year the Library purchases multiple copies of the texts listed in the course bibliographies for the Forlì Campus.
The first copy is kept in the Library for reference only, is shelved under LT, and must be requested at the Loan Desk. Other copies may be borrowed for 30 days and are shelved under LTPRE.
You can request any additional teaching materials listed in the course bibliographies at the Loan Desk.
You will find a copy of the Engineering textbooks also at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course Management Office.
Items with low circulation are kept in the Library off-site storage facility.
To borrow or browse through books shelved under MAGAZZINO or DEWEY-MAG, you need to place a loan request using the Library Catalogue.
You can collect requested books at the following times:
Copies of some textbooks in Braille are available for loan. The complete list is available in the Library Catalogue. To read them, please ask the Loan Desk.
The Library rich collection of print and online periodicals is updated and expanded every year.
Print journals available in the Library and the University electronic journals are searchable in ACNP – Italian Journal Catalogue (the Ruffilli Library is identified by the ACNP code BO110).
The Library maintains the last five years of current subscriptions. Print journals cannot be borrowed and are meant for reference in the Library only.
Many Italian and international newspapers and magazines are available online through some University databases. Please see the instructions on how to access them in the Attachments section below.
To access the University electronic journals you can start from the Library System website.
If you are outside the AlmaWIFI network you can use one of our computers or access the Proxy service on your device.
Journals concerning engineering topics are located in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Course Management Office and are meant for in-office reference only.
The University of Bologna provides users with numerous electronic resources including books, journals, databases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, dissertations and teaching materials.
Electronic resources are available on the University Library System website and can be searched using the AlmaStart discovery tool.
You can access them from any computer connected to the University network or from home using the Proxy service, for University of Bologna users with University credentials.
Non-institutional users (walk-in users) may request temporary credentials to connect to the University network and online library resources for study or research purposes only. These credentials are strictly personal and may be used only in Campus areas covered by AlmaWiFi.
You can request them by arranging an appointment via email and collect them at the Library; you will be asked to show a valid identity document.
Since 2012, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering theses, kept with a permission for online publication, have been available for reference in electronic format in AMS Tesi di Laurea, the official repository of University dissertations.
Depending on the privacy level chosen by the graduate and the supervisor, access is either open or requires authentication with University credentials. Library staff validate the publication process and collect deposit declarations according to the deadlines set by the Degree Programmes.
The declaration can be handed directly to the Library or sent by e-mail, with a scan of a valid ID, to bibliotecaruffilli.info@unibo.it.
Dissertations defended from July 2014 onwards and deposited with authorisation for online publication are available in electronic format in AMS Tesi di Laurea.
Depending on the privacy level chosen by the graduate and the supervisor, access is either open or requires authentication with University credentials.
Dissertations defended until March 2014 can be searched using the specific Catalogue.
For further information: didatticaforli.dit-studenti@unibo.it.
The music CD collection ranges from classical to pop music, both Italian and international.
The DVD collection includes films and documentaries on the history of Italian and international literature, history and culture.
Part of the Library music holdings is the result of a project, called ”The island of harmony”, in collaboration with Professor Francesco Giardinazzo.
The Bollettieri Bosinelli Collection includes a section with 450 DVDs on 20th-century film d'auteur.
These materials may be borrowed for 7 days; you can request them at the Loan Desk.
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