Address:
August-Boeckh-Haus Dorotheenstraße 65
10099 Berlin

For further information please contact:

Evelyn Thalheim
Room 1.29
Tel.: 2093 5214
Fax: 2093 5215 evelyn.thalheim@staff.hu-berlin.de

Information desk:
Tel.: 2093 5227

Opening hours:
During term Mon.-Thu. 10.00-19.00h Fri. 10.00-18.00h

During vacation Mon.-Fri. 10.00-18.00h

Access to the library's OPAC via WWW

Library (Dorotheenstraße)

The Centre has established a library serving the special cultural studies interests of its teaching and research. The library's main themes are those of the relevant disciplines involved in British cultural studies, i.e. British literature and culture, history and political science, economics and law, philosophy, sociology, art and the media. At present, the library holds approximately 25,400 volumes and is continually expanding. This guarantees that the library offers a unique and excellent up-to-date opportunity for research in British cultural studies in Germany. In February 1998, the Centre's library moved to a new building, the August-Boeckh-Haus in Dorotheenstraße 65, together with other libraries of the Humboldt University. This building is not only conveniently situated within easy walking distance of the Centre in Mohrenstraße, but it also provides all the technical and personnel requirements of a modern research library. Students and guests will be able to make use of the reading and working areas, most of which provide the opportunity to use one's laptop. The library's OPACs can be accessed on two terminals so that catalogue information is easily available at all times.

     
The library in Dorotheenstraße

Reference Research Unit (Mohrenstraße)

The Centre's reference research unit in Mohrenstraße offers reference works in all disciplines relevant to the teaching and research in the Centre for British Studies, together with reading and video facilities. The British Embassy has generously helped to set up this reference research unit. In June 1997, the then British Ambassador Christopher Meyer CMG presented the Centre with a book donation of DM 26,000 for the reference section. An extensive microfiche collection can be found in the reading room of the reference library, which was also donated by the British Embassy in 1995. A state-of-the-art reader-printer guarantees the full use of this rare research opportunity. A basic stock of reference works on CD-ROM is also available. British daily newspapers and magazines ensure general up-to-date information on current issues and latest developments in Britain.