Self-service area
You will find the shelf with your earmarked and ordered books in the reading room/EG directly o the right on the shelf. You can pick up and borrow these books during the opening hours of the reading rooms.
This does not apply to interlibrary loans, special formats and CDs.
You can find further information here.
Open shelving
- A selection of key manuals, compendiums and textbooks (ground floor reading room)
- A selection of our textbooks as remote access e-books can be found here: PDF (german)
- Dictionaries and encyclopaedias (ground floor reading room)
- Books acquired by the library since 2013 (ground floor reading room)
- Patient reference materials (ground floor reading room)
Books acquired up to 2012, bibliographies, theses and postdoctoral ("Habilitation") theses are not available in open shelving but can be ordered through LIVIVO.
Reference stacks
The reference stacks include handbooks, manuals and journals. These items can only be used in the reading room. Please return them to the correct shelves after use. These items are always available because they cannot be taken out on loan.
Setting service orders magazine articles Königswinter
Dear users,
from March 1, 2025, it will unfortunately no longer be possible to order journal articles from Königswinter free of charge (for users with a ZB MED library card). Alternatively, please use the paid ordering option via Subito
The discontinuation of the free service is necessary due to limited human resources as a result of budget cuts.
We are happy to receive complaints and pass them on. Please feel free to contact Dr. Miriam Albers (acting head of the library) at albers@zbmed.de
We very much regret that we can no longer offer the previous service for the reasons mentioned above.
We are happy to answer any questions you may have.
