Subject libraries
Our subject libraries offer you a focused learning environment with carefully curated media collections right on site. Here you will find quiet workspaces, group study rooms for collaborative work, and at some locations carrels for particularly focused work.
Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. - Visiting address
- Oettingenstraße 67
80538 München
1st floor (L 001)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-9753
- beg@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system - Location code
- 1212 Folklore/European ethnology (only journal collection)
1216 Ethnology (only journal collection)
1217 Japan center
1500 Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten
1502 Geschwister Scholl Institute for political science (GSI) (only journal collection)
1505 Communication studies and media research (only journal collection)
1506 Sammlung Pressemedien
1599 Textbook collection - Subject focus
- Computational Linguistics, Ethnology, Computer Science, Japanese Studies, Communication Studies, Political Science, Folklore Studies, Press Media
- Special collection of press media provision and access
- Press media can be ordered directly via the online catalog or using the .
Ordered media are made available via the Press Media Collection reading room in the Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten.
Please note that orders from our historical collections may take several working days to process, depending on the type and volume of material.
Some of the holdings have not yet been fully cataloged. If you have any questions, please contact the Fachbibliothek Englischer Garten by e-mail at
Fachbibliothek Geowissenschaften
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Short-term changes to opening hours - Visiting address
- Luisenstraße 37
80333 München
Ground floor (B005)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-6522
- geo@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system - Location code
- 0411 Economic geography
2001 Geology
2007 Physical geography
2009 Social geography
2099 Textbook collection - Subject focus
- Geology, Geosciences, Geography, Economic and Social Geography
- Other
- Library regulations for the geographical map collection (PDF, 469 KB) (in German)
Library regulations for the geological map collection (PDF, 480 KB) (in German)
Fachbibliothek Kunstwissenschaften
- Department
- Art History and Theater Studies
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 9 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Short-term changes to opening hours - Visiting address
- Zentnerstraße 31
80798 München
1st floor (106)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-5312
- kuwi@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system - Location code of Art history and theatre studies section
- 0910 Department Art History and Theatre Studies
0919 Textbook collection Art History and Theatre Studies - Subject focus
- Art History, Theater Studies
- Department
- Musicology
- Opening hours
- For current opening hours, see the institute's website.
- Visiting address
- Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Building section A, 2nd floor (A226)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-3759
- bib.muwi@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workpace reservation
- none
- Location code of Musicology section
- 0911 Department Musicology
0929 Textbook collection Musicology - Subject focus
- Musicology
Fachbibliothek Mathematik und Physik
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. - Visiting address
- Theresienstraße 37
80333 München
1st floor (A106)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - bmp@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system
- Location code
- 1601 Mathematics open access collection
1699 Textbook collection
1703 Stack collection
1705 Open access physics collection - Subject focus
- Mathematics (incl. Mathematics Education), Meteorology, Physics (incl. Physics Education)
Fachbibliothek Medizinische Lesehalle
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Saturday – Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Short-term changes to opening hours - Visitor address
- Beethovenplatz 1
80336 München
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-73921
- ml@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system - Location code
- 0700 Open access and core collection
0799 Textbook collection - Subject focus
- Human Medicine, Dentistry
- Special collection of anatomical models
- Bones (open access collection)
Skeletons (available for loan in the reading room)
Skulls (available for loan outside the library)
Fachbibliothek Psychologie, Pädagogik und Soziologie
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. – 8 p.m.
Short-term changes to opening hours - Visiting address
- Leopoldstraße 13, Building section 2
80802 München
1st floor (2101)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-5292
- pps@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Some of the workplaces can be reserved by LMU members and must be vacated in the event of such a reservation. During busy periods, the reservation policy may be extended to other workplaces.
To the Anny reservation system - Location code
- 1100 Open access and core collection
1101 stack historic collections
1105 Special collection, Testothek
1199 Textbook collection - Subject focus
- Education, Psychology, Sociology
- Special collection Testothek
- Loan of test materials
Monday–Friday, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. - The following persons are eligible to borrow items:
Researchers and students of the Department of Psychology including the subjects School Psychology (including the joint degree program with TUM), Business Psychology, Special Education, Speech Therapy, PIR (Prevention, Inclusion, Rehabilitation), Counseling Teaching, Learning Sciences, trainees of the Münchner Universitäres Institut für Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie-Ausbildung (MUNIK), trainees of the Münchner Universitäres Institut für Psychologische Psychotherapieausbildung (MUNIP)
Other users should use the form Antrag zur Sondergenehmigung zur Nutzung der Testothek (PDF, 112 KB) (Application for special permission to use the test collection Testothek) (Prerequisite for borrowing tests: the user must be enrolled at LMU or TUM). - Loan period: 2 weeks. You can borrow a maximum of 4 tests at a time
- To borrow tests, please come to the counter with your library card or LMUcard, proof of eligibility (employee ID, enrollment certificate, special permit), and the call number of the desired test.
- For technical reasons, you cannot order, reserve, or renew tests in the OPAC.
Library regulations for the test library (PDF, 162 KB)(in German)
Fachbibliothek Tiermedizin
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
- Visiting address
- Königinstraße 10b
80539 München
View of the subject library on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- 089 2180-2671
- tiermed@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- none
- Location code
- 0800 Core collection
0801 Stack historic collection
0802 Open access collection
0899 Textbook collection - Subject focus
- Veterinary Medicine
Learning center
The learning center focuses on you and your learning. With relaxed rules of use and generous opening hours, the learning center is ideal for anyone who wants to learn independently and flexibly.
Lernzentrum Leo 13
- Opening hours
- Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Short-term change to opening hours - Visiting address
- Leopoldstr. 13, Building section 1
80802 München
Ground floor (1001B)
You will be redirected to the LMU Room Finder.
View of the learning center on the city map
You will be redirected to Google Maps. - Phone
- +49 89 2180-9489
- lernzentrumleo13@ub.uni-muenchen.de
- Workspace reservation
- Reading and workplaces are freely accessible and can be used without prior reservation.
A number of seats on the upper floor can be reserved by LMU members. These seats can be booked via the reservation system.A number of seats on the upper floor can be reserved by LMU members. These seats can be booked via the reservation system.To the reservation system Anny - Location code
- 0099
- Subject focus
- Legal Textbooks, General IT Manuals for Computer Science