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The Law Library (Biblioteca Area Giuridica) is the first academic library in Foggia, as it was established during the Nineties.

It houses study materials, advanced textbooks and journals connected to legal studies and to all the study/research areas of the Law Department. The main reading room and the reception were totally renewed thanks to the OASI project, financed by The Smart-in Puglia Community library program.

The Library’s holdings include more than 45.000 documents, over 310 current journals, and access to many databases and digital resources. The library houses a rich collection of ancient and rare books. In the last few years, moreover, some valuable book collections have been bequeathed by legal professionals and professors.

The Library provides barrier-free access. At the entrance, 4 workstations allow users to search through catalogues, databases and digital resources subscribed to by the University of Foggia. The “Nicola Minervini” reading room provides seating for 72, including two desks for wheelchairs. 10 further seats are available in the journals room.

The documents in the reading room are located on open book shelves and are directly available to readers. Requests for books and journals in closed bookstacks must be made to the Front Desk staff. Another reading room, close to the library area, offers 36 additional seats; it is open from 7.30 am to 7.30 pm (Mon-Fri).

Opening hours are usually reduced in summer.

All university locations offer free wireless access (Wi-Fi) in public areas at all times; it is necessary to be registered with the Unifg Wi-Fi service by our University IT staff.

1. Information service The Front Desk staff can provide info about the library and all its facilities and services.

2. Reading Rooms, Workstations The main reading room and the journals room provide 84 seats in total; 36 additional seats are available in a second reading room close to the library.

3. Databases and Digital Resources Some PCs with access to the Internet and to other electronic resources are available at the entrance of the library, where users can search through catalogues, databases and digital resources subscribed to by the University of Foggia.

4. OPAC UNIFG Online Catalogue and Discovery Tool

5. Circulation/Lending Service

▪ To check out books, you need to be an UNIFG institutional user (i.e. a student, a researcher, a professor or a staff member). To register for our lending service, you need to fill in a form - at the front desk or online - with personal data, including your student number, and show a personal ID card to the staff.

▪ Users can borrow 3 items per week. Lending can be renewed if the borrowed book is not reserved.

▪ Certain resources (such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, journals, rare books and certain study books…) are not available for weekly loans.

Interlibrary loan is available to Italian libraries. See terms and conditions here: Prestito interbibliotecario Requests from foreign libraries can be accepted only in exceptional cases.

Please contact: Area Biblioteche

6. Document delivery If you cannot find the item you need in our library catalogue, you can order it through our Document Delivery Service. We can obtain parts of books and journal articles from other libraries. Requests can be made by professors and researchers, PhD and undergraduate students, staff members. Erasmus students may also use the Document Delivery system.

Requests must be made on DD forms: they are available at the help desk and online. Users can send them by mail to biblioecogiur@unifg.it Please ensure the author, title/titles, year and issue (for serials only), and requested pages fields are accurately completed.

Using the Document Delivery system you can request 3 items per week.

The DD service is usually free of charge. Possible costs related to the delivery of an item are at the user’s expense.

Libraries can request parts of our documents through the NILDE Exchange System or by mail to biblioecogiur@unifg.it

Individuals (i.e. non-institutional users) cannot request items in this way.

For further information: Document Delivery

7. Reference Service - Bibliographical Information The Reference Service provides information, assistance and bibliographic guidance for users involved in complex research or writing their dissertations. It is usually conducted by email. Send your request to: biblioecogiur@unifg.it; RE: Ricerca bibliografica specialistica / Reference service For further information, please contact the staff.

8. Information Literacy (IL) Courses IL courses aim to improve our users’ skills and enable them to locate, evaluate, synthesize and effectively use information from a variety of sources, in particular printed materials (books, serials...) and online databases/resources. IL helps students recognize misleading, out-of-date, or false information. It also helps them sort through the data and interpret them. Attending IL basic courses, which are completely free, is particularly recommended for first or second-year students. No particular computer skills are required. Usually our courses are held in Italian. For further information, you can visit the library or the Dept. web sites, follow the library social pages or ask the staff.

9. Copying/Scanning Items By Italian law, up to 15% of a single item - books, periodicals issues – may be copied for personal use (L. 18/08/2000 n. 248 – c. 4 e 5 art. 68 e ss. mm. ii). Inside the library, copying/printing/scanning facilities are not available - you can ask the staff for more information; scanning and saving parts of documents using personal devices (smartphone, tablet, etc.) is permitted, within the same 15% limit.