Periodicals Reading Room
Contact Periodicals Reading Room
Phone | +49 89 28638-2430 |
zem@bsb-muenchen.de |
Booking a working place
Prior reservation of a working place is required for every visit to the reading room.
Further information on booking a working place in a reading room
To the date selection for the Periodicals Reading Room
Reference library and use of the reading room
In the Periodicals Reading Room – on the basement floor – the latest issues of approximately 12,500 scholarly and scientific periodicals and the latest issues of several German and international newspapers are freely accessible.
The entire collection housed in the reading room is traceable in BSB DISCOVER! (location mark for the current issues: Hbzs).
The collections of the Periodicals Reading Room may be used exclusively in the reading room.
The reading room offers 70 working places.
The Periodicals Reading Room is connected directly to the General Reading Room by a lift.
Shelving system of the reference library
The collection is shelved systematically. An overview of the most important subjects and system locations is also available as a leaflet. The detailed classification system can be consulted at the information counter in the Periodicals Reading Room.
Information counter
Our staff at the information counter will endeavour to answer all your questions – particularly relating to periodicals and electronic media.
Copying center
The following equipment is available at the copying center in the Periodicals Reading Room::
- 2 copiers black and white/colour
(only for unbound periodicals, loose sheets and materials not owned by the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek) - 1 copy card vending machine
Detailed information about services and fees, further locations, service times, etc. can be found here: