Sapienza University has the largest and richest library collection of all Italian universities. Its vast, antique and diversified collection is made up of more than 3,700,000 volumes including 35,700 periodicals, 25,000 texts divided between antique and rare books and numerous historical archives.
This vast collection is distributed across 59 library locations which offer reading/study halls, internet points and multimedia studying material.
For information on specific library services including the books and magazines available for consultation check the website: w3.uniroma1.it/biblioteche.
The University library catalogue is consultable online through the same website.
Bids –Sapienza inter-university digital library
Thousands of electronic resources available for students http://bids.citicord.uniroma1.it
Through BIDS students can gain free and unlimited access to bibliographic databases and electronic journals that cover a vast range of academic disciplines. There are 106 databases, more than 15,000 journals and thousands of other documents including literary, scientific or historical texts both from Italy and abroad as well as some 4,780 teaching manuals available for consultation by students. The BIDS proxy can be accessed through computer stations set up in every university library. Library staff are also available to assist students and can help with the compilation of specialised bibliographies.
The proxy can also be accessed through remote computers using your Infostud access username and password. You will first need to download the free BIXY software from the BIDS website which allows you to access BIDS from any PC in the world with an Internet connection.
Padis – Sapienza inter-university open digital publications
Doctorate theses available in electronic format
http://padis.uniroma1.it
PADIS is a project based on the principles of free and open access to intellectual research and information. It aims to contrast the commercial greed demonstrated by international publishing houses by freely publishing the fruits of intellectual research online.
Through PADIS you will find doctorate theses written by students of the university in various fields as well as articles, pre-prints and conventions resulting from research conducted within the university. PADIS also allows students access to the scientific journals written by Sapienza University researchers through a new project called Open Journals Sapienza (OJS).
Ask a Librarian
“Chiedi@lbibliotecario”, is an online bibliographic information service designed to help students locate research material and compile complex bibliographies. In order to use the online service, go to http://w3.uniroma1.it/vrd/chiedi.aspx A team of expert librarians will reply to your question as soon as possible.
Union Catalogue of Sapienza University libraries’ monographs and journals – National Library Service (SBN)
http://sbn.uniroma1.it
The Sapienza University union catalogue allows students to locate texts and journals necessary for research and study purposes. The catalogue is available online at the following website: http://opac.uniroma1.it and can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection. The catalogue includes the collections of all of Sapienza’s libraries and around 200 local and specialised libraries operating in the Lazio region.
The catalogue contains almost 3 million volumes, not only modern books but some 80,000 antique books (printed between the 16th and 19th centuries), about 20,000 magazines plus CDROMs, DVDs and more. The catalogue is updated daily with new titles constantly being added to the collection and as the process of digitalising old paper-based catalogues continues.
Some of the library collection is actually available for consultation online. For example, if you are looking for an article from a particular magazine which is also available in electronic format, you can click on the “digital object” icon beside the title in the catalogue and this will connect you to the magazine’s online format. Some Sapienza libraries are also currently in the process of making digital copies of their paper-based material (valuable antique books, maps and doctorate theses) so as to make this material available to students and researchers online through the catalogue. The ultimate goal is to create a digital library available to all students that will facilitate advanced research and accessibility of texts and images from rare publications.
For information on each of the libraries that make up the union catalogue, including location and opening hours, visit: //http:sibiblioteche.caspur.it.
Soon, the computer stations in every Sapienza library will not only be connected to the Sapienza union catalogue described above, but also to the Italian nationwide union catalogue (http://www.internetculturale.it/) and to the nationwide journals and periodicals catalogue (http://www.cib.unibo.it/acnp/). In Sapienza libraries with a wireless connection, students can use their own laptops to browse the catalogues, databases and for other learning activities. In many of the libraries, students can also participate in free courses which teach students basic skills for using electronic resources and catalogues.
By becoming a member of one of the Sapienza University libraries, students can benefit from a vast array of services. For example, members can request a book loan via e-mail, book Internet stations, check due dates for their borrowed material online and check back on the search fields they entered in the recent past.
Borrowing procedures differ from one library to another, but a student card and photo ID are generally required. You should ask the library staff for information on how to borrow a book. Registering to borrow with one Sapienza University library often allows you to borrow from other Sapienza libraries through an information exchange system. Not all material available can be taken out of the library. Some books and material is only available for consultation within the library, others can only be removed from the library for brief periods, for example until the library closing time.
Students also have access to the Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service and to Document Delivery(DD) in order to guarantee access to texts which are not available in the Sapienza university library network. ILL and DD is a document exchange service which involves libraries from all over the world. Many of the Sapienza University libraries can organise this kind of loan for students from either an Italian or overseas library. For more information on the ILL or DD services check the respective websites: http://prestito.iccu.sbn.it/ILLWeb and http://nilde.bo.cnr.it/
Please find below a list of the university’s departmental libraries divided into Faculties.
(Faculty of Economics and Statistical Sciences)
Faculty of Economics Main Library “Enrico Barone” 
1,2,3,4
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma – T (+39) 06 4976 6511
European Documentation Centre “A. Spinelli” c/o Main Library “E. Barone”
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma – T (+39) 06 4976 6783
Economics Department 1,2,3,4
Economics Section - Via Andrea Cesalpino 12-14, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4428 4210
Sociology Section - Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma T (+39) 06 4991 0568
Statistics Section - Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma T (+39) 06 4991 0340
Department of Commercial Law
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6852
Department of Production Economics and Law 1,2,3,4
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6475
Department of Banking, Insurance and Markets
Via Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6260
Department of Public Sector Economics “Federico Caffè” 1,2,3,4
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6369
Department of Mathematics for Economic, Financial and Insurance Decision-making 1,2,3
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6301
Department of Technology, Resources and Development
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6311
Department of Management Science
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma – T (+39) 06 4976 6435
Department of Social, Economic, Actuarial and Demographic Studies 1
Viale Regina Elena, 295, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 49255312
Department of Statistics, Applied Statistics and Probability 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0591
Department of Geo-economic, Linguistic, Statistical and Historical Studies for Regional Analysis 1,2,3,4
Via del Castro Laurenziano 9, 00161 Roma – T (+39) 06 4976 6327
Latina Campus “Mario Costa” 1,2,3,4
Via XXIV Maggio, 7 , 04100 Latina - T (+39) 0773-476606
(Faculty of Law)
Department of Legal Sciences 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
Comparative Law Section - T (+39) 06 4991 06 61
Maritime Law Section - T (+39) 06 4991 0422
International Law Section - T (+39) 06-49910673
Criminal Law Section “Enrico Ferri” - T (+39) 06 4991 0929
Private Law Section - T (+39) 06 4991 4625
Civil Law Section - T (+39) 06 4991 06 87
Public Law Section - T (+39) 06-49910205
Roman and Eastern Mediterranean Law Section - T (+39) 06 4991 0245
Economics and Finance Section - T (+39) 06 4991 0425
Philosophy of Law Section “Giorgio del Vecchio” - T (+39) 06 4991 0481
History of Italian Law Section “F. Calasso” - T (+39) 06 4991 0282
(Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quadroni” and “Valle Giulia”, Faculty of Engineering and the School of Aerospace Engineering
Faculty of Engineering Main Library “G. Boaga”
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5221 1,2,3,4,5
Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni” and “Valle Giulia” Main Library 1,2,3,4,5
Via Gramsci 53, 00197 Roma - T (+39) 06 49919127
Department of Architecture and Construction (Ar_cos) 1,2,3,4
Via Gramsci 53, 00197 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 9276
Department of Architecture (Diar) 2,3,4
Via Flaminia 359, 00196 Roma - T (+39) 06 3210 1225
Department of Architecture and Town Planning 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5185
Department of Architecture, Evaluation and Environment (DICEA) 2,4
Piazza Borghese 9, 00186 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8867
Department of Energetics
Via Antonio Scarpa14, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 6552 2,3
Department of Technical Physics
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5660 1,2,3,4
Department of Waterworks, Transport and Roads 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
Waterworks, Construction and Topography Section “F. Arredi” - T (+39) 06 4458 5035 5
Applied Geology Section - T (+39) 06 4458 5014
Roads and Transport Section “F.Giannini” - T (+39) 06 4458 5122 5
Department of Industrial Design, Materials and Technology of Architecture and Environment (Itaca) 2,3,4
Via Flaminia 70/72, 00196 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 9027
Department of Computer Science and Systems “Antonio Ruberti” 1,2,3,4,5
Via Ariosto, 25 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 77274167
Department of Aerospace and Astronautical Engineering 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5306
Department of Chemical, Material and Environmental Engineering 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma
I.C.M. Section “Eugenio Mariani” - T (+39) 06 4458 5599-898 5
Raw Materials Section “Paolo Piga” - T (+39) 06 4458 5624
Metallurgy Section - T (+39) 06 4458 5903
Chemistry Section “P. Silvestroni” – Via del Castro Laurenziano 7, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976
Department of Electronic Engineering 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T(+39) 06 4458 5844/415
Engineering Section: Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5546
Palazzo Baleani: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 244, 00186 Roma – T (+39) 06 4991 8643
Department of Structural Engineering and Geotechnics “Giulio Ceradini” 1,2,3,4,5
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5387
Architecture Section - Via Emanuele Gianturco 2, 00196 Roma - T (+39) 06 49919312
Geotechnics Section - Via Monte d'Oro 28, 00186 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 9600
Department of Mechanics and Aeronautics 1,2,3,4
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma - T (+39) 06 4458 5248
Department of Mathematical Models and Methods for Applied Sciences 1,2,3,4
Via Scarpa, 10, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4976 6666
Department of Regional and Town Planning 2,3,4
Via Flaminia 70-72, 00196 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 9051
Department of Surveying, Analysis and Design of Environment and Architecture (Radaar) 1,2,3,4
Piazza Borghese 9, 00186 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8848
Department of Information and Communication Sciences and Methods (Infocom) 1,2,3
Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma – T (+39) 06 4458 5467
Department of Architectural History, Restoration and Conservation of Historical Buildings “G. De Angelis d'Ossat”
Piazza Borghese 9, 00186 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8823 1,2,3,4
(Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences. AST)
Department of Human and Animal Biology 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma – T (+39) 06 4991 2316
Entomology Section – Piazzale Valerio Massimo, 6 - 00162 Roma T (+39) 06.44702813
Department of Cell and Development Biology 1,3,4,5
Office Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 2251
Office Via dei Sardi 70, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 7604
Department of Plant Biology 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 2442
Department of Chemistry “G. Illuminati” 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 - Roma
Office – New Building - T (+39) 06 4991 3302
Office – Old Building - T (+39) 06 491517
Department of Physics 1,2,3,4,5
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 49914321
Department of Genetics and Molecular Biology “Charles Darwin” 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 2474-476
Department of Computer Science 1,2,3,4,5
Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8436
Department of Mathematics “Guido Castelnuovo” 1,3,4,5
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3220-221
Department of Biochemical Science “A. Rossi Fanelli” 3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0710
Department of Earth Sciences 1,2,3,4,5
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 446 3723
(Faculties of Medicine and Surgery and Faculty of Pharmacy)
Faculty of Medicine and Surgery 2 Main Library 1,2,3,4
Via di Grottarossa 1037, 00189 Roma - T (+39) 06 3377 5437-340
Department of Public Health Sciences Main Library “Vittorio Del Vecchio” 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma – T (+39) 06 4991 4680
Interdepartmental Library for Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences “G. Giacomello” 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3889
Interdepartmental Library for Medicine and Medical Specialisation 2,3,4,5
Connects the following departments:
Department of Cell Biotechnology and Haematology
Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 445 7734
Department of Pathology
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 3152
Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma
Infectious Diseases Section - T (+39) 06 491 468
Tropical Diseases Section - T (+39) 06 4997 0885
Food Sciences Institute
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5/A (Human Physiology Building), 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0996
Interdepartmental Library of Surgery and Anaesthesia 4
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4474 0752
Connects the following departments:
Department of General Surgery “Pietro Valdoni e Paride Stefanini”
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 0597
Department of Human Anatomy 4
Via Alfonso Borelli 50, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8049
Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology “Vittorio Erspamer”
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0451
Department of Histology and Embryology 1,2,3,4
Via Antonio Scarpa 14, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 49766579
Department of Clinical Medicine
Viale dell'Università 37, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 2098
Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Geriatrics 2,4
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 446 3301
Department of Legal and Insurance Medicine “Cesare Gerin” 2
Viale Regina Elena 336, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 2611
Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology
Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 3004
Anatomical Pathology Section - T (+39) 06 4997 3004
History of Medicine Section - Viale dell'Università 34/A, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4451721
Virology Section - Viale di Porta Tiburtina 28, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4474 1221
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine, Audiology and Phoniatrics “Giorgio Ferreri”
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4474 0529
Deaprtment of Paediatrics 1,2,3,4
Viale Regina Elena 324, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 9262
Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Medicine and Pain Therapy 4
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 446 1967
Department of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Science
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 446 0332
Department of Clinical Sciences 4,5
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 0528
Department of Human Musculoskeletal System Studies
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 4548
Department of Gynaecology, Maternal-Foetal Medicine and Paediatric Nursing
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 445 1706
Department of Neurological Science 3,4
Viale dell’Università 30, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 4639
Department of Neurological Science and Development Psychiatry
Via dei Sabelli 108, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4471 2275
Department of Odontostomatology
Viale Regina Elena 287, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 440 3747
Department of Ophthalmology
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4486 9944
Department of Psychiatric Science and Psychological Medicine 3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 2550
Department of Radiological Science
Viale Regina Elena324, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4997 3045
Department of Urology “U. Bracci” 1,3,4
Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 445 6841
(Faculty of Political, Communication and Sociological Sciences)
Sociology and Communication Library 1,2,3,4
Via Salaria 113, 00198 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 8346
Department of Languages for Public Policy
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0441
Department of Political Studies 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0452
Department of State Theory 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0539
Department of Economic Theory and Quantitative Methods for Political Decision Making1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 0220
(Faculty of Psychology 1 & 2)
Faculty of Psychology Library “Ernesto Valentini” 1,2,3,4
Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 7606 -10
(Faculty of Philosophy, Oriental Studies, Arts and Humanities and School for Librarians and Archivists)
Languages and Modern Foreign Literature Combined Library 1,2,3,4
Via Carlo Fea 2, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 7248
Social Work Library “Guido e Maria Calogero” (Class) 1,2,3,4
Piazza Cavalieri di Malta 2, 00153 Roma - T (+39) 06 574 3455
School for Librarians and Archivists Library 1,2,3
Viale Regina Elena 295- 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4925 5504
Interdepartmental Services Centre, “Philosophy Library” 1,2,3,4,5
Via Carlo Fea 2, 00161 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 7212
Interdepartmental Services Centre for Studies in Philology, Linguisitcs and Literature “Angelo Monteverdi” 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3370
Interdepartmental Sevices Centre for the Automation of Humanities Disciplines (Cisadu)
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 49913084
Department of Greek and Latin Philology 1,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, - 00185 Roma
Byzantine and Modern Greek Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3781
Greek and Latin Philology Section - T (+39) 06 4991 977
Inter-University Department of Art History “Giulio Carlo Argan” 2,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5/a, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3591
Department of Classical Antiquity 1,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
Christian Archaeology Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3832
Classical Archaeology Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3130
Etruscan Civilisation Section - T (+39) 06 445 2239
Greek History and Greek and Latin Epigraphy Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3293
Roman History Section - T (+39) 06 49913291 3
Ancient Topography Section - T (+39) 06 49913191
Prehistoric Archaeology Section - Via Palestro 63, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4454771
Near East Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3921
Department of Modern and Contemporary History 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3569
Department of Symbols. Space and Culture 1,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma
Demographic and Ethnographic Anthropology Section - T (+39) 06 4991
Human Geography Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3589 2,3
Historical Linguistics Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3804 2,3
Music and Record History Section - T (+39) 06 4991 3296 2,3
Department of Book and Document Sciences 1,2,3
V.le Regina Elena, 295 00161 Roma – T (+39) 06 4925 5535
Department of Oriental Studies
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3424
Via Principe Amedeo, 182
Department of Historical Religious Studies
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3903
Department of Studies on Medieval Societies and Cultures 1,2,3,4
Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma - T (+39) 06 4991 3421
Department of Arts and Theatre Multimedia Library
Via del Volsci 122, T (+39) 06 4969 7041 - 7034
| Disability Access - Legend: | |
|---|---|
| take-home book loans | available |
| inter-library loan (ILL) | service available |
| Document Delivery (DD) | available |
| Internet access points | available to students |
| Wi-Fi a | vailable inside the library |
