Due to the relocation of our external warehouse the books and doctoral dissertations stored there, as well as the entire stock of the library's periodicals, will be unavailable until the beginning of January 2025. Many of our books are still available for loan and current literature can be found on the open shelves.

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Who can borrow? All Hungarian and foreign citizens over the age of 14 can borrow. You can only rent in person with a valid library card. Persons with disabilities can borrow with somebody acting as an intermediary authorized in writing beforehand. Authorization form What can I borrow? All documents with a rentable status in the online catalogue can be borrowed. Non-loanable documents:
The ELTE Library WebApp, developed by the University Library and Archives, is a mobile web application for mobile devices and it is also available for faculty libraries. The application replaces the paper-based library card and also offers a number of additional features.
With the help of our mobile WebApp you have the opportunity to enroll to some of our ELTE libraries online, without personal contact. To identify your identity we are using Neptun verification.
You can study the documents belonging to a special collection only locally in the Research Room with a valid borrower’s card, after filling out a research statement. Research statement If a facsimile or a digital copy of the requested document is also available, the original document may be searched only with a permission.
In the reading rooms with a visitor’s card you can use for free all our printed and electronic documents of the basic collection (published after 1801) of our books placed on the stocks or on the open shelf; and a collection of periodicals containing approximately 12,000 titles. If you have a borrower’s card, you can also borrow an external battery (power bank) for charging mobile phones, tablets, and laptops from the information service staff for the duration of your stay in the library. Special collections can only be searched with a borrower’s card and a permit, after filling in a research statement. You can find further information about using them locally here.