The library of the Biology Department is located at two sites which focus on differing topics and aspects:

Biology Department Library / location BGBM

Address                    Botanical Museum, 1st Floor
                                  Königin-Luise-Str. 6-8
                                  14195 Berlin

Telephone                 +49 30 838-50191

E-mail                         library@bgbm.org

Opening hours          Semester

                                    Mo-Fr 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

                                    Magazine Library 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

                                    Semester break

                                    Mo-Fr 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The BGBM library is primarily intended to meet research and archive requirements. It contains specialized, scientific and older basic literature and study literature as well as one copy of each current course book for use in the reading room.

Library code: 188/827
In the FU-catalogue the relevant volumes are listed with the location ‘magazine’ or ‘reading room’.

Further items of the Biology department library are available as reference books at special locations (e.g. neurobiology, applied zoology and systematic botany). These items are marked accordingly in the FU catalogue and are indicated by ‘available on request’.

In such cases users should ask for the exact location and availability at the reading room desk of the BGBM using the telephone number (030 838 50 191).

Biology Department Library / location Campus Library

Address                     Fabeckstraße 23-25  
                                   14195 Berlin

Telephone                 +49 30 838 56384

E-mail                         info@campusbib.fu.berlin.de

Opening hours           Mo-Fr   9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

                                     Sa-So 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.

The main focus of the Campus Library is as a place of learning for students. Here you can find current study literature and basic (background) literature. It is part of one of the bigger thematic focus of the natural sciences and mathematics of the Campus Library. Additionally, the location provides groups also working places and rooms.

Library code: 930
In the FU-catalogue the relevant volumes are listed with the location ‘Campus Library’.

The Campus Library of Natural Sciences, Cultural Studies and Educational Sciences, Mathematics, Informatics and Psychology has been open since Monday 20, April 2015.

• Website of Campus Library

• Library Portal Primo of Freie Universität Berlin

• Use of the Departmental Library of Biology
• Terms of Use
  •  in German
  •  English Translation
• Classification
• Register of Classification (in German)
• Library of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum

Responsible for this page: Norbert Kilian & Sabine Webner