Catalogue - instruction
If all copies of a certain title are borrowed, a reservation can be made:
- fter clicking on the “Reserve” option, the system shows the number of people waiting for the document and asks how many days the reservation should be valid. A default value in the box is 60 days. After that period, reservation would be canceled,
- when the document is returned, the reservation automatically appears on the reader’s account in the “Requested documents – unsent” field,
- the “Confirm request” option must then be used within seven days. Not having sent the order results in inability to borrow the reserved document.
Libraries in the electronic catalogue - List of abbreviations
Abbreviations of the libraries’ names visible by the documents found in the electronic catalogue in the “Location” field develop after clicking with the cursor.
The University of Silesia Libraries - List of abbreviations
Go to the University of Economics in Katowice Libraries - List of abbreviations
BB
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Katowice - Reading Room and Circulation Desk of Library Science
BCH
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia - collections of Chemistry)
BFA BFAbg, BFAfo
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Circulation Desk of English Philology
BFG BFGbg, BFGfo
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Reading Room and Circulation Desk of Germanic Philology
BFK
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Katowice – Reading Room of Classical Studies
BFP, BFPbg
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Katowice
BFR BFRbg, BFRfo
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Circulation Desk of Romanic Philology
BFS BFSfo
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Circulation Desk of Slavonic Philology
BFW BFWbg, BFWfo
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Circulation Desk of East Slavonic Philology
BG
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia)
BIF
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia - collections of Physics)
BM
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia, collections of Mathematics)
BN
German Library
BNS
Library of the Faculty of Social Sciences
BNZ
Library of the Faculty of Earth Sciences
BOD
CINiBA (collections of Library of the Didactic Centre in Rybnik)
BPP BPPbg
Library of the Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology
BPR
Library of the Faculty of Law and Administration
BSZ
Library of the School of Management
BWB
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia - collections of Biology)
BWT
CINiBA (Library of the University of Silesia - collections of Computer Science and Materials Science)
FUS
Branch Library of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn
KJB
Library of the Faculty of Philology in Sosnowiec – Reading Room of the Chair of Business Language
MSNP
CINiBA (Collections of Library of the International School of Political Science)
RTV
Library of the Faculty of Radio and Television
SJO
Library of the School of Foreign Languages
The University of Economics in Katowice Libraries - List of abbreviations
Go to the of the University of Silesia Libraries - List of abbreviations
P, G, W, CI
CINiBA (Library of the University of Economics)
cEKON, zEKON
Library of the Econometrics, Mathematics and Statistics Departments
cFIN, zFINA
Library of the Finance Department
cINFO, zINFO
Library of the Computer Science Department
cRACH, zRACH
Library of the Accounting Department
zKSMZ
Library of the Management Systems and Methods Department
cZARZ, zZARZ
Library of the Business Administration, Economics and Logistics Departments
cMARK, zMARK
Departments of Library Marketing Team
cPUL, wPUL, zPUL
Library of the International Economics and Applied Mathematics Departments
cBOND, zBOND
Library of the Science and Didactic Centre in Bielsko-Biała
cROND, zROND
Library of the Science and Didactic Centre in Rybnik
The “Account” option is designed for registered users of libraries. When a reader opens his account, he is asked to re-enter his password:
- the reader has access to the following information: personal details, requested items and on-site items, reservations, renewals, user history, fines and fees. He can also change his password and e-mail;
- thanks to the “Requested items” option the reader may check if he properly performed the order going into “Requested items – unsent”, at any time. In the “Reserved items – unsent” option shows also the reserved documents;
- if the document has been only requested but unsent, after 24 hours it is available again and can be requested.
The book can be self-renewed by a reader if:
- the date of the return has not expired for any of the books borrowed,
- no copy of that particular edition has been reserved by another reader,
- the book has not been renewed at the Circulation Desk,
- book has not been previously renewed 3 times.
Caution! Each book can be renewed up to 3 times. Therefore, in order to maximise the rental period it is the best to prolong the book immediately before the due date.
To self-renew a book, a reader should:
- Log into a Library account, the icon is in the top bar of the catalogue windows
- Click the “Renewable items” bookmark (in this case you have to wait, because the data may download slowly), a list of books that can be renewed is shown,
- Click the “Renew” button by the book we want to extend the rental period - the system asks for confirmation
- If we click the “Yes” button, description of the book appears – with a new date of the return indicating that the renewal is successful.
After searching the title in the catalogue, the following information appears:
- location - after clicking on the symbol, information about the library holding the book would be shown (list of abbreviations of the libraries is also here),
- call number - the information needed to find a book on the shelf or to order it to the Reading Room,
- shelving location - information about where in the library the book is located (department, storehouses, Reading Room or Special library)
- action - for books in open access, icon of order will be inactive - these documents can be found on the shelf by a reader and borrowed using self-check devices deployed at every level or at the traditional Circulation Desk - Level 0
Caution! A reader cannot borrow two identical editions of the same title.
- The catalogue can be searched using the following criteria: author, title, institution, event, unified title, subject term, ISBN / ISSN,
- In the advanced search retrieval indexes can be connect by logical operators located on the right side of the window: AND, OR, EXCEPT;
The data required to log into the catalogue:
- library card number or PESEL number
- password.
If you have problems with logging into the system, please contact:
- Circulation Desk, Bankowa 11A St., Level 0, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., phone: 32 786 5100
- Use the Ask a librarian option
