Library of Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt

Learning

• Reading Room Seats: Here you can work quietly on your own in a calm, focused atmosphere.
• Group Study Rooms: In these rooms, you can engage with others, discuss ideas, prepare your project, or learn together.
• Carrels: Private study booths designed primarily for working on bachelor's or master's theses. However, they can also be used on short notice. Please note: The study booths are not suitable for conference calls, etc. (Terms of Use).
• PC-Pool: Desktop computers are available here for you to use pre-installed software (Program List.pdf) and browse the Internet. Please note: The PCs in this quiet study area may only be used by THI members. 

THI students can use our reservation tool to reserve the various workstations.

Relaxing

• Lounge: You want to chat over a cup of coffee or grab a bite to eat? Here you'll find a coffee machine, a snack machine, and a water dispenser. You'll also find a selection of weekly and daily newspapers.

Learning

You can use the reading room in our small temporary library to work. Only quiet work is permitted here.

The first step is to use the library catalogue to find out which media are in our collection.

Electronic books can be accessed directly via the library catalogue. This can be done on site at the library and, for THI members, also from home.

Our collection in the reading room is arranged according to the Regensburg Classification System.

The call number is your key to this. It tells you which subject area your book belongs to and where you can find it.

     example: Your book has the call number 95/ZO 4200 E37(30)

→ 95 = Location of the book, here: Library of the TH Ingolstadt/ Reading Room

→ ZO 4200 = Subject area, here: Vehicle construction; Automotive engineering, general

For your orientation, you will also find the classification in the subject area on the front of the shelves.

You can also use our reservation tool to be guided to the shelf.

Simply enter the subject area, e.g. ZO 4200, in the search field.

For e-books no check-out is necessary. Simply download the content you need and use it for an unlimited period of time.

Printed books can be checked out using our terminals in the entrance area of the library. You take the books from the shelf yourself and then borrow them at the terminal.

A valid library card is required to borrow books. As an external user, you can apply for one using the following form. 

Members of the university can use their student or staff ID card.

Our library card is also valid at the libraries of the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt.

The regular loan period for books from our collection is four weeks, with the option of further renewal if there are no reservations.

Loan periods for interlibrary loans and branch orders differ from the rule. It is therefore important to check your library account carefully.

In the library catalogue, you'll find the “Library account” button in the upper right corner, where you can log in. Under “Your Account,” you can view your account, renew items, and enter your “preferred library.”

THI members can renew up to five times, external users up to two times.

You can place a hold on it in the library catalogue. 

The current borrower will then no longer be able to renew the book. Once the book has been returned, you will receive a notification email and it will be set aside for you.

Books can be ordered between the TH Library in Ingolstadt and the Neuburg Campus and between the TH Library in Ingolstadt and the WFI Library of the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt via the catalogue. Simply click on ‘Order’ for the respective book in the library catalogue.

For both books and articles, you can place an interlibrary loan request in the library catalogue, i.e. you can order media from other academic libraries. As soon as these have arrived and been processed, you will receive a notification email and your order will be ready for you to collect. Article orders are sent directly to the person who ordered them in digital form.

Interlibrary loans are usually free of charge.

Borrowed books can be returned at the checkout terminals at the respective locations and then placed on the rolling shelves provided.

In Ingolstadt, there is also a return machine where you can return your media 24/7.

Please note: Books must always be returned to the library where they were borrowed.

If you fail to return media items by the due date, you will receive a first reminder notice and be charged a fee of €7.50. This is in accordance with §18 of the General Terms of Use of the Bavarian State Libraries (ABOB). Further reminders will follow if the items are not returned.

Your library account will be blocked until the media in question are returned and the reminder fee is paid.

You can borrow useful accessories at the ServicePoint in Ingolstadt.

Regular loan periods are indicated in brackets.

Extensions cannot be guaranteed.

• Board markers and flipchart pens (up to 1 week)
• Caddies (4 weeks) Is a caddy available?
• eBike charging cables (1 day)
• Mobile phone charging cables (1 day)
• HDMI adapters (up to 1 week)
• iPads (4 weeks)
• Presentation case (1 day)
• Power banks (up to 1 week)
• Presenter (up to 1 week)
• Lockers (1 week)
• Calculators (up to 1 week)

• 3 multifunction printers in Ingolstadt
• 5 research stations in Ingolstadt, 1 research station in Neuburg
• 1 book scanner in Ingolstadt
• 1 binding machine in Ingolstadt

• 1 paper cutting machine in Ingolstadt

  Everything related to IT topics, such as Wi-Fi, printers, and software, can be found here: Central IT Service

Lost property should be handed in at the library at the Ingolstadt campus and at Campus Management at the Neuburg campus. Lost property is kept at the library for four weeks and then passed on to the municipal lost property office.

If you have lost something, please enquire at the library’s ServicePoint in Ingolstadt during opening hours, or ask the security staff at the ServicePoint in Neuburg.