The Staatswissenschaftliche Seminar is the departmental library of economics.
We offer a large reading room with 165 workspaces for concentrated work as well as two group study rooms for up to six people each.
Here you will find subject- and study-related books and journals on economics and business administration, current textbooks, as well as a large collection of bachelor's, master's, and doctoral theses from our department.
Basically, we are a reference library, i.e. you can only work with the books on-site. However, there are special arrangements for borrowing.
Opening hours
Monday - Friday
08:30 - 20:00
Saturday (Jan.-March & Jun.-Sept. only)
08:30 - 20:00
The library is closed on public holidays in NRW, Shrove Monday and from 23.12. to 1.1.
Upcoming closing days
08.06.2023 (Corpus Christi)
Via the University of Bonn's search portal bonnus, you can check the availability of titles in the ULB Main Library, the Department of Political Science, and other subject and institute libraries, and access a large number of eBooks and eJournals directly.
Updates & News
- 27.06.2023: A training on literature research will be held in the PC pool from 10a.m.-1p.m.. Please switch to other workstations in the reading room.If you would like to participate, please register here.
- 03.06.2023: From next Saturday until the end of September we will open the seminar also on Saturdays from 8:30 - 20:00.
- 01.06.2023: One of the group study rooms is moving! Instead of room 0.014, room 1.025 will be bookable in the future. For the next 6-8 weeks we unfortunately have to limit the use to the time from 9:00 - 15:00, after that the regular opening hours of the group study rooms apply. Room 0.013 will remain bookable as usual in the meantime.
- 30.05. - 02.06.2023: During this time, roof work is taking place to prevent further water damage. Therefore, noise nuisance may occur.
- 02.12.2022: For researchers and teachers of the University of Bonn, the ULB Bonn now offers a scanning service.