Library

LIBRARY OF THE FACULTY OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES IN OSIJEK

Školska ulica 4

Contact:

Head of the Library

Kristina Kiš, Senior Librarian

Tel.: 031 494 660

Mobile: 0958991920

e-mail: kmitric@ffos.hr

Library opening hours:

every working day from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

In accordance with epidemiological measures, the group study and silent reading rooms have a total of 20 workspaces available on a first-come, first-served basis. No prior notice is required if participants only need to use a computer in the reading room. If they need to use books from the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek while working in the reading room, a list of books must be sent by e-mail to knjiznica@ffos.hr 24 hours before arriving at the Library. The Library stores books at two locations, so time is required to prepare them, particularly when seminar literature is needed.

The Library offers literature scanning services for participants in the Programme for Acquiring Pedagogical Competences for Vocational Teachers and Teaching Assistants who attend classes online, while respecting copyright regulations. Parts of books (up to 20 pages), as well as scholarly and professional articles, may be scanned upon request. For the scanning service, please contact kmitric@ffos.hr (Kristina Kiš).

About the Services of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Library

The Library collection can be searched through the Library online catalogue, and Library services may be used after registering with the Library. Registration is possible in two ways: in person at the Library or by sending an e-mail to knjiznica@ffos.hr. If a participant registers by e-mail, the message should include the name of the programme, the participant’s full name, participant identification number (obtained from the Student Administration Office), home address, telephone number, and e-mail address.

Basic Library services include:

borrowing library materials
using computers in the reading room
using library materials in the reading room
user training (searching the online catalogue, searching databases), etc.

Library materials may be borrowed for a period of 15 days, with the possibility of extending the loan period by an additional 15 days. After the loan period expires, an overdue fee of EUR 0.067 (HRK 0.50) per book per day is charged.

Library materials that may not be taken out of the Library:

reference works (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, lexicons, etc.)
journals
unique copies of books
doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, graduate theses, and final theses

For searching scholarly and professional articles, we recommend the following databases:

Cambridge Core – full-text database of journals and e-books
De Gruyter Journals – full-text journal database
Emerald Insight – full-text database of journals and e-books
ERIC – bibliographic database providing access to literature and resources related to education
HRČAK – Portal of Croatian Scientific and Professional Journals; full-text content
JSTOR – full-text database of journals and e-books
ProQuest – platform for full-text databases
Project Muse – open-access e-journals and e-books in the humanities and social sciences

The databases can be searched on computers at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences because access is regulated by IP addresses. When accessing them from home, content can be accessed via an AAI@Edu account. More detailed information about the Library of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek and its services is available here.

We are happy to assist you with any additional enquiries regarding Library materials and services!