UB Psychology

Current occupancy without consideration of reserved study spaces

Study Spaces

• There are around 180 study spaces, whereof 8 with screen (see devices).
• UZH members can book the study spaces in the lower area online viabooked-UB.
• The study spaces in the upper area can be used without prior reservation.
• Vacant study spaces can be used at any time, but reservations take priority.

Group Study Rooms

• 2 group study rooms (BIN-0-C.03 und BIN-0-C.09) for min. 2 to max. 7 people. For details see Group Study Rooms.
• UZH members can book the group study rooms via booked-UB, max. 4 hours and 7 days in advance.

The group study rooms serve as a learning and working space, e.g. for cooperative group work, exam simulations and discussions. Please respect the rules of use:

• During use, please ensure that conversations are conducted at low volume and that other library users are not disturbed. Otherwise, you will be asked to leave the room.
• Cleanliness must be ensured when leaving the room. Eating and the use of cell phones are not permitted. As a beverage only water from drinking bottles is allowed.
• For security reasons, it is recommended that valuables not be left unattended in the group study room. The library is not liable for items brought into its premises.
• The room must be vacated 5 minutes before the end of the booking time or, if necessary, must be extended at the counter if there are no reservations.
• During use, the instructions of the library staff must be followed and access to the study room must be guaranteed to them in any case.

Borrow and Return

• Self-checkout station
• Returns for books up to 5 cm thick: 24-hour outdoor mailbox (UB Psychology) in front of the electric sliding door at the ground-floor entrance
• Returns within the library: Book returns box in the entrance area

Devices

• 8 study spaces with external screen (USB-C)

Lockers

• 90 lockers (free of charge, 28 days loan, reservation possible via swisscovery)

• Locker keys can be borrowed at the UB Social Sciences.

The focus of the items in the UB Psychology is on the individual:
General and differential psychology, as well as clinical psychology

The collection is composed of:

• approx. 10'000 reference books, reference works
• Furthermore, various e-journals, e-books and databases are accessible online via the university network.

The collections are set up alpha-numerically and are freely accessible to all. In addition to the loan collection, there are reference collections in the form of handbooks. These are marked with a red dot.

Collection in the UB Social Sciences

The following collection of literature is available at the UB Social Sciences:
Social and organizational psychology (with psychoanalytic elements), i.e., emotion, cognition, and behavior with a focus on the social context

Psychological tests from the Test Archive are available for loan at the UB Social Sciences.