The Library will be closed between the 23rd of December 2024 and the 1st of January 2025. Our library's services will be available from the 2nd of January 2025.
Due to the relocation of our external warehouse the books and doctoral dissertations stored there, as well as the entire stock of the library's periodicals, will be unavailable until the beginning of January 2025. Many of our books are still available for loan and current literature can be found on the open shelves.
News archive
2023. April 17., Monday – 09:06
University Library Service (ULS)
The publisher SAGE has offered trial access to EISZ member institutions. The database will be available for testing between the 14th of April 2023 and the 2nd of June 2023, connected to the university's internet network. Remote access to the database is possible using a VPN service.
2023. April 17., Monday – 08:57
University Library Service (ULS)
Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL) offered trial access to EISZ member institutions. The database can be tested connected to the university's internet network between 14.04.2023 and 14.05.2023. Remote access to the database is possible using a VPN service.
2023. April 14., Friday – 14:18
ULA University Library
On the occasion of the International Librarian’s Day, we wish all librarians much joy and success in their work with the following lines.
2023. April 14., Friday – 10:03
ULA University Library
The Eötvös Loránd University Library and Archives – University History Collection has become a museum institution of public interest by the decision of the Minister of Culture and Innovation.
2023. April 13., Thursday – 13:37
ULA Archives
The Archives Publication of the Year award, established by the Association of Hungarian Archivists, can be applied for in several categories every year. This year, László Szögi's publication „Peregrinatio academica. The history, size and trends of Hungarian university visits abroad 1150–1919" was awarded third place in the category of professional publications.
2023. April 6., Thursday – 13:35
University Library and Arcives (ULA)
Our series entitled “Mosaics from the heritage of ELTE” presents some of the key material cultural heritage of the Eötvös Loránd University. The object of the month is the drawings and notes made at the Eötvös Collegium by Dezső Pais.
2023. April 6., Thursday – 10:14
University Library Service (ULS)
At the first quarterly report of the K21 Quality Coordination Committee 2023, the leaders of the working groups reported on the results of the past quarter, ongoing work and changes.
2023. April 4., Tuesday – 14:49
ULA University Library
During the Easter holidays, between the 7th of April 2023 and the 10th of April 2023, the ELTE University Library and Archives is closed. We wish you a happy and blessed Easter!
2023. April 4., Tuesday – 08:28
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in April is a missal printed in 1704 in Nagyszombat, which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.
2023. April 3., Monday – 13:37
University Library Service (ULS)
Bloomsbury Publisher has offered a two-month trial access to EISZ member institutions that is available between the 1st of April and the 31st of May 2023. The three history databases are accessible from the ELTE internet network and via VPN for remote access.
2023. March 28., Tuesday – 14:23
University Library Service (ULS)
The ELTE Disability Center (SHÜTI), an office of the university with the aim to ensure equal opportunities to students with special needs, has published a booklet entitled Equal Access in Higher Education: Information for Lecturers and Academic Staff. The publication edited by Krisztina Kovács, the University's Disability Coordinator is available in all ELTE faculty libraries, as well as in the ELTE University Library and Archives.
2023. March 24., Friday – 12:42
University Library Service (ULS)
In the first half of 2023 Elsevier offers free online trainings in English and Hungarian for researchers, university lecturers, MA and PhD students and librarians.
2023. March 23., Thursday – 07:54
University Library Service (ULS)
Preprint Citation Index is a multidisciplinary collection of preprints from a wide range of leading preprint repositories. The link to the video recording of the presentation in Hungarian is available in our article.
2023. March 14., Tuesday – 12:28
ULA University Library
Two hundred and fifty years ago, in 1773, Pope Clement XIII dissolved the Jesuit order, accelerating the process of the university's transfer to the state. Between 1635 and 1773, many distinguished Jesuits of great knowledge taught at our university, leaving a lasting mark on the history of the institution. In March our feature is on Ferenc Weiss, one of the founders of the Buda University Observatory and a pioneer of engineering education in Hungary.
2023. March 13., Monday – 17:27
University Library Service (ULS)
In the first half of 2023 Elsevier offers free online trainings in English and Hungarian for researchers, university lecturers, MA and PhD students and librarians. The first session will provide useful information on research data management.
2023. March 10., Friday – 07:50
University Library Service (ULS)
The Repository Certification Committee of the MTMT issued certificates to two more scientific online journals affiliated with the ELTE Faculty of Humanities. The „Névtani Értesítő” and the „Dissertationes Archaeologicae ex Instituto Archaeologico Universitatis de Rolando Eötvös nominatae” journals won MTMT Qualifications, which is considered outstanding both within the university and nationwide.
2023. March 8., Wednesday – 15:26
University Library and Arcives (ULA)
Our series entitled “Mosaics from the heritage of ELTE” presents some of the key material cultural heritage of the Eötvös Loránd University. The object of the month is the Szondi test.
2023. March 8., Wednesday – 08:40
ULA Archives
The latest volume of Júlia Varga, archivist of the ELTE University Library and Archives, was presented on the 2nd of March 2023.
2023. March 3., Friday – 15:33
University Library Service (ULS)
Yale University provided 60 day institution-wide trial of two databases, eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology. The trial period ends on 24 April 2023.
2023. March 1., Wednesday – 15:35
ULA University Library
Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in March is the book of the Jesuit theologian and historian Gábor Hevenesi (1656–1715), which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.