Ask a Librarian
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In August 2023, the chat is available: Monday and Tuesday from 2pm to 9pm, Wednesday to Friday between 9am and 4pm.
Questions submitted outside of our office hours will go to the address: informacja.buw@uw.edu.pl. We will respond as soon as possible.
Offer and services for international students
The University of Warsaw Library offer for international students:
- general information – at the Information Desk of the library;
- detailed information and consultation point – room 141, contact – email: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl, tel. +48 22 55 25 181, 184;
- trainings in English – individual or group ones:
- library instruction – general information about the library and its services along with a tour of the building,
- information sources and research tools – training giving explanation of the University of Warsaw libraries online catalogue, University of Warsaw electronic resources and other open sources of information, as well as bibliography manager Mendeley (introduction),
- databases – presentation of licensed electronic resources available at the University of Warsaw,
- Mendeley – bibliographic manager tool – learn how to discover and download resources, organize, store, and retrive publications, create and update citations and bibliographies using any of the 8000 styles,
- What to start with? – guidelines for writing a Bachelor’s/Master’s Thesis.
- learning support – bibliographic and subject consultations in English.
Detailed information on the courses is available on the BUW website in the tab Training (Practical information – Training).
Contact: email: askalibrary.buw@uw.edu.pl, tel. 55 25 181, 55 25 184, room 141.
You can also receive help at the Information Desk of the library.