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Welcome to the University of Tartu!
During your studies you will definitely need the help of the library, therefore, take a look at some tips about using our services.
1.FIND US
- UT Library is in the middle of the city, on 1 Struve Street
- it is open on Mon-Fri 9-21, Sat-Sun 12-18, phone: 737 5702
- you can also use the subject libraries at different faculties and institutes.
The opening hours in summer 2022:
starting from June 20 the library is on Mon-Fri open 12-18, closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
Due to the public holidays the library is closed 22-24 June.
Online platforms named EMIS and CEIC are open for trial in UT Network until 15th June.
EMIS is an economic-financial platform which gives access to numerous companies', industries' and countries' intelligence from Estonia and the CEE region (147+ countries globally) from international trusted sources, like Oxford Economics, The Economist, Euromonitor, Frost & Sullivan, Fitch Solutions.
Traditional Night Library will start next Monday and this time it will be open for four weeks. Until 12 June, from Monday to Friday the students can study until midnight, on weekends 12-18.
„We are organising Night Library together with the UT Student Union and it was their request to be open more than just two weeks," told the Head of UT Libary Service Department Olga Einasto. "We are ready to try. I personally believe that as spring is the time when students prepare for the final exams and write theses, they really need to use the library more than usually."
This year the university’s orienteering month is dedicated to the 220th anniversary of the University of Tartu Library
All the control points on the orienteering route are in one way or another related to the library. The 21 control points take participants on a journey through the history and help them discover the story of the library.
In cooperation with its partners the publisher De Gruyter offers a free access to the University of Tartu Library to more than 115 e-books and 13 articles about the history of Europe, international relations, law, modern history, politology, Slavic literature and sociology to assist everyone who is looking for background information about Ukraine and Russia and the ongoing war.
Free access to the e-books and articles of thirteen academic publishers is available until 30 June 2022.
In the UT Library the room Ukraine with more than 40 books in the Ukrainian language was opened on Monday. One can study or read books, kids can play with the toys or draw in the room which is located in the rear part of the second floor reading room.