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School libraries belonging to the ELTE library network can consult their documents in various databases.

The Faculty of Social Sciences is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Under the professional guidance of the ELTE University Library and Archives, the libraries of the University supported the Hungarian language education and the studies of the students at the Georgian sister institution with a donation of books, which provided the basis of the Hungarian Library Department of the Tbilisi State University, officially opened on the 12th of December 2023.

The Library will be closed between the 23rd of December 2023 and the 1st of January 2024. Our library's services will be available from the 2nd of January 2024. We wish all our dear readers a very merry Christmas and a successful New Year!

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 Coin cabinet.

In Christmas time 2023, Ildikó Balogh, the Public Services Department's Information Librarian, and Katalin Herendi, the Head of the General Secretariat, were awarded the Pro Bibliotheca Universitatis Certificate of Merit by the ELTE University Library and Archives, thanking them for their high quality and prestigious professional work.

The ELTE University Library and Archives officially opened its new book vending machine to students on the 4th of December 2023 in the lobby of the Library Palace.

The ELTE University Library and Archives offers extended opening hours for readers and students on weekdays and Saturdays between the 4th of December and the 20th of January 2023 until 22.00 hours. Our training room will also be available, providing free computer access and learning opportunities.

Save a book, adopt it! Our volume presented in December is the work of the Jesuit theologian Gábor Szerdahelyi (1660–1726), which is one of the highlights of the book adoption program of the University Library Foundation.

On October 16, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences published the document entitled „Proposals for the Handling of Articles for Journals that Engage in Objectionable Practices” containing numerous recommendations. In the case of articles published in 2024, the MTMT will use the the journal classification of the Norwegian Register. For publications and journals published in Hungarian and in Hungarian journals, the Committee of MTA did not support the use of the Norwegian list. More information can be found on the website of the MTA and in the document.

The most famous publication of the first printing house in Hungary is the Chronica Hungarorum (Buda Chronicle), produced by András Hess for the eve of Pentecost on the 5th of June 1473, the original version preserved in our library is also notable for the fact that the edition never left the territory of historic Hungary. For the 550th anniversary of the Buda Chronicle in 2023, we have created a virtual exhibition based on our chamber exposition, on display between June and September 2023.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed due to technical reasons between the 30th of November and the 2nd of December 2023. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

The application effectively supports scholarly research by making search results of the library's EBSCO subscriptions quickly available anytime, anywhere through an easy-to-use interface. Users can read or listen the content they're looking for. They can view it in PDF- and HTML-formats, and they can download and read EBSCO eBooks wherever they are.

EBSCO has offered trial access to the SocINDEX with Full Text database, that is available on the EBSCOhost platform until the 31st of December 2023. SocINDEX is the authoritative bibliographic database for sociology research. The database offers indexed records from top sociology journals covering many related studies.

The database includes bibliographical data for 1,500,000 dissertations and theses, all of which are accessible in full text. The database and EBSCOhost, when connected to the ELTE internet network directly or through the use of VPN services, are accessible both on and off-campus.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be closed on the 24th of November 2023 due to a university event. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

As part of the Autumn Festival of Museums, our library offered guided tours, as well as book and restoration workshops presentations.

The ELTE University Library and Archives will be temporarily closed on the 16th of November 2023 (Thursday) from 14.00 due to technical reasons. On Friday (17 November 2023) our library will be open as usual. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

„Diversity and Variety – Selection of Taiwanese literary treasures” poster exhibition opened on the 7th of November 2023 at the ELTE University Library and Archives.

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 Maldivian nut.