Law CRAI Library. Guide. Academic year 2021-22
Author: Law CRAI Library
Keywords: CRAI, Library, Law, University of Barcelona, user training, law, legislation, political sciences, public administration

The Library’s holdings are made up of more than 145,000 volumes and 2,075 journal titles. The Rare Books Collection consists of 1,742 titles dated between 1505 and 1820. The Library also contains the Biblioteca Dipositària de les Nacions Unides and the Biblioteca Santiago Mir Puig.
Where to find the sections

HOLDINGS

Civil Law / Business Law / Labour Law / Economics and Public Finance / Financial and Tax Law Seminar room
Study room 5

4th Floor

Public International Law / Private International Law / International Relations / Constitutional Law / Political Science / Administrative Law / Civil Procedure/ Criminal Procedure / Criminal Law / Criminology
Study rooms 3 and 4

3rd Floor

Philosophy of Law / History of Law / Roman Law / Canon Law / Church–State Relations
Study rooms 1 and 2

2nd Floor

General Legal and Non-legal Reference Works / Geography and History / Social Sciences / Sociology / Comparative Law / Foreign Law
Basic Legislation / Handbooks / Schemas / Practical materials
Biblioteca Dipositària de les Nacions Unides / Rare Books Collection / Biblioteca Santiago Mir Puig

1st Floor

New acquisitions / DVDs
Information and loans / Scanner (restricted access)

Ground

Periodicals Library / Official publications / Legislation and jurisprudence repertories Information desk / Teachers’ room / Photocopier (restricted access)

Basement

Opening hours
Monday to Friday from 8.30 a.m. to 8.30 p.m.

Special opening hours
http://crai.ub.edu/ca/coneix-el-crai/horaris

Avinguda Diagonal, 684. 08034 Barcelona

L3 (Maria Cristina or Palau Reial)

T1, T2, T3 (Pius XII)

7, 33, 63, 67, 75, 78, 113, E30, E43, E79, E97, E98, H6, L97, M12, M14, N12, V5

Av. Diagonal, 680

934 024 456 @ craidret@ub.edu

https://crai.ub.edu/en/about-crai/libraries/law

©CRAI, academic year 2021-22

The Law Library, together with the rest of the libraries of the University of Barcelona, is part of the UB’s Learning and Research Resources Centre, or CRAI.
The Law Library brings together the specialised and research collections of the courses taught in the Faculty: Law, Political and Administrative Sciences, Public Management and Administration, Private Investigation, Criminology and Industrial Relations.
The Library, which occupies six floors of the main building of the Faculty of Law, offers 3,350 m2 for learning and research.
524 reading points
In-room computers and laptops,
Wi-Fi network and Eduroam
5 Study rooms (3 for students and 2 for teaching and research staff)
1 Work room for teachers
1 Seminar room
Photocopy machines and a scanner (both for teaching and research staff)
Book drop.
Users need to show their UB card to take out books. There are different types of book loan, depending on the kind of student or member of staff you are. For details about the regulations on loans, see here.
You can borrow the documents listed in the catalogue as available. On the shelves, the books excluded from loan are marked with a red dot. Loans can be renewed at the loan desk, by phone, online at My account or with the app SocUB.
You can arrange to take out documents from any CRAI library and return them to any other, depositing the books either at the library loan desk or book drop.
PUC (library consortium loans)
The consortium loan service allows users of the Consorci de Serveis Universitaris de Catalunya (CSUC) to borrow documents from another CSUC library free of charge.
Interlibrary loan
By paying a fee you can use this service to obtain the original or a copy of a document that is not held in any UB CRAI library or any other Catalan university in the consortium.
Laptop loan
The Library has a number of laptop computers which users can borrow for use on the premises.
Booking study rooms
The Library has three study rooms for students. You have to reserve one of these through the catalogue by selecting Reserve study rooms at Cercabib or with the app SocUB.
Bibliographic information and user training
Our library staff will help you solve any doubts about the Library, its services and information resources. They also organise theme and tailor-made training sessions.
User Support Service S@U
S@U is a virtual information service provided by the library staff to field enquiries about CRAI libraries and their services and resources.
Access to electronic resources
The E-Resources Access Service, SIRE, provides access to electronic information resources contracted by the CRAI from a computer/client/device inside or outside the UB network.
Virtual Campus
The UB’s virtual platform provides complementary materials to support teaching.
Digital copies service
This service provides free digital copies of articles from journals subscribed to the UB’s CRAI that are not held at the Law Library and cannot be accessed online.
Cercabib
Cercabib is the CRAI’s discovery tool, which allows you to search simultaneously through the entire CRAI collection, regardless of the format, type or location of your chosen item: catalogue; databases, electronic books and journals, and digital repositories.
At the Cercabib interface you can also consult the link to Thesaurus and other search tools.
Digital repositories
The Digital Repository contains open-access digital versions of publications related to the teaching, research and institutional activities of the University of Barcelona’s teaching staff and other members of the University community. The journal portal RCUB offers access to scientific journals published or co-published by the UB in various fields.

FACILITIES

SERVICES

Loans

Other services

Check all the services offered by the CRAI at:
crai.ub.edu > CRAI services

INFORMATION RESOURCES

See these and other electronic resources at:
crai.ub.edu> Information resources