Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Access Policies

The UCSC Library (Rome campus) is open with continuous service hours; all services—staffed by library personnel—are available Monday through Thursday until 4:00 PM and Friday until 2:00 PM.

Outside these hours, the Library remains open solely for use as a study and reading area and for consulting available materials.
To access the rooms and use the services, a reservation via the Affluences app is required:

LIBRARY COLLECTION AND ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
Books are shelved according to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) classification system.
Books covering the same subject are located together.
The total collection comprises approximately 254,400 volumes and over 8,500 print journals, with about 60 currently active subscriptions.
Users have access to over 64,000 electronic journals, approximately 743 databases, and over 434,000 e-books.
For any search—whether for print or electronic material—the starting point is the University Catalog.
To access electronic resources from off-campus, users must log in to "My Library" using the same credentials used for other Faculty services.
Materials dating from before 2001 are housed in an off-site storage facility and are available upon request for consultation or copying.

STUDY SEATS AND COMPUTER STATIONS
The Library comprises four sections, including a total of three reading and study rooms, providing 802 study seats in all.