What should I know about the new version of PuntoQ in order to start using it?

The new version of PuntoQ is very easy to use. You will have access to any information resource that the BULL offers. Not only you will find information about the database and online magazines that the previous version had but also you will find information about our catalogue.

The aim of this new service is to provide a similar use as a leading Internet search engine like Google. Please, watch this informative video in which we explain some of its basic aspects in relation to how it works.

It is important for you to know that the previous access to PuntoQ will be available until the end of the course

• From The ULL
• From off-campus

You will have enough time to save all the information you kept in the previous version of the platform.

Does the library open at nights and on weekends?

No, but the study rooms do. Please, check which study rooms are open and their opening hours.

May I get a reader card without being a ULL member?

Yes. To do so, you have to fill an application form for external users available in every desk of all ULL libraries.  Also, you have to submit a petition giving the reason of your request, together with a reference written by a teacher or a ULL PAS worker and a recent photograph.

Alumni ULL’s partners (Alumni Association and Amigos de la ULL) can use the lending service by showing the University card to which they are entitled due to their status as partners.

I am not a ULL member. Can I consult the library collection?

The library is open to everybody. Most of the items of the collection has free access and can be consulted in the reading rooms by anyone. However, you will need an external user card to take a book with you out of the library. Other entities’ members can enjoy the same privileges that the rest of the ULL community due to an agreement established with the ULL. (As long as they have their reader card.)

Are all the books of a particular author located altogether in one single library?

No.  It is possible to find several works of the same author in different ULL libraries, and then it is necessary to consult the Main Catalogue (catálogo general) to locate them.

What is a carrel?

The ULL library (BULL) makes available to its users (students, faculty and research staff) and, sometimes to external users, offices that allow working in group, teaching and research.

The use of these rooms is processed by an online booking system. External users have to contact the BULL (at the counter or by phone) to book a carrel.

How can I know the amount of books by a particular author a ULL library has?

What you have to do is to click the tab "Subcatálogos disponibles" (available sub-catalogues) and choose the library you are interested in and then browse the field "autor" (author).