The members of the Library of the Department of Psychology, as well as every library at the Aristotle University, are divided into two categories that have different rights to use the borrowed material from the library of the Department.
i) Internal members
ii) External members.
Internal members:
Faculty members of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Specialist scientific collaborators of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
PhD candidates of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Undergraduate and postgraduate students
Administrative staff
External members:
All those who do not have any of the above qualities.
Internal members:
In order to be entitled to borrow from all the libraries of the U.P.Th, students of the Department of Psychology (undergraduate and postgraduate) must activate their academic ID card as a borrowing card at the library of the Department of Psychology. Otherwise the academic ID card is not valid as a borrowing card. The borrowing card is strictly personal.
External members:
In order to become a member of the library and be able to borrow any type of material, a membership card provided by the library must be obtained.
In order to obtain a membership card, the card must be presented:
a) the identity card of the person concerned,
(b) a photograph; and
(c) the payment of a membership fee, the amount of which shall be:
20 euros (quarterly)
EUR 30 (semi-annual)
EUR 50 (annual)
All members (internal and external) can borrow material from any library of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with the same lending card or membership card.
Users are obliged to apply the Operating Regulations of the Library System of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, to comply with the instructions of the staff and to respect the Library premises.
The use of mobile phones, refreshments and food is prohibited on the library premises.
Lending of books
Internal Members may borrow from all the libraries of the System
The borrowing rights per category of internal members are as follows:
Undergraduate students, administrative staff:
Borrowing up to 4 books for 15 days.
Faculty members, doctoral candidates, special research associates of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and postgraduate students:
Loan of up to 15 books for 30 days.
EXTERNAL MEMBERS borrow books from all the libraries of the System:
Borrowing up to 3 books for 15 days.
The user who has borrowed material is obliged to return it within the time limits set by the automated program used.
Renewal of borrowing time by telephone is not allowed.
For each book not returned in time, the borrower is obliged to pay a fine
(0,30 Euro / day for each book).
When a user has an outstanding fine, he/she cannot borrow from any library of the AUTH Library System until the fine is paid.
The library has the right to limit the period of borrowing of specific books during periods of high demand (period of preparation for the admission of candidates to the postgraduate program, qualifying examinations) or when requested by the faculty members of the department to facilitate their courses.
Journals, short reference books (dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc.) and theses & postgraduate-diploma theses, which can only be photocopied within the library, are excluded from the lending.
In order to facilitate your visit to the Library of the Department of Psychology, here is the taxonomic system that is followed.
The books are first listed by subject. On the spine of each book, there is a taxonomic number, which is a combination of letters and numbers. The initial letter indicates the basic subject category to which the book belongs.
The general classification of books is:
B Philosophy
BC Logic
BD Theoretical Philosophy
BF Psychology (Experimental, Cognitive, Counselling, Evolutionary)
H Social Sciences
HA Social Sciences - Statistical Methods
HF Organisational Psychology
HM Social Psychology
HQ Family, Marriage, Women
HV Social Pathology, Criminology
J Political Sciences
L Education
LA History of Education
LB Theory and Practice of Education
LC Special Aspects of Education
N Fine Arts
P Psycholinguistics
Q Science
QA Mathematics
QP Physiology
R Medicine
RA Mental Health
RC Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Psychopathology
RJ Topics in child psychiatry
Z Bibliography and Library Science
Search on the shelves
The search and retrieval of a book is based on its taxonomic number. Books are sorted on the shelves arranged from left to right, as you see each shelf individually. An example:
LB The first row of a taxonomic number is sorted alphabetically. E.g. LB is located between LA and LC
1028.5 The second row is sorted numerically. E.g. LB 1028.5 is located between LB 1028 and 1029.
.M4 The next row(s) are sorted alphabetically and then numerically. E.g. LB 1028.5.M4 is located between LB 1028.5.L and LB1028.5.N
1997 Date of issue
