The reference library of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School has been compiled and continues to be expanded on since the founding of the school in 2009. It is supervised by Maxime Mauriège, librarian of the Thomas-Institut.

The collection of the a.r.t.e.s. library consists of handbooks, dictionaries, and encyclopedias as well as primary and secondary texts of the various subjects of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities represented at a.r.t.e.s. Core areas of the collection are foundational texts from the fields of anthropology, ethnology, media studies, cultural studies, and philosophy. The collection currently consists of 1,200 books and is constantly being expanded.

The collection can be accessed in three ways:

• via the Kölner Universitärer Gesamtkatalog (KUG), where the collection is integrated in the collection of the Thomas-Institut. Every recorded book is provided with the footnote “Thomas-Institut / a.r.t.e.s.”. Furthermore, the location is denoted with “a.r.t.e.s. Graduiertenschule”.
• via the card catalogue on site.
• via the register in this document (as of April 2019, modifications may apply).

The reference library of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School is open to all students of the University of Cologne during the opening hours of a.r.t.e.s. The lending of books is not possible.
 

User regulations for the reference library of the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School