Welcome to the Library “Thermo and Fluid Dynamics”
at the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB)
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Some basic information for our English speaking clients
The collection
10.400 books and periodicals (02.01.2012)
236 Journals Thermo and Fluid Dynamics
10 current journals
Our collection includes cvirtually all subject of the chars of the Institute of Thermo and Fluid Dynamics
The library equipment
The library is equipped with 2 internet workstations. They are located in the room 135. You can use them to browse our collection via different online catalogues (OPACs) or to search for information in databases or the internet. Copying machine is located room 135. (To copy, you need a reloadable copycard, which can be bought at the RUB administration Infopoint
How to browse our library collection
You find all important search tools to browse our collection or to find
different forms of online-information in the
left frame of our homepage called quick-Link.
To search for monographs or other bibliographically independent works please use the Digital Library North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
It's the online
catalogue with up to the minute content to search in
all research librarys in North Rhine-Westphalia.
To find out whether a book is in our library, look for the location
mark "294/46 BO: Thermo/Fluiddyn.“
Serial records of our journals or other periodical publications can be found by the use of ZDB-OPAC. The EZB is a useful tool to find out, which online editions of journal are available on the RUB campus of the Ruhr-University.
Our lending regulations
Our library is a reference library with the individual exceptions.