Design Library

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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    Collection

    Most of the Design Engineering School Library’s collection is open access, with more than 30,000 monographs. It is organized by subject, and includes the specialized bibliography.

    Journals

    In the Design Library we have a large collection of journals (about 180 titles), most of them specialized in the subjects of study of the School.

    Many of these journals are no longer received, but we keep them for their thematic and/or historical interest (some titles date back to the end of the 19th century).

    Sumaries of subscribed journals

    Journals no longer received sorted by subject

    SCIENCE

    MATEMÁTICAS

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    FÍSICA Y QUÍMICA

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    CIENCIAS APLICADAS

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    MISCELLANEOUS

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    Consulta los números digitalizados

    Consulta los números digitalizados

    Consulta los números digitalizado

    Academic works

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    In the Library we have part of the Final Projects of the School. The academic works can be found in  Polibuscador.

    The express written permission of the author is required to consult the Projects.

    Academic works deposited in RIUNET are in open access:

    More than technique

    Although the library specializes in resources in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, electronics, aerospace engineering, and industrial and product design, we also a collection of leisure, human development and culture.

    Language Learning

    In the Design Library you can find a collection of language books to improve your level, prepare for your stay abroad or take the certification exams. We have study books by levels, workbooks, grammars.

    You can see our  selection and reserve or see the complete collection in the 0-40 shelves of the Library. You also have a dictionary collection to help you with your homework, and you’ll find even more in the O-G shelves.

    Literature

    You can see our selection of titles and reserve or discover them all in the 0-32 shelves of the Library.

    Popular Science

    Discover an endless number of curiosities about science, technology or geography…

    Choose a title from  our selection or get lost in shelf 7-3 in the Library.

    Travel Guides

    Prepare your next vacation, organize your Erasmus stay, enjoy the must-see places in the city you love or the best routes in nature.

    Here you have  some ideas. For more information, see shelf 6-21 in the Library.

    Course reading lists

    In the Design Library we are committed to have at least one copy of all the course reading lists.

    You can locate it by title or code by selecting “Course Bibliography” in the advanced search in Polibuscador.

    Consult the  help video.

    Select the subject of your interest in the filters on the right in Polibuscador.

    Laptop loan

    Students of the School of Aerospace Engineering and Industrial Design can borrow laptops in the Library. We have 20 laptops with a 7-day loan, 5 of them with the Adobe CC suite license, and 5 laptops with a 1-day loan.

    The opening hours for the loan and return of laptops are from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday.

    Consult the set of programs

    PROGRAMS ON ALL LAPTOPS

    7-ZIP

    ADOBE READER DC

    ADOBE ACROBAT XI

    AUTOCAD

    AUTODESK 3Ds MAX

    AUTODESK INVENTOR

    MICROSOFT OFFICE 2016

    SOLIDWORKS

    VLC PLAYER

    PROGRAMS ONLY ON LAPTOPS WITH ADOBE SUITE LICENSE:

    ACROBAT XI

    AFTER EFFECTS

    ENCOURAGE

    AUDITION

    BRIDGE

    DREAMWEAVER

    FIREWORKS

    FUSE

    ILLUSTRATOR

    INCOPY

    INDESIGN

    LIGHTROOM

    MEDIA ENCODER

    MUSE

    PHOTOSHOP

    PREMIERE PRO

    SPEEDGRADE

    The equipment has a direct access to https://polilabs.upv.es including thevirtual desktopof the Library with the majority of enterprise applications installed, as well as a set of campus applications (Autocad, MatLab, Mathematica, Revit, Solidworks, Statgraphics and Visual Studio). Access to Polilabs requires login with username and password, selecting your corresponding domain. In the UPV-BIBLIOTECA icon access to the configuration, you will be asked to install a plugin, you have to cancel it, and choose the HTML5-RDP connection. For more information see the User’s manual prepared by ASIC.

    Spaces and equipment

    The library has an area of 543 m2

    Study room

    200 study places

    Library floor plan

    Computers for personal use

    20 computers with Internet access for UPV users.

    14 HP COMPAC DC5850

    PROGRAMS:

    7-ZIP

    ADOBE READER DC

    CDBurner XP

    GOOGLE CHROME

    MOZILLA FIREFOX

    WORD 2016

    EXCEL 2016

    POWERPOINT2016

    VLC PLAYER

    The equipment has a direct access to  https://polilabs.upv.es including the Library’s virtual desktop with most corporate applications installed, as well as a set of campus applications (Autocad, MatLab, Mathematica, Revit, Solidworks, Statgraphics and Visual Studio). For more information see the  User’s manual elaborated by ASIC.

    Contact us

    Address

    Design Library

    Universitat Politècnica de València
    School of Design Engineering
    Building 7b (Av. De los Naranjos)
    Camino de Vera s/n
    46022 Valencia (Spain)

    Tel. 96 387 81 50 – Ext.: 78150 – 78829

    bibetsid@bib.upv.es

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