Legal Research

The updated and expanded version of the JUS Edition (in German language) of the library’s eLearning covers the following areas:

• Speaking of Law: A brief introduction to legal terminology and commonly used abbreviations.

• Library for Law: Where can you find project rooms, codices, or journals?

• Study literature: What books are available in the legal textbook collection? Which of them are available online?

• Academic work: Information on legal citation, reference management programs, consulting services, and more.

• Law A-Z: From “Aufsatzsammlung (essay collection) to “Zitierstil” (citation style)

Holdings

The Library for Law collects literature from all fields of law and legal studies. In accordance with the key research areas of WU’s academic units, the collection focuses on the following topics: public law, civil and business law, employment and social security law, European and international law, economic criminal law, intellectual property law, tax law, and financial law.

In addition, special literature on tax law can be found at the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law.

The library currently has a total of 80,000 books and active subscriptions to about 320 print journals.

Library Use / Loans

WU staff can use two self-service checkout machines and a return box to borrow materials from the Library for Law 24/7. Codices and books from the legal textbook collection can only be borrowed by WU students.

WU students and external library patrons may not borrow books but may use them in the library. A reference collection with the most important reference works for all legal subjects is always available in the reading room for all user groups. For this reason, these reference books cannot be borrowed by scientific staff either.

There are four color scanners which can be used free of charge. You can save the scans as PDF, TIF, or JPG files on an external storage device (USB flash drive, external hard disk drive, memory card).

Tables of Content

Selected tables of content from our print journals and essay collections.

Technical Equipment/Infrastructure

130 workplaces
1 accessible workplace
14 PC workstations
9 project rooms
4 color scanners
2 self-service checkout machines
1 payment machine
1 earplug dispenser

Opening Hours

see Opening hours calendar

Contact

Front Desk
Tel: +43 1 31336 5745
Library staff

Operation of the Library for Law

Dr. Barbara Lindsberger
Head of Special Libraries
Library Head of Library for Law: Organizational Matters
Tel: +43 1 31336 5529
Email: barbara.lindsberger@wu.ac.at

Unit Law

Mag.iur. Livia Neutsch, BA
Library Head of Library for Law: Content related matters
Subject Librarian & Liaison Librarian for Law
Tel: +43 1 31336 4917
Email: livia.neutsch@wu.ac.at

Mag.iur. Judith Schimpfössl
Deputy Head of Special Libraries
Subject Librarian & Liaison Librarian for Law
Tel: +43 1 31336 5042
Email: judith.schimpfoessl@wu.ac.at

Sabrina Breiteneder
Subject Librarian & Liaison Librarian for Law
Legal Textbook Collection
Tel: +43 1 31336 5757
Email: sabrina.breiteneder@wu.ac.at

Address

WU (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien)
Library for Law
Building D3
Welthandelsplatz 1
1020 Vienna