Libraries & Access to Electronic Resources
The University of Athens offers, via the Internet, access to a wide range of electronic sources such as journals, books, bibliographic databases, digital collections, and thematic portals. All electronic sources and related services are included on the website of the Library and Information Center, hosted by the NKUA Library Computing Center (LCC): lib.uoa.gr
School of Economics and Political Sciences Library
Students of the Department of Sociology have access to the Central Library of the School of Economics and Political Sciences (SEPS), which covers six university departments:
- Department of Political Science and Public Administration
- Department of Communication and Media Studies
- Department of Turkish Studies and Modern Asian Studies
- Department of Sociology
- Department of Economics
- Department of Business Administration and Organizations
The library of the first four departments is housed at the address 42-44 Aiolou & Kolokotroni, 5th floor, and the collection spans two floors.
- Collection: 55,000 volumes of printed books
- 50 study spaces
- 6 computer workstations (access to electronic journals & databases)
- Special workstation for people with disabilities (blindness, low vision, upper limb motor disabilities)
- 2 positions for accessing a digital collection of master's and doctoral theses
- Free Wi-Fi
Opening hours:
Monday – Thursday: 9:00 – 19:30
Friday: 9:00 – 16:00
"Ask a Librarian" Service: 8:30 – 15:30
Phones: 210 368 9533, 210 3689570, 210 3689571, 210 3689572, 210 3689573
Email: pepistdimd@lib.uoa.gr, epikmme@lib.uoa.gr, tourkiko@lib.uoa.gr
More information: econpol.lib.uoa.gr
Library of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE)
Students of the Department of Sociology also have access to the Library of the National Centre for Social Research (EKKE), within the framework of cooperation between the two institutions.
- Year of foundation: 1959, under the auspices of UNESCO
- Complete automation of operations, with Geac's Advance software
- Electronic catalog for material search (author, title, subject, etc.)
- Right of use: researchers, EKKE staff, external partners, scientists & students
- Reading rooms & computer workstations
- Dewey Decimal Classification system (open access)
Address: 9 Kratinou and Athinas, 105 52 Athens, 4th floor
Phone: 210 7491604
Email: library@ekke.gr
Website: ekke.gr/services/library_info
Opening hours: Monday – Friday: 9:30 – 15:00
