Locations
Go to: Main Library | Musicology Branch Library
The library’s collection is spread across various buildings and locations.
In the main library at the Fürstenhaus, you will find books, sheet music and CDs that can be borrowed for a longer period.
Items from the reading room and the Musicology Branch Library at the Hochschulzentrum am Horn (HZH) can only be borrowed for a limited period.
These form part of the reference collection and should be available to everyone during opening hours.
Main Library

In the main library at the Fürstenhaus, you will find over 100,000 items, including sheet music, books, journals, CDs, DVDs and Blu-rays, but also technical items as iPads, cameras, microphones etc.
Please search for these items via our catalogue, as most titles are not freely accessible.
Our on-site services:
- Borrowing and returning items
- Help with overdue fines
- Photocopying
- Reading room (including reference works, selected sheet music, current and back issues of journals, study desks, Blu-ray players)
- Interlibrary loans
- Orchestral material (for ensemble projects)
Musicology Branch Library

The Musicology Branch Library at the Hochschulzentrum am Horn has approximately 50,000 items.
Spread over four floors, you will find books, sheet music, journals, sound recordings and much more.
The library’s collection:
- General information
- Historical & systematic musicology
- Subject Arts Management
- Transcultural Music Studies
- Jazz and Popular Music
The majority of items can be borrowed on a short-term basis for 3 days (students) or 7 days (teaching staff).
Items may only be borrowed by members of this university or by members of another Thuringian university or higher education institution.
Reference works, complete works, journals, records and items from the historical collection are generally not available for loan.
Our on-site services:
- BookEye scanner
- Photocopiers where you can print, scan and photocopy using your thoska account
- Stereo system including a record player with digitisation function
- Individual and group study areas, with and without computers
- Microform reader
