Members of the Institute are allowed to use the library all the time.
External users can use the library by appointment. Please contact us via phone or email.
Lending outside the institute is normally not permitted.
The library of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology is a specialized scientific library offering services mainly to research staff and visiting scientists, providing electronic media, literature and information services.
The collection is developed and focused on the fields of research covered by the departments and the research groups at the institute.
Needed scientific literature will be immediately obtained by us through a Document Delivery Services, Interlibrary loan or by purchase if they are not available in the library.
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