Services for students

Maastricht City Library offers many services for students, helping you focus on your studies by providing you with a productive place to study on your own, or in a group as well as offering access to a broad range of materials when it’s time to relax.

Study areas

We have study areas and workspaces on all floors of our library.

Lower ground floor offers open study desks, computer workspaces and communal tables for larger groups.
Ground floor features the great staircase, where you can relax and take in the latest exhibition in the Hal, Binnenvitrine or Galerij, enjoy a coffee and meet with friends.
First floor houses the Lees Café with free access to newspapers and magazines, as well as the Coffeelovers café, where you are welcome to eat and drink at your leisure. Bring your device, hook up to the free WiFi and power sockets and you can easily work through lunch.
Second floor contains open study desks and computer workspaces, printing and photocopy facilities and a “studiecel”, a closed study area for a small group, so you are able to meet, discuss and study together without disturbing other library users.
Third floor offers three “muziekstudiecellen” which are closed rooms offering a place for instrument practice, one has a piano for general use and all three have music stands as standard. There are also three closed study rooms for small groups. Third floor also has three CD players alongside the extensive CD collection.
Fourth floor has open study desks and three closed study rooms for small and larger groups, printing and photocopy facilities (one photocopier is coin operated), two microfiche machines. The Veldekezaal is also located on this floor, this is a quiet study space and also an archive reading room. If you request materials that can’t be borrowed from the library you can view them here.

Lockers

There are lockers available on the lower ground and fourth floors. These are coin operated and are cleared out at the end of each day. Library users are encouraged to use these lockers when studying at the library to prevent theft of personal items.

Data banks

Being a member of Maastricht City Library also grants you access to a multitude of data banks. Some can only be accessed via the library computers (those marked with a padlock), otherwise those marked with a house icon can be accessed remotely.

To access the data banks at home:

Go to: Digitale bibliotheek.
Click on the database of your choice (use the emboldened link where necessary).
Type the search term in the field and click on the magnifying glass.
On your screen is information and an image of the library pass – click on “nee”.
Type your Maastricht City Library pass number (starts with 2431…) and password (usually your date and month of birth “ddmm” unless you have changed it online).
Accept the terms and conditions (“voorwaarden”) and your search results will appear.