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Library

Library Address

ul. Zamojska 47 street
20-102 Lublin
phone no. +48 728 981 087
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Librarian

mgr Marta Gospodaryk

Library Opening Hours

Tuesday - Friday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Saturday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Library Collections

The entire book collection is available in the MOLNET+ computerized catalog.

We collect books, journals, and CDs primarily in the fields of: social sciences, sociology, pedagogy, social work, psychology, management, medical sciences, cosmetology, dietetics, dental techniques, emergency medical services, and nursing.

In the Reading Room, in the so-called reference collection, there are basic textbooks in the above-mentioned fields, as well as general and specialized encyclopedias, lexicons, guides, and language and biographical dictionaries. The Library Reading Room also houses journals.

List of Currently Subscribed Journals

  1. Akademia Paznokcia
  2. Anestezjologia i Ratownictwo
  3. Beauty Forum
  4. Charaktery
  5. Człowiek – Niepełnosprawność – Społeczeństwo
  6. Emergency Medical Service – Ratownictwo medyczne
  7. Głos fizjoterapeuty
  8. Kosmetologia Estetyczna
  9. Magazyn Pielęgniarki i Położnej
  10. Make - up
  11. Medycyna Praktyczna
  12. Medycyna Sportowa
  13. Na Ratunek
  14. Les Nouvelles Esthétiques. Nowości w Kosmetyce SPA.
  15. Nowoczesny Technik Dentystyczny
  16. OPM – Ogólnopolski przegląd medyczny
  17. Personel & Zarządzanie
  18. Pielęgniarstwo XXI wieku
  19. Polish Journal of Cosmetology
  20. Polityka Społeczna
  21. Praca Socjalna
  22. Przegląd Socjologiczny
  23. Roczniki Państwowego Zakładu Higieny
  24. Studia Socjologiczna
  25. Analiza przypadków. Pielęgniarstwo i położnictwo.
  26. Pielęgniarstwo chirurgiczne i angiologiczne. Surgical and vascular nursing.
  27. Standardy medyczne - pediatria.

University Publications

Scientific Journals of the Higher School of Social Sciences in Lublin.

University Publications (Books)
  1. Wyzwania dla współczesnego doradztwa zawodowego. Materiały konferencyjne Lublin 3 czerwca 2005 r. Red.: Emilia Żerel, Małgorzata Jedynak. Lublin, 2005.
  2. Doradztwo zawodowe w epoce ponowoczesnej : szanse i zadania. Materiały z II Konferencji Naukowej 16.05.2007 r. w Lublinie. Red. nauk.: M. Jedynak, E. Żerel. Lublin, 2007.
  3. Doradca zawodowy przez internet. Materiały szkoleniowe studiów podyplomowych. T.1-2 . Red. nauk.: E. Żerel, M. Jedynak. Lublin, 2007.
  4. Szkolny doradca zawodowy : fakt czy mit we współczesnej szkole. Materiały z III Konferencji Naukowej 11.12.2007 r. Red.: E. Żerel, M. Jedynak. Lublin, 2008.
  5. Kosmetolog – zawód XXI wieku. Materiały I Ogólnopolskiej Konferencji Naukowej Nałęczów 10 czerwca 2008 r. Red.: Anna Kiełtyka-Dadasiewicz. Lublin, 2009.
  6. Transnacjonalne doradztwo zawodowe. Materiały Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej Lublin, 14 maja 2008 r. Red.: Małgorzata Jedynak, Emilia Żerel. Lublin, 2009.
  7. Praktyczne aspekty pracy kosmetologa. Materiały Konferencji Naukowej Nałęczów, Lublin 19-20 maja 2009 r. Red.: Maria Bernat. Lublin, 2009.
  8. Współczesne trendy w kosmetologii. Materiały Konferencji Naukowej Lublin, 25 września 2009 r. Red.: Maria Bernat. Lublin, 2009.
  9. Reklama w społeczeństwie. Społeczeństwo w reklamie. Red.: Agnieszka Łukasik-Turecka. Lublin, 2010.
  10. Niepełnosprawni- sprawni i pełnosprawni na rynku pracy i w edukacji. Materiały Konferencji Naukowej Lublin, 25 maja 2010 r. Red.: M. Jedynak, E. Żerel, M. Podstawka. Lublin 2011
  11. Rynek pracy a rozwój Polski Wschodniej - na przykładzie województwa lubelskiego. Pod red.: Artura Jana Kukuły. Lublin 2011
  12. Mariański J. Aforyzmy, myśli, sentencje i refleksje socjologiczne (Religia, Kościół, moralność, wartości, godność ludzka, sens życia). Lublin: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2020.
  13. Mariański J. Peter Ludwig Berger (1929 - 2017). Przejście od teorii sekularyzacji do desekularyzacji. Lublin: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2021.
  14. Mariański J. Scenariusze przemian religijności i Kościoła katolickiego w społeczeństwie polskim. Studium diagnostyczno - prognostyczne. Lublin: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2021.
  15. Mariański J. Godność ludzka a praca. Szkice ze społecznego nauczania Kościoła katolickiego. Lublin, Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2022.
  16. Mariański J. Pluralizm społeczno - kulturowy jako megatrend areligijność i moralność. Studium socjologiczne. Lublin: Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2022.
  17. Mariański J. wartości moralne w świadomości maturzystów puławskich. Raport badań socjologicznych zrealizowanych w latach 1994 - 2021. Lublin, Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych z siedzibą w Lublinie, 2022.

Distribution of Books and Journals of the Higher School of Social Sciences in Lublin

Useful Links – Bibliographic Databases and Library Catalogs

Library Regulations of the Academy of Social and Medical Sciences in Lublin – Academy of Applied Sciences

I. General Principles

  • The Library collections may be used by WSNS students, participants of WSNS postgraduate studies, and WSNS employees (collaborators).

  • Persons other than those mentioned in point 1 may use the Library collections if this results from agreements concluded by the Higher School of Social Sciences in Lublin.

  • Use of the collections is free of charge.

  • Upon registering at the Library, the applicant should present a valid student ID, and postgraduate students and employees (collaborators) should present an ID card.

  • Silence and the prohibition of using mobile phones are mandatory in the Library.

II. Borrowing

  • Readers may borrow items marked with a "signature," i.e., the location of the book in the storage.

  • Items marked with the location "Reading Room" and all periodicals may only be used in the Reading Room.

  • Books can only be borrowed personally upon presenting a student ID or ID card.

  • WSNS employees and final-year students may borrow up to 10 volumes at a time for a period of 1 month.

  • Other students and participants of postgraduate studies may borrow up to 5 volumes at a time for a period of 1 month.

  • Borrowings can be renewed for the next month if the book has not been reserved by another reader.

  • For particularly valuable and sought-after books, the Library may require the return of borrowed materials before the end of the regular borrowing period.

  • Orders (reservations) are placed electronically after logging into the MOLNET+ catalog according to the provided instructions. Login is individual and independent, after registering at the Library by providing personal data and e-mail to the library database.

  • Orders are fulfilled in the order of receipt.

  • Reserved books must be collected within 10 days from the date of placing the order. After this period, the reservation expires, and the books are returned to the storage or lent to other readers.

  • Items unavailable at the time of ordering can be reserved. In the online catalog, use the "Join the queue" button. When the first available copy appears, the system automatically creates a reservation for the first person in the queue.

  • The following cannot be borrowed:


      • Items in the Reading Room reference collection

      • Newspapers and periodicals

      • Publications in poor technical condition
    • The right to use the borrowings expires: in the event of termination of the contract with a WSNS employee, completion or interruption of studies by a WSNS student; in the event of termination of a civil law contract between a cooperating person and WSNS; due to repeated violation of the Library Regulations.
    • WSNS students may also borrow books from the Provincial Pedagogical Library named after the Commission of National Education in Lublin and the Provincial Public Library named after H. Łopaciński and use the databases available in these libraries. Use of Higher Education Libraries resources is possible only on site.

    III. Protection of Collections

    • The reader is materially responsible for borrowed books.

    • For lost or damaged items, the reader must provide one copy of the same or newer edition, or a book indicated by a Library employee. For a lost or damaged volume of a multi-volume work, the reader returns the entire work. Remaining volumes remain the property of the Library.

    IV. Overdue Books

    • A reader who has not returned books within the designated period will be deprived of the right to borrow for a period of 2 months (the summer break period is not included in the penalty), and their library account will be automatically blocked. During this time, the reader may still use the library collection on-site (in the Reading Room).

    V. Interlibrary Loans

    • The right to use interlibrary loans is granted to WSNS employees, students, and postgraduate students of WSNS.

    • The WSNS Library conducts interlibrary loans with libraries in the national library network based on an appropriate letter or requisition slip.

    • A condition for accepting an order for interlibrary loan is the unavailability of the requested title in libraries in the city of Lublin.

    • Users place orders for publications at the Library by carefully and accurately filling out a requisition slip.

    • Materials obtained through interlibrary loans are made available exclusively in the Reading Room for a period corresponding to the return date set by the lending library.

    • The reader is responsible for the cost of the loan (shipping cost, cost of photocopies).

    • The WSNS Library lends its own collection to other libraries for a period of 1 month.

    • Interlibrary loans do not include: special collections (audiovisual), titles of which the Library holds only one copy, serial publications, and reference collections.

    • Interlibrary loans are carried out exclusively by mail.

    • The borrowing library is responsible for properly securing the materials and is liable for any damage or loss.

    VI. Photocopying

    • Orders for photocopying services are accepted by a Library staff member.

    • Photocopies are made at the Copy Point, which operates daily. The current price list is posted on-site for public information.

    • Photocopies may be made from publications in the Library’s collection, except for:


        • copies in poor technical condition (damaged or worn)

        • rare prints,

        • bound journals whose spines may be damaged during copying,

        • ooks containing explicit restrictions prohibiting copying of all or part of the content.
      • Photocopying may be performed only if it does not violate the provisions of the Act of 4 February 1994 on copyright and related rights (Journal of Laws 2006, No. 90, item 631, as amended).

      Reading Room Regulations of the Wyższa Szkoła Nauk Społecznych in Lublin

      I . In the Reading Room, you must:

      • Leave all outerwear in the cloakroom, and briefcases and bags in the designated area in the Reading Room.

      • Maintain silence.

      • Report to the Library staff and sign the Visitors’ Book.

      • Obtain permission from the Library staff to take library materials outside the Reading Room.

      • Handle the provided materials with care, and report any missing or damaged items to the Library staff.

      • After using selected books or journals, return them to their proper place or hand them to the Library staff.

      II. In the Reading Room, you must not:

      • Consume food or drinks.

      • Bring in turned-on mobile phones.

      Final Provisions

      • The resolution of matters not regulated by these Regulations falls under the competence of the Director of the WSNS Library, with the approval of the Rector of WSNS.

      • Amendments to the Regulations may be introduced by the Rector of WSNS at the request of the Library Director. These Regulations come into effect on the day of signing.

        You can connect to our collection by clicking on the image below

        To activate your account in the ANSiM Library, provide the librarian with your email address in the wsns.edu.pl domain. After it is entered by the librarian, you will be able to create a password in the system by clicking Create account. Follow the on-screen instructions to activate your account.

        Biblioteka Online.WSNS

        Information Clause

        Pursuant to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016 (Official Journal of the EU L 119 of 04.05.2016), I hereby inform that:
        1) the controller of your personal data is the Academy of Social and Medical Sciences in Lublin – University of Applied Sciences, ul. Zamojska 47, 20-102 Lublin
        2) Athe Controller has appointed a data protection team – contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
        3) your personal data will be processed for the purpose of enabling the use of library resources – on the basis of Article 6(1)(b) of the General Data Protection Regulation of 27 April 2016
        4) the recipients of your personal data will be:

        • debt collection companies,
        • companies supporting IT services
        5) your personal data will be stored for a period consistent with the relevant legal regulations
        6) you have the right to request from the controller access to personal data, the right to rectification, erasure or restriction of processing, the right to object to processing, the right to data portability, and the right to withdraw consent at any time
        7) you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority
        8) providing personal data is voluntary; however, refusal to provide data may result in refusal to provide the service

        Logowanie do Biblioteki ANSiM
        Bibliotka ANSiM Online

        Polish Medical Bibliography

        Open the Main Medical Library

        The Polish Medical Bibliography (PBL) is a database created by the Main Medical Library. It includes Polish scientific, clinical, and professional publications in the field of medicine and related disciplines, healthcare organization, as well as popular materials related to health education. The database also contains information on monographs and unpublished doctoral and habilitation theses available in the library’s collections..

        The database has been continuously developed since 1979 and is updated every three months. Currently, the Polish Medical Bibliography contains nearly 400,000 records, making it one of the largest medical bibliographic databases in Poland. The data come from over 1,900 Polish and international scientific journals.

        Since 1991, most records include abstracts in both Polish and English. Users can search the database in many ways, for example by keywords, title, abstract, journal title, or year of publication.

        A demo version of the database (with publications from 2002) is available online. The full version can be used in the Main Medical Library, its branches, and online. It is also possible to order a paid literature search on a selected topic.

        Students and staff of the Academy of Social and Medical Sciences in Lublin can also access the full PBL database on the university computer network.

        Główna Biblioteka Lekarska

        FULL-TEXT DATABASES

        The University has access to EBSCO full-text databases available at https://search.ebscohost.com on computers within the WSNS network (with remote access also available).

        Below is a description of the EBSCO Basic Package, which consists of 15 databases.

        EBSCO Basic Package offered under the national license for 2013

        Under the national license for 2013, EBSCO Publishing provides all academic and research institutions in Poland with online access to the basic package of the following databases in English. The databases are available on the EBSCOhost platform and cover a wide range of disciplines, including: exact sciences, technical sciences, humanities, social sciences, economics, business, as well as medical and biomedical sciences.

        Full-text databases:

        Academic Search Complete – A multidisciplinary full-text database containing over 9,100 full-text journals, including approximately 7,900 peer-reviewed academic journals, as well as descriptions and abstracts of articles from more than 13,690 journals. The database covers social sciences, humanities, medical and biomedical sciences, psychology, agriculture, exact and technical sciences, and many other fields. It includes numerous unique sources available exclusively within this collection. PDF archives date back to 1887. The database includes, among others, over 4,500 full-text journals indexed in SCOPUS, approximately 900 full-text journals in the exact sciences indexed in the ISI Science Citation Index(exact, technical, and biomedical sciences), over 800 full-text journals in the social sciences indexed in the ISI Social Sciences Citation Index, more than 860 full-text journals in medical and biomedical sciences indexed in MEDLINE, over 660 full-text journals indexed in Inspec, approximately 750 full-text psychology journals indexed in PsycINFO, and more than 500 full-text journals in pedagogy and education indexed in ERIC, as well as many others.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/academic-search-complete

        Business Source Complete – The most comprehensive available full-text database in the field of economics and business. It contains over 29,000 full-text publications, including more than 4,200 journals and approximately 1,000 books and monographs. Subject coverage includes marketing, management, economics, finance, accounting, business, trade, and many other areas. The database contains over 24,000 reports on national economies, investments, industries, market research, trade, and finance, as well as conference materials and case studies. Several hundred of the most prestigious journals provide full-text PDF archives dating back to 1965 or to their first published issue. The database also includes over one million company profiles, more than 40,000 author profiles of the most frequently cited authors, 8,100 interviews with economic analysts and senior executives of the world’s largest companies, and over 3,500 SWOT analyses. Additionally, the database includes 57 video recordings of seminars from Harvard Business School.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/business-source-complete

        Regional Business News –A supplement to the Business Source database containing full texts of 130 regional American business publications.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/public/regional-business-news

        Health Source-Nursing/Academic Edition – Contains approximately 500 full-text journals as well as abstracts and citations from around 830 journals in the fields of medical sciences, nursing, and healthcare. Full-text journal titles include, among others: Issues in Comprehensive Pediatric Nursing, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Journal of Community Health Nursing, Journal of Nursing Management, Nursing Ethics, Nursing Forum, Nursing Inquiry, and many others.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/health-source-nursing-academic-edition

        Health Source-Consumer Edition – Provides full texts of over 360 publications, including 80 journals, more than 130 monographs, over 80 guides and brochures, and 60 reports covering healthcare, general medicine, sports medicine, nutrition, family health, child health, and health issues such as cancer, diabetes, alcohol and drug addiction, aging-related problems, and many others.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/us-high-schools/health-source-consumer-edition

        AHFS Consumer Medication Information Contains 1,160 drug descriptions that may be useful not only for students of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, and other healthcare-related fields. The database is prepared by the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

        Newspaper Source – Provides access to 40 full-text American and international newspapers, including The Christian Science Monitor, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Times (London), The Toronto Star, The Sunday Times (UK), Budapest Sun, Slovak Spectator, Irish Times, Japan Times, and many others. The database also includes full texts of selected articles from 330 regional American newspapers, as well as transcripts of news broadcasts from American radio and television networks such as CBS News, CNN, CNN International, FOX News, NPR, and others.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/public/newspaper-source

        Master File Premier – A multidisciplinary full-text database designed primarily for public libraries. It contains over 1,700 full-text journalscovering general topics, social issues, healthcare, business, education, and multicultural studies, more than 500 full-text monographs and reference works, 81,900 source documents, and a collection of over 590,000 photographs, maps, and flags. The database includes PDF archives dating back to 1975 for key publications such as American Libraries, Foreign Affairs, History Today, Judaism, Library Journal, National Review, Saturday Evening Post, and many others.

        Detailed information and journal title lists are available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/public/masterfile-premier

        Bibliographic Databases:

        Agricola – Contains bibliographic data from the National Agricultural Library of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It includes approximately 5 million bibliographic records of journal articles, monographs, scientific papers, patents, software, audiovisual materials, reports, book chapters, and source documents related to agriculture and related sciences such as biotechnology, entomology, crop cultivation, animal breeding, veterinary science, aquaculture and fisheries, forestry, ecology, food and nutrition, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, technology, environmental protection, and others.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/agricola

        Medline – A key database in the field of medicine published by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. It contains indexes and abstracts of articles from over 5,600 journals in medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, healthcare, and biomedical sciences. Approximately 900 journals indexed in MEDLINE are available in full text in the Academic Search Complete database. The database includes bibliographic records from Index Medicus, International Nursing Index, Index to Dental Literature, HISTLINE, SPACELINE, PREMEDLINE®, AIDSLINE®, BIOETHICSLINE®, and HealthSTAR®.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/biomedical-libraries/medline

        ERIC – A database published by the Education Information Center, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. It contains over 1.4 million bibliographic records and links to more than 337,000 full-text documents in the fields of education and social sciences, with archives dating back to 1966.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/eric

        GreenFILE – Contains bibliographic information from research on various aspects of human impact on the natural environment. The collection includes scientific publications, popular science materials, and government documents covering topics such as global warming, environmentally friendly construction, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy sources, waste recycling, and many other issues. The database contains approximately 612,000 bibliographic records and full texts of 9,100 articles from open-access sources.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/greenfile

        Library, Information Science& Technology Abstracts (LISTA) – Provides full indexes and abstracts of over 550 key journals and selected content from more than 175 journals. It also includes bibliographic data on books, reports, and conference materials. Subject coverage includes library science, classification, cataloguing, bibliometrics, online information searching, information management, and many other topics. Archives date back to the mid-1960s. The database also contains approximately 5,000 profiles of the most frequently indexed authors.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/library-information-science-technology-abstracts-lista

        Teacher Reference Center - Contains indexes and abstracts from over 280 periodicals, of which 96% are peer-reviewed journals. Subject areas include assessment systems, best practice descriptions, the latest educational research, curriculum development, primary, higher, and continuing education, instruction, language teaching, literacy standards, school administration, science and technology education, and teacher training.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/us-elementary-schools/teacher-reference-center

        European Views of Americas (1493-1750) –

        A bibliographic database developed by EBSCO Publishing in cooperation with the John Carter Brown Library, based on the collection “European Americana: A Chronological Guide to Works Printed in Europe Relating to the Americas, 1493–1750.” Founded in 1846, the John Carter Brown Library collects unique documents and books and conducts advanced historical and humanities research. The database is intended for users interested in texts about the Americas written by Europeans between 1493 and 1750. It contains over 32,000 records covering the history of European exploration of the Americas, descriptions of indigenous peoples, natural disasters, diseases, and slavery.

        Detailed information is available at:
        https://www.ebscohost.com/academic/european-views-of-the-americas-1493-1750

        Training materials in Polish are available at:
        https://support.ebsco.com/training/lang/pl/pl

        Multimedia training materials in English are available at:
        https://support.ebsco.com/training/tutorials.php

        Baza pełnotekstowa EBSCO

        VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF SCIENCE

        OTHER JOURNALS

        Perpetual access to the licensed publication year plus four previous years:

        IBUK Libra PWN – a 24/7 online reading room!

        Our library has purchased online access to selected academic and scholarly publications in Polish on the IBUK Libra PWN platform. Access to IBUK Libra PWN from the ANSiM campus does not require logging in. If you would like to browse the IBUK Libra PWN collection, simply click on the logo.

        Use the IBUK Libra PWN platform:

        • 4 hours a day, 7 days a week
        • on a desktop computer, smartphone, laptop, or tablet
        • wherever you are: in a dormitory, at home, in the library – anywhere you have Internet access

        Create your own myIBUK bookshelf and work with the text:

        • add bookmarks
        • make notes directly in the text
        • wsearch for words and phrases
        • tag important passages
        • check word meanings in PWN dictionaries and encyclopedias

        We invite you to visit our library for more detailed information. In the ANSiM building, you can access IBUK Libra PWN resources without logging in.

        Are you looking for information and tips on how to navigate the IBUK Libra PWN platform and use the available tools? Take a look here.

        We also encourage you to explore our tutorials:

        1. IBUK Libra PWN platform features: take a look here
        2. Registration and login for PIN code holders take a look here
        3. Personal myIBUK bookshelf: take a look here
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