The library is a service facility to support the teaching and research activities carried out at the university and makes paper and electronic collections available to the university community.

It is one of the few university libraries in Italy devoted entirely to human movement and motor activity examined from the perspectives of anatomy, physiology, sports medicine, biomechanics, psychology, sports pedagogy, and hygiene, with a focus on the elderly, children, and special populations.

Of considerable interest to young people, because of the strong impact on current employment, are the sections on sports law, sports management and marketing, and sports sociology and geography.

Prominent among the more technical disciplines are sections on training methodology, individual and team sports. Sections on sports history and physical education form the background and frame for all other disciplines.

Original sections are devoted to sports in art, literature and film.

The library purchases all texts reported by faculty for exam preparation or in-depth research purposes and subscribes to a selection of specialized electronic databases and periodicals in the field of exercise science and applied disciplines for the study of human movement.

Print and audio-visual resources can be accessed through the Online Catalog.

Electronic resources consist of:

• Subscription or open access periodicals searchable on Publication Finder
• individual articles searchable on Full Text Finder
• databases bibliographic and citation

The services offered

• Room with 28 reading places , 2 stations for consulting the Online Catalog,
  11 computerized stations for bibliographic research, 1 VHS and DVD player ,
  1video magnifier for the visually impaired;
• Access to the online Catalog of the University’s many print and audio-visual collections: monographs, periodicals, articles, doctoral dissertations, audiovisuals;
• access to national and international electronic resources, according to the modalities defined by each publisher and indicated in the Databases section;
• PIM – Metropolitan Interlibrary Loan with the libraries of the Libraries Institution of Rome, reserved for institutional users of the University;
• Inter-library loan with Italian libraries, reserved for the University’s institutional users;
• document delivery service, which allows users to request articles from other libraries via the NILDE-network Inter-Library Document Exchange, reserved for institutional users;
• User education activities with presentation of library services to freshmen of all study tracks;
• introductory meetings on bibliographic research on the use of the main databases subscribed to by the University;
• scientific information literacy meetings, in which the concepts of scientific publication, database, scientific research, construction of a search string, Boolean operators, and the Thesaurus structure of a disciplinary database are explored;
• Ask the Librarian, a service operating during the days and hours the Library is open, which supports users with bibliographic research.

Library Membership
Library membership is required to borrow or reference books and periodicals. It is possible to carry out online registration.

Public opening hours

Monday, Wednesday, Friday: 9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Library is closed to the public in August, during winter holidays and during the University’s scheduled closing periods, as per the academic calendar.

Days closed for holidays, events, or seminars will be noted in the Notices section (Library Informs)

Addresses
piazza Lauro de Bosis, 6 – 00135 Roma – 1st floor
tel. +39 06 36733.524 fax +39 06 36003199 e-mail: biblioteca@uniroma4.it
for document delivery service: dd.biblioteca@uniroma4.it

ID Codes
ACNP RM396
ICCU Registry IT-RM0862
SBN RMS-U4

Steering Committee

• Prof. Francesco Felici (Human Movement and Sport Sciences)
• Prof. Alessandra Fazio (Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Prof. Paolo Sgrò (Health Sciences)
• Dr. Manuela Camerino (University Library coordinator)
• Mr. Ferruccio Succi, student representative designated by the Student Council (2023-2025)

Coordinator
Dr. Manuela Camerino
tel. +39 06 36733.534 – e-mail: manuela.camerino@uniroma4.it

Staff
Ms. Tiziana Zilli
tel. +39 06 36733.310 – e-mail: tiziana.zilli@uniroma4.it
Cataloging, management of databases and electronic periodicals, bibliographic research assistance, document delivery, teaching bibliographic research, user education and information literacy

Ms. Emilia Basile
tel. +39 06 36733.524 e-mail: emilia.basile@uniroma4.it
Service to the public and interlibrary loan

Dr. Maria Tatiana Monarchi
tel. +39 06 36733.524
Periodicals management