Collections and Tools

The collections of the Studium Catholicum Library comprise more than 40,000 books, focusing on Catholic Theology. The library has works in, among other disciplines, Philosphy, Bible studies, Patristics, Medieval Theology and Scolastics, Modern Catholic Theology and Church History. The library subscribes to 60 scientific and ecclesiastical journals in several languages.

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Opening hours:

• Monday to Friday 13-18

* On Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays the library is manned by volunteers, 
not a professional librarian.
For more information go to Opening hours. 

The basis of the Studium Catholicum library is a collection brought from France by Dominicans as well as the Academicum Catholicum collection.

The library consists of 40,000 books and 60 subscription magazines. Approximately half of the works in the library are included in the electronic catalogue.

Also read: Borrowing

Classification (pdf, in Finnish)
Electronic materials (pdf).

Library Catalogue

The library catalogue is searchable through the Mikromarc search function. The database includes Exegetics, Patristics, Liturgy, Vatican Publications, Philosophy, Theology and Spirituality. A more exact list of the library's classification system is available as a pdf file (in Finnish).

Collectio Catholica Fennica

The Collectio Catholica Fennica is a collection of Finnish Catholic literature. The collection consists of works written by Finnish Catholics or Catholics who work or have worked in Finland who have written on the topic of Catholicism. The works of the collection are not available for take-home loans.

Collectio Catholica Fennica (pdf)

Research Tools

The Studium library provides access to a number of valuable study tools. There is a card catalogue in use in the library as well as electronic material (pdf). WiFi internet connection is available.

Questia

The Studium Catholicum offers access to the Questia online library. It provides access to 78,000 books and 9 million academic articles.  Read more

Logos and Verbum

The library also offers access to Logos 5 and Verbum software. They provide library users with a remarkable resource containing thousands of scholarly works dedicated to the study of Scripture and Church tradition and including a vast body of commentary and explanations of Biblical terms.