{"id":24625,"date":"2020-10-28T09:55:05","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T08:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ub.fau.de\/ijcgrcbr\/?page_id=24625"},"modified":"2026-03-25T11:48:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T10:48:26","slug":"welcome-to-fau-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ub.fau.de\/ijcgrcbr\/en\/studying\/welcome-to-fau-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-666345cd-3753-4e46-9817-5b8b6aea3822\">Everything You Need to Know About the Library in 4 Minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"rrze-video-container\" data-video-id=\"rrze-video-6ac9cf8184a90\" data-chapter-markers=\"[]\"><div class=\"rrze-video rrze-video-container \">\n<div class=\"youtube-video plyr-videonum-1\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Movie\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"The Library for Freshmen in 4 Minutes\">\n<meta itemprop=\"director\" content=\"UB Erlangen N\u00fcrnberg\">\n<meta itemprop=\"provider\" content=\"YouTube\">\n<meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/7EozK7B7ZNQ\/hqdefault.jpg\">\n<meta itemprop=\"version\" content=\"1.0\">\n<div class=\"plyr__video-embed\">\n<iframe\n title=\"The Library for Freshmen in 4 Minutes\"\n  src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7EozK7B7ZNQ?rel=0&#038;showinfo=0&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1\"\n frameborder=\"0\"\n referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"\n allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\"\n  allowfullscreen\n  allowtransparency\n><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-fau-elemental-fau-meta-headline\" id=\"headline-666345cd-3753-4e46-9817-5b8b6aea3822\">How do I borrow books and access e-journals?<\/h2>\n\n\n    <div 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