Library Collection Profile Focus areas for our media

When purchasing new items, we follow the mandate of the the HSLU‘s Schools of Business and Social Work, which is to provide its members with media for educational and research purposes.

Collection focus for business

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The library offers a wide selection of media – from research literature and textbooks to practical guides and journals. Depending on demand and availability, we endeavour to license media in electronic
form. However, not all publishers offer this option. We will be happy to check availability for you on an individual basis.

The focus of our collection is based on the topics covered in the everyday study and research activities of the Lucerne School of Business.

All of the library's resources can be searched using the swisscovery RZS.

In addition to literature on the basics of business subjects, the library at Campus Luzern Bahnhof in Lucerne predominantly provides literature on the following topics:   

  • Communication and marketing
  • Business administration and regional economy
  • Tourism and mobility
  • Sustainable development
  • Psychology, specifically business psychology
  • Financial economics
    Applied data sciences

The library of the Institute of Financial Services Zug (IFZ) on the Campus Zug – Rotkreuz at Suurstoffi 1 mainly focuses on the following topics while also providing a collection of semester reading materials on basic business subjects:

  • Financial management
  • Finance and banking
  • Insurance
  • Real estate
  • Blockchain

The physical holdings are shelved according to the Regensburg classification system Regensburg Classification system RVK. 

Collection focus for social work and nursing

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When curating our collection, we distinguish between three types of literature:

Foundational literatur

The foundational literature collection is available in both digital and printed form and includes lecture literature and foundational literature on social work, related sciences (to a limited extent), and health sciences/nursing.

  • Semester literature
  • History, methods, theories
  • Introductions and key literature on law, sociology, politics, psychology, education, nursing and medicine

Focus literature
This collection is available in both digital and printed form and offers in-depth literature on the main topics and fields of the Lucerne School of Social Work.

  • Research focus
  • Overarching methods and procedures
  • Social work and health
  • Social space and social cohesion
  • Participation and organisation of social services
  • Leadership and organisational development in nursing
  • Digital health

Literature on current developments

This literature is available in print to enable inspiration through discovery. We carry this type of literature to promote inspiration, participation and innovation. At the same time, this literature offers the opportunity to address current trends and topics. 

  • Current topics (e.g. digitalisation)
  • Presentations of the institutes
  • Student initiatives (e.g. on sustainability, criticism of racism)

The printed collection is organised according to the Regensburg Classification System (RVK).