FAQ

Mon – Fri: 8¹⁵am – 5⁰⁰pm

Sat & Sun: closed

Library Locations:

Central Library

• Kharkivska str., 116,  Sumy.
• Pokrovska str., 9/1, Sumy.

Medical Institute Library

• Sanatorna str., 31, Sumy.

Library Branch

• Pokrovska str., 9/1, Sumy.

You could join the Library with a library card. Contact the ID Issuing Office to get it:

Central Library:

• N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.
• Congress center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library

• Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch

• Congress center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

You need to bring a passport or another ID.

For your convenience and safety, we offer to order the library card online and pick it up at a convenient time.

A one-time library card is issued for 1 day. It costs 50 UAH.

Contact the ID Issuing Office to get it:

Central Library:

• N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.
• Congress center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library

• Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch

• Congress center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

If you forgot your password, use one of the ways:

• contact the Service Department personally;
• use the form to recover your password;
• send a letter to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.;
• push the button "Contact us" and left your message.

It is necessary to issue a library card. Contact the ID Issuing Office: 

Central Library:

• N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.
• Congress center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library

• Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch

• Congress center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

You need to bring a passport or another ID.

Library card is valid for 1 year.

For external users getting the library card is a paid service that amounts to 150 UAH.

Library users can:

✔ use the Library collections from reading rooms, including electronic resources

✔ use literature and equipment in reading rooms

✔ use the electronic catalog

✔ get advice from library specialists

✔ get a reference and bibliographic advice

✔ visit art exhibitions 

✔ use open Wi-Fi area

No, you can't. You can use books only in the reading rooms.

Yes, it is necessary to issue a library card.

Contact the ID Issuing Office: 

Central Library:

• N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.
• Congress center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library

• Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch

• Congress center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

You need to bring a passport or another ID.

Central Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.
• The Reading Room of Social & Economic Literature – N, (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Yes, the Central Library, the Medical Institute Library and the Library Branch have powerful WI-FI zones.

The exhibition of new books is located:

Central Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

You can get acquainted with the list of new arrivals and the most interesting novelties on the Library site.

• Books with the author's signature
• Books which are winners of competitions
• Books which are awarded the State Prizes of Ukraine
• Collection of the rare book "Foliant"
• Reprint and facsimile reproductions of editios
• Rare modern editions
• Rare publications on the medicine of the XIX - early XX centuries (1848–1925)

After finishing or expulsion from the university, the user must return to the library all the documents received in the library and sign an exit checklist at the certain location:

Central Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1.
• The Reading Room of Social & Economic Literature – N, (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Yes, you can use your laptop in the reading rooms, but without sound signals.

Yes, you can. Outerwear can be left on hangers in reading rooms.

Depending on the specialty, you can get sets of educational and methodical literature at:

Central Library:

• The Reading Room of Social and Economic Literature – N, (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Textbooks are given out for a semester or academic year.

Scientific literature (up to 15 copies) – for 1 month.

Fiction (up to 3 copies) – for 15 days.

In the absence of demand for the edition, the period of use may be extended.

To extend the period of use of books you need to come to the Circulation Desk of the library and re-register the necessary literature.

Students of other departments can use the literature of the Library of Medical Institute only in the Reading Room.

If you lost library books or caused them irreparable damage, you need to replace them with the same or equivalent books. For more information, contact the Circulation Desk.

To get acquainted with the originals of dissertations and abstracts, please contact to:

Central Library:

• The Reading Room of Social & Economic Literature – N, (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

Library Branch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Originals of dissertations and abstracts on economic and legal topics are available.

To assign a UDC for the article or scientific work, apply with a receipt for payment to:

Central Library:

• Literature Collection and Processing Department – Congress Center (r. 247), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical work – Congress Center, (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

The service is paid. You can pay on the Circulation Desk of the Library Branch (Congress Center, r. 202).

You also have the opportunity to use the UDC online service.

Yes, it is. You can take photos with your own camera in accordance with the Law of Ukraine "On Copyright and Related Rights".

Yes, the library provides services of binding documents:

Central Library:

• The Circulation Desk – Congress Center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1 – stapler.
• The Reading Room of Social & Economic Literature – N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116 – binder.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk and the Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1 – stapler.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room, 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31 – stapler.

You can scan / print material or make a copy in:

Central Library:

• The Circulation Desk/The Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 217), Pokrovska str., 9/1;
• Information and Bibliography – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1 – colour printing;
• The Reading Room of Social & Economic Literature – N (r. 218), Kharkivska str., 116.

Library Branch:

• The Circulation Desk/The Reading Room – Congress Center (r. 202), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – 2nd floor, Sanatorna str., 31.

No, making photocopies of dissertations are not allowed.

At first go to the e-catalog site or click the link lib.sumdu.edu.ua. You must authorize yourself. Fill in the required search fields – the documents are searched by the title of the document, author, type of documents, language and years of edition. The e-catalog contains information about the distribution and availability of the publication, provides access to electronic copies of publications and the possibility of online order.

When you find the needed book in the e-catalog, click the link Document description, find information about the storage place of the document.

If the place of storage is the Book Depository, Circulation Desk or Reading Room, contact an employee of the relevant department or order through the electronic catalog.

If the place of storage is another department of the library, you can find out the terms of use of the book directly in this department.

No, not every document have its electronic copy.

Let us know in any convenient way: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Facebook, Instagram, press the "Contact Us" button or contact the Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Yes, you can. Electronic versions of dissertations are available to download.

The private cabinet will provide the information about books which you should return to the library. From the e-catalog site enter your login and password, then push "Private cabinet" button. In the "Given documents" section, a complete list of the books issued to you and the deadlines for their returning will be presented.

Viewing the private cabinet is available from the e-catalog under the conditions of authorization (library's card code and password).

Available information for viewing:

• received books;
• date and place of giving out of books;
• history of giving out of documents;
• status of online orders.

Ordering literature is available to registered users from the library's Electronic Catalog under the conditions of authorization - login (reader's ticket code) and password (pin code). 

To order literature online, you should:

1. Make search and select the required edition.
2. Select the delivery location and click "Order".
3. Receive an order for a subscription to the selected library within 3 days.

Orders are fulfilled within 1 hour.

The number of documents when ordering online is unlimited.

You can order scientific, educational, methodical and fiction literature online.

You can order documents fron another libraries by using Interlibrary Loan.

You can do it by using interlibrary loan system RapidILL. With RapidILL you can get the necessary section of book or article from the Library of Sumy State University collection, as well as from the collections of more than 500 leading libraries in the world. You can do this by yourself or with our help.

The service is available to users who work or study at Sumy State University.

To receive documents for temporary use fill the form online or get in touch with Literature Collection and Processing Department consultant - Congress Center, с. 247 (9/1, Pokrovska str.).

No, you can't. Users should attend to Machine Building College Library or Medical Institute Library or any other Sumy library personally.

Anyone can present books to the Library. By participating in the campaign "Present book to the library!", our users by themselves update the library collection with modern and useful documents for study, work, leisure, self-development and improvement.

To present book just left it to one of our librarians.

SumDU Library receives newspapers and scientific journals among various fields of knowledge. The list can be found on the website of SumDU Library.

You can get acquainted with the full list of titles of subscribed journals and the place of their storage on the library website.

You can get acquainted with the List of scientific professional editions of Ukraine and the List of electronic scientific professional editions of Ukraine on the library site.

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a unique hyperlink that provides a direct link to a publication. DOI is a code that allows you to find any publication on any resource, regardless of the language of the original link, clearly indicates the location of the article on the Internet, provides a constant and reliable connection between publications. There are no strict rules for DOI location in a scientific article. Therefore, the DOI is located on the web pages of the summary, content, on the first page of the article. Sometimes the DOI is indicated in the footer, or under the summary, and sometimes in the form of a footnote.

Sumy State University publishes scientific journals and periodicals among various fields of knowledge. The full list is available on the website of SumDU library.

Users of SumDU Library can order a paid service "References Selection" for educational and scientific purporses.

References selection is carried out among the documents of the library collections, subscribed databases and data sources.

The term of the service is 2-5 working days.

To do this, fill the form or make a request personally to:

Central Library:

• Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

You can do it by using the e-catalog. Enter keywords from your topic in the search field Document title.

Also use free access resources on the library's website, where electronic editions, databases, Internet resources, open learning materials are grouped by the fields of knowledge.

SumDU Library provides a paid service Editing References for educational and research works in accordance with DSTU 7.1: 2006, DSTU 8302: 2015 and international citation styles.

The term of the service is 2-14 working days.

If you want to use the service, you need to fill the form or make a request personally to:

Central Library:

• Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

You can create a list of references by yourself, using free citation generators (BibMe, Citation Machine, Grafiati, CiteFast, VAK.in.ua etc.) or reference managers (Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero).

SumDU Library provides a paid service References Editing in international styles.

The term of the service is 2-14 working days.

If you want to use the service, you need to fill the form or make a request personally to:

Central Library:

• Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

A reference manager is a software package that allows scientific authors to collect, organize, and use bibliographic references or citations, full texts of documents.

With help of reference managers (Mendeley, EndNote, Zotero) you can keep documents in your own electronic library, quickly select information from various Internet sources, find a journal for publication, provide access to bibliography to other users for common work, create a list of references in any citation style.

If you have questions about using reference managers, please refer to:

Central Library:

• Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

The access to all resources is provided through the library website.

For conultations you should refer to:

Central Library:

• Information and Bibliography Department – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

You can get acquainted with the full list of titles of subscribed and test access resources on the library website.

To check the work for plagiarism, please make a request to:

Central Library:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

The сheck is carried out by StrikePlagiarism and Turnitin Similarity.

The guidance for user of the StrikePlagiarism system

Guide for the interpretation of the StrikePlagiarism similarity report

If the work is rejected after the check by plagiarism сheckers, the new version of the work needs to be rechecked. The service is paid.

To access the scientometric databases Scopus, Web of Science, and the Springer Nature resource, it is necessary to register an account from the local network of Sumy State University from the corporate mailbox. Access conditions may vary.

The library informs about access to international databases in social networks, in the news of the library and university website, and the Resources section.

If you have questions about the use of resources/databases, please contact:

Central Library:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 213), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Library Brunch:

• Sector of Information and Analytical Work – Congress Center (r. 235), Pokrovska str., 9/1.

Medical Institute Library:

• The Reading Room – Sanatorna str., 31.

The general list of seminars and webinars which are held in the library you can view in the Events Calendar on the website of SumDU Library.

Yes, SumDU Library users have access to Scopus, ScienceDirect, SciVal databases and Researcher Discovery, Researcher Academy, Funding Institutional і Mendeley instruments.