Back-to-school training : succeeding at Sciences Po with the library

Recreational tours

New to Sciences Po Paris?

Sign up for our recreational tours and impersonate a passionate bibliophile chasing rare and precious books. Your quest is to find a copy of the journal of the French Revolution, recounting the day of July 14, 1789.

As part of a team, you'll learn how to :

• locate a book in the reading rooms and make loans and returns on the self-service issue machines
• request and borrow items from closed stacks
• reserve a seat
• find out about the distribution of collections between the Saint-Thomas and Saint-Guillaume libraries
• find help from staff through various on-site or remote contact methods

These one-hour tours are available in French and English. They are open to all Sciences Po Paris students.

Just turn up at the meeting point: at the bottom of the Cour Gribeauval steps on the Saint-Thomas campus, at the date and time you have chosen. 

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Back-to-school training courses for your specialties

The Sciences Po Library offers a range of training courses to help you learn how to conduct effective documentary research. You'll discover the essential resources specific to your field of study.

• School of Public Affairs: sign up
• School of Management and Impact: sign up
• Urban School: sign up
• PSIA: sign up
• School Of Research: sign up
• Law School: register for the “Online legal resources” course by contacting the Law School's pedagogical secretariat. 

Undergraduate College students are automatically registered for the new academic year training courses. Please check your email acount.