The document summarizes the services provided by the École Centrale de Lyon library. It describes the online catalog for finding references and student works. Users can manage reservations, request interlibrary loans, and access digital resources remotely with their webmail ID. The library promotes engineering student projects and supports PhD students by depositing theses. Services include a workspace with computers and WiFi, training sessions, and cultural events. Borrowing policies vary based on user type, with Centrale Lyon and CHELS students having the most access and longest loan periods.

1. E-services
Log in with your own ID !
On-line catalog
• Look for your bibliographical references
• Acces to engineering students’works and PHD’thesis
Reader account
• Manage your reservations
• Suggest a purchase
• Make an interlibrary loan request : service
allows students to obtain documents which are
not on site, in other French or foreign libraries.
Digital library
You can also access numerous digital resources
from anywhere. You just have to log on to our
website with your webmail ID.
Find ebooks, databases, encyclopédias such
as Techniques de l’ingénieur, Scopus,
ScholarVox etc.
Promotion of Works
• Engineering students: The library gives added value to engineering students’works (PE, PAr,
PAi et TFE) by distributing them to the Centrale community via its catalog. To help you write your
report, consult the toolbox on our site (document models, advice and tips...)
e-service / déposer un rapport
• PhD Students and Researchers : The library is at your disposal
for the electronic deposit of your thesis and also for promotion of your
papers on open archive sites.
Theses.doc@ec-lyon.fr
Openaccess.doc@ec-lyon.fr
For more
information,
see our PHD
Student Guide
Michel Serres
library

2. Working environment
workspace
90 seats
23 computers
Space for working, reading and relaxing
Wi-Fi access (networks : CENTRALE-LYON)
Externs: 2 computers
Book the training room, from Monday to Saturday :
resa-salle-biblio@sympa.ec-lyon.fr (Engineering students : a professor must be present)
Freely accessible collections
Services
Library hours
Monday to Friday: from 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM - samedi : 10:00 AM to 3:50 PM
During school holidays: from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Borrowing and register conditions
IZLY Card
ECL or CHELS
IZLY Card
Université de Lyon
Saint-Etienne + EML
Other readers
Loan conditions 15 10 10
Duration 35 days 21 days 21 days
Fees None (Free) None (Free) Contact us
Required
Documents
Valid Carte IZLY Valid Carte IZLY
+ Proof of residency dated
less than 3 months before
registration
Valid ID
+ Proof of residency
dated less than
3 months before
registration
Period of validity Until 08/31 Until 08/31 1 year starting
from the day of
registration
Access digital
resources
ECL on- and off-
site
CHELS after the
registration
On the spot after the
registration
On the spot after the
registration
Science and Technology (Clusters 1 à 7)
Law, Economics and Management
Sciences (Cluster 8)
Work and Career Cluster
Art, Literature and Humanities (Cluster 9 et 10)
CD and partitions (Cluster 9)
Newspapers and Magazines
To borrow, use our Book
borrowing automat (exclusively
for readers who have an IZLY Card )
Training sessions
Many training sessions are provided :
• How to research, evaluate and validate scientific and technological Information.
• Establishing an information watch strategy.
• Management of bibliographic references and using them in one’s works.
• Spreading information while respecting copyrights
You may also make an appointment at any time with a trainer : formation.doc@ec-lyon.fr
Cultural events
As a place of meeting and discussion, the library offers cultural events open to all members of the
École Centrale de Lyon.. Events from the world of science and technology, art, literature, world
cultures, etc. offer an opportunity to make discoveries in many different fields.
Do you want to share your passion, and develop your actions? Contact us!
bibliotheque@ec-lyon.fr
Contact us
Reception and : T +33 (0)4 72 18 67 22
lending bibliotheque@ec-lyon.fr
Suggestion : acquisition@ec-lyon.fr
PEB : peb.doc@ec-lyon.fr
Trainings : formation.doc@ec-lyon.fr
Find us online
website
http://bibli.ec-lyon.fr
Site history of the School
http://histoire.ec-lyon.fr
Join our community:
Late returns will result in suspended borrowing rights for the same duration.