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BZU Facilities and Resources
* BZU Home
* BZU Clinic
* General Bookstore
* The Cafeteria
* The Physical Education Building
* BZU Libraries

BZU Clinic - Azeez Shaheen Building
The Clinic is staffed with two nurses, a general practitioner and a dentist. It offers free medical services to the University community, and if needed, refers patients to specialists and hospitals in Ramallah.

The clinic is open throughout the year, from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.
The general practitioner's working hours are from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
The dentist's working hours are from 9.00 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.

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General Bookstore - Al Maktoum Building
International Book Distributors (IBD) run the general bookstore in the Al-Maktoum Building and are in charge of providing students with all the textbooks needed for their courses, in addition to stationery, magazines, newspapers and small gifts. Photocopying, printing and binding services are available for the students for a fee.

The bookstore is open daily during normal University business days from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

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The Cafeteria
The Cafeteria is situated in the Al-Maktoum Building and is privately run. It has two halls, one for students with a seating capacity of 500 persons, and the other for faculty and staff with a seating capacity of 100 persons.

Breakfast is served from 07.30 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and lunch is served from 11.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

There are vending machines for soft drinks and cigarettes in the Cafeteria.

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The Physical Education Building
Construction will be completed before the beginning of the new academic year in September 2001. It will be equipped with an indoor multi-purpose gymnasium; a fitness center; locker rooms with showers for both males and females; a first aid room, all the staff offices and outdoor courts for basketball, handball and volleyball. There currently are two courts for outdoor games, used by students for their games. The fitness center will be accessible to both students and faculty and staff for a small membership fee.

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BZU Libraries
The main library on Campus is situated in the Yusuf Ahmed Alghanim Building with four floors as follows:
- Ground Floor (1st floor): contains the periodicals, microfilms and microfiche room, media room, and staff offices for the Collection Development, Acquisitions, and Periodicals department.
- Main floor (2nd floor): contains the entrance to the library, Circulation desk, Reference division, reference collection, reading hall, computer laboratory, and the staff offices for the Cataloging department.
- Third floor: contains the Library Director's office, meeting room, reading hall, special collections, seminar room, books in science and engineering, LC classification Q - Z.
- Fourth floor: contains books in arts & humanities, LC Classification A - P, reading areas, study carrels, seminar room, training classroom, and staff areas.

The library is open during normal University business days from 8.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. On Fridays it is open from 8.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. The Library is closed on Sundays.
Check for special operating hours during vacations.
[ Main Library Website ]

Specialized Libraries at the University
All the Centers and Institutes belonging to the University have their own specialized libraries. For more information, please check the Centers and Institutes page on the main website.

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