Your Library

Using the Library

Managing your day to day interactions with the Library can be made much easier with a variety of online Library services:

Loans

keep track of your loans, fines and due dates, plus renew items you have borrowed online using Your Borrower Record, accessible via the Library’s homepage and the Catalogue
learn how to use Your Borrower Record

MyCourse (Reserve)

Loan periods

most items may
be borrowed for
four weeks unless recalled

items from MyCourse (Reserve) are in high demand so they generally have a two hour loan period

MyCourse materials such as course readings, DVDs & CDs are located on Level 2 of the Main Library. Smaller Reserve collections are located at COFA and the Freehills Law Library
book media booths via the Catalogue to watch DVDs & videos and listen to CDs

Sirius

Login to MySpace to create sets of your favourite resources, including databases and e-journals, save Sirius searches and set up search alerts
Metasearch lets you search multiple databases at once. Save these results to your MySpace eShelf. Login using your Student ID and UniPass

Using Library resources off-campus

if you have problems accessing any of our resources while
off-campus, visit the Library’s Access Requirements page
the Access Requirements page advises you on recommended settings, including web browsers, security software and firewalls

Staying in touch

use your Student ID and UniPass to check your loans, to use Sirius, and to access other resources from locations off-campus

the Library will email you about your loans or overdue books via your student email

New books

you can be notified when the Library receives new books on topics in your areas of interest by subscribing to an RSS Feed
to set up an RSS Feed visit the New Additions to the Library Collection page

Toolbar

download a UNSW Library Toolbar to your Firefox browser
use the toolbar to search the Catalogue, MyCourse and Google Scholar

Connecting to resources via Google Scholar

To ensure that the Library is a comfortable environment conducive to study, some guidelines have been established.

The Library Conditions of Use page will inform you of what is expected of Library users