Selected services are provided to prospective postgraduate students to facilitate preliminary research and the writing of research proposals.
Access
Borrowing privileges
A
recommendation form, completed and signed by the supervisor of the prospective postgraduate student, must be handed in at the library.
- Number of loans: 15 items
- Borrowing period: 30 days per item
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Renewals: 2 per item (within maximum renewal period of 90 days) unless someone else has requested it.
Renew online or ask a staff member
- Returns: To any of the libraries of the Library and Information Service
- Fines for overdue items: R1.00 per item per day
- Fine limit: R30.00 (borrowing privileges will be suspended when this limit has been exceeded)
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Reserving books currently on loan: Free and unlimited.
Reserve online or ask a staff member
- Material available to borrow: All item types where POLICY is indicated as “Unrestricted"
- Lost/damaged books: Replacement value payable to the Library and Information Service
Services
Short loans
- Frequently used items
- Only available to SU students and staff
- Number of items: 3
- Loan period during library hours for use in the library: 3 hours
- Loan period when library is closed: overnight (out 30 min before closing time; back 30 min after opening)
- Fines for late items: R10.00 per hour after grace period of 30 min
Finding books, articles & other information resources
Do a Library Search on the library homepage or choose E-databases or E-journals from the FIND menu. Guidelines are available at Find, access and use information effectively: a step by step guide. See
Find information.
Finding your way around the library
Introduction to the physical and virtual library:
Internet & wireless access
No internet and wireless access is available to prospective postgraduate students in any of the libraries. Internet and wireless access is limited to Stellenbosch University staff and students registered on the University network. See
Wireless access.
Library orientation & training
Consult the following training calendars:
Alternatively request a one-on-one training session by appointment via
Ask a Librarian.
Electronic resources
Library Search, the search function on the
library homepage, searches across the Library’s electronic resources.
Off-campus e-access
All electronic resources offered by the Library and Information Service via our
library homepage are available from home, office computers, laptops or mobile phones. Use your SU network username and password to sign in. If you do not have your own SU network username and password, see
Off-campus e-access.
Print, copy & scan
For prospective postgraduate students cash facilites are available at any of the libraries. See
Print, copy & scan for fees.
Interlibrary loans
Material not available in any of the libraries of the Library and Information Service may be borrowed from other libraries. See
Interlibrary loans.
Off-campus document delivery
Library material can be sent to students not residing on campus and who are prepared to pay for the service. See
Off-campus document delivery.