| Alumni guide | Alumni guide | <div><br>The Library and Information Service offers special services and privileges to alumni of the Stellenbosch University.<br></div><div><div><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><div><br></div></span></div></div><h2>
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<span><div>Visitors (such as Alumni and prospective postgraduates) do not have walk-in access to the libraries. They may however contact <a href="mailto:%20jsg_uitl@sun.ac.za">SU Library Client Service</a>, <a href="mailto:%20jsgspes@sun.ac.za">SU Library Special Collections</a>, <a href="mailto:%20mus_bib@sun.ac.za">Music Library</a>, <a href="mailto:%20kwe_bib@sun.ac.za">Theology Library</a>, <a href="mailto:%20ing_bib@sun.ac.za">Engineering and Forestry Library</a>, <a href="mailto:%20genbib@sun.ac.za">Medicine and Health Sciences Library</a> or <a href="mailto:%20lmb2@sun.ac.za">Bellville Park Campus Library</a> to make an appointment. Photo identification is essential to sign in at Security. <span style="font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Alumni with borrowing privileges need a membership card for the current year as additional identification.<br></span><br>Visitors who qualify for lending privileges may use the <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/borrow/Pages/reserve-book.aspx">Request a Book for Pickup</a> service.<br></div></span><br></div>
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<div>During the 1st exam period the SU Library is accessible for SU staff, SU students, CHELSA borrowers, Alumni and other visitors with borrowing privileges only. See also more information concerning the use of the SU Library under Services below. See <a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/hours">Library hours</a>.<br><br>The library is not available for study purposes only.<br></div>
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<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Borrowing privileges</span></h2></div><p>Please apply at Client Service at the SU Library or the lending desk of any of the branch libraries. Verification will be done on SU alumni database. Proof of address are required. <br></p><div><br></div><div><strong>Borrowing privileges available to alumni who reside within a 150 km radius of Stellenbosch:
</strong><br><ul><li>Membership fee: R115.00 for 3 months; R440.00 per annum</li><li>Number of loans: 3 items</li><li>Borrowing period: 14 days per item</li><li>
<a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/borrow/Pages/renew.aspx"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Renewals</span></a><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">:</span> 2 per item (within maximum renewal period of 42 days) unless someone else has requested it.
<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"> </span><a href="https://sun.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/account?vid=27US_INST:27US_V1§ion=loans" target="_blank"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Renew online</span></a> or enquire at the lending desk.</li><li>Returns: To any of the libraries of the Library and Information Service</li><li>Fines for overdue items: R1.00 per item per day</li><li>Fine limit: R30.00 (borrowing privileges will be suspended when this limit has been exceeded)</li><li>
<a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/borrow/Pages/reserve-book.aspx">Reserving books currently on loan</a>: Free and unlimite<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">d.
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<span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span>Material available to borrow: All item types where POLICY is indicated as “Unrestricted"</li><li>Lost/damaged books: Replacement value payable to the Library and Information Service<br><br></li></ul><div>
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<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"> Due to licensing agreements,
<strong>off-campus access</strong> to the electronic resources the Library pays for is restricted to currently registered students and staff members of Stellenbosch University.<br></span></span></div>
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<h3>Electronic resources freely available (<a href="/en-za/Research/oa/Pages/default.aspx">open access</a>)</h3> <span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>
<table class="ms-rteTable-2" width="100%" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/open_access">Open access resources</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">The resources in this library guide are regarded as Open Access and therefore freely available to anyone. It includes a section on how to find open access resources in the library catalogue.</span></span></span></span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="http://digital.lib.sun.ac.za/">SUNDigital</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Images and photos of student life, music, literature,
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<em>Noseweek</em>, etc.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="http://scholar.sun.ac.za/">SUNScholar</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Articles, book chapters, theses and dissertations, conference papers of SU staff and students</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://scholardata.sun.ac.za/">SUNScholarData</a> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Research data of SU staff and students</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="/en-za/Search/Pages/sunjournals.aspx">SUNJournals</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Open access journals hosted by the Library</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://scholar.google.co.za/">Google Scholar</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Allows users to search for digital or physical copies of articles, whether online or in libraries. Some digital copies may be freely available.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableEvenRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://books.google.com/">Google Books</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;">T<span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">he world's most comprehensive index of full-text books</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://core.ac.uk/">Core</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">The world's largest collection of open access research papers<strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr><tr class="ms-rteTableOddRow-2"><td class="ms-rteTableEvenCol-2" style="width:18%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><a href="https://archive.org/index.php">The Internet Archive</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">A non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more<strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td><td class="ms-rteTableOddCol-2" style="width:82%;"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><strong></strong></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">
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<br>Information services</h3></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"></span></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span>Basic information services are provided. These include assistance to become self-sufficient in finding sources and information, in either printed or electronic format. Should assistance be required, please enquire at Client Service in the Stellenbosch University Library or ask any staff member at the various branch libraries. For general enquiries concerning the Library's collections and services, </span></span><a href="https://libanswers.sun.ac.za/"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Ask a Librarian</span></a><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"> may be used.</span><br><br>
<h3>Finding books, articles & other information resources</h3>
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<a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/content.php?pid=344501&sid=2818211">
<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Find information</span></a><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">. Visitors will only be able to view the open access content. See the section <a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/open_access">How to find open access resources in the library catalogue</a> in the <a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/open_access">Open access resources</a> library guide.<br></span></span></div><div><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Due to licensing agreements, off-campus access to electronic resources that the Library pays for, are restricted to currently registered students and staff members of Stellenbosch University.
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<h3>Internet & wireless access</h3>
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