| Visitor guide | Visitor guide |
<div><span lang="EN-US"></span><span lang="EN-US"></span><span style="text-align:left;"><span></span></span><span><span><div><span><span><span><div>Visitors are welcome
to use the resources of the Library and Information Service, providing
this does not conflict with the primary responsibility to students,
lecturers and other staff of the University. </div></span></span></span><br>
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<span><div style="color:#444444;font-family:"segoe ui", segoe, tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;"><span><span><span><span></span></span></span></span><span></span><div>Visitors 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 for visitors to sign in at Security. Visitors with borrowing privileges need a membership card for the current year as additional identification.<br><br></div><div>The library is not available for study purposes only.<br></div><div><br>All
visiting researchers and academics must make prior arrangements through
their faculties and departments to gain access to the libraries.</div><div><br></div><div>During the 1st exam period the SU Library is accessible for SU
staff, SU students, CHELSA borrowers, Almuni and other visitors with borrowing privileges only. <br>
</div></div></span><br></div></span></div><h2>Borrowing privileges</h2>
<div align="center" style="text-align:left;"><div>Please apply at any of the libraries. A copy of your identification document and proof of address are required. Visitors who qualify for borrow privileges may use the <a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/borrow/Pages/reserve-book.aspx">Request a Book for Pickup</a> service. <br> </div></div><div>
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<strong></strong><span><strong>Borrowing privileges available to visitors who reside within a 150 km radius of Stellenbosch</strong>: </span><br></p><ul><li><span><span>Membership fee: R275.00 for 3 months or R1100.00 per annum</span></span></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">Renewals</a>: 2 per item (within maximum renewal period of 42 days) unless someone else has requested it.
<a href="https://sun.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/account?vid=27US_INST:27US_V1§ion=loans" target="_blank">Renew online</a> or ask a staff member <br></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>
<span><a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/borrow/Pages/reserve-book.aspx">Reserving books currently on loan</a>: Free and unlimited.
<a href="https://sun.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/login?vid=27US_INST:27US_V1&lang=en" target="_blank">Reserve online</a> or ask a staff member <br></span></li><li>Material available to borrow: All item types where POLICY is indicated as “Unrestricted"</li><li>Lost/ damaged items: Replacement value payable to the Library and Information Service<br><br></li></ul><div><div><strong>Only the following visitors living within a 150km radius of Stellenbosch may obtain free borrowing privileges</strong>:<br></div><div>Spouses of SU staff members, Clergymen; Staff of Paul Roos Gymnasium, Part-time music students at the Department of Music; Certificate programme students at the Department of Music; Music teachers at Stellenbosch schools; SU pensioners, Senior citizens, i.e. persons older than 60 years; Tutors of remedial education students; B.Ed. students at national colleges (e.g. Lyceum College); Donors.</div><div><br></div><br></div><h2>
<span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">Services</span></h2><div><h3></h3></div><div><span><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><div><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><h3>Electronic resources the Library pays for<br></h3></span></div></span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0">
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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,
<em>Die Matie</em>;
<em>Vrye Weekblad</em>;
<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></div></div></span></span></span>Basic information services are provided to visitors. 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 at the Stellenbosch University Library or ask any staff member at the various branch libraries. For general enquiries concerning the Library's collections and services,
<a href="https://libanswers.sun.ac.za/">Ask a Librarian</a> may be used.<br><br>
<h3>Finding books, articles & other information resources</h3><span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0">Visitors may, from their own devices with internet access, do a Library Search on the <a href="/">library homepage</a>. </span></span></span></span>Guidelines are available at <a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/StepbyStep">Find, access and use information effectively: a step by step guide</a>. See
<a href="https://libguides.sun.ac.za/content.php?pid=344501&sid=2818211">Find information</a>. Visitors will only be able to view the open access content. <span><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-0"><span class="ms-rteThemeForeColor-2-0"> 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.</span></span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div>Due to licensing agreements, off-campus access to electronic resources is restricted to currently registered students and staff members of Stellenbosch University.<br></div>
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<h3>Internet & wireless access</h3><div>No internet and wireless access are available to visitors in any of the libraries. Internet and wireless access are limited to Stellenbosch University staff and students registered on the University network. </div><div>
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</div><h3>Short loans</h3><div>The service is restricted to staff and registered students at Stellenbosch University.<br></div>
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<h3>Print, copy & scan</h3>For alumni, and other visitors cash facilities are available at any of the branches. See
<a href="/en-za/Usingthelibrary/Pages/Copy-print-scan.aspx">Print, copy & scan </a>for fees.</div><div><br></div> | | |
