Enquiries
Library staff will be
happy to help with your enquiries.
Telephone (03) 9217 5232, fax (03) 9749 8012 or email
your request for information.
Submit a query on-line
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Borrowing
Students can request books and videos by telephone,
email or by completing a ‘Library Book Request’ form and either posting
or faxing it to their Campus Library. This form is included in the Student
Administration Forms booklet you receive on enrollment.
To download a form to print out - click
here
Items are posted out free of charge but students are responsible for
packing and any costs incurred in returning them to the Library.
(Note: Items may be also be returned at any Institute of Land and
Food Resources Campus Library).
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Renewing Loans
Students may request an extension of the loan period, by phoning, faxing
or emailing library staff.
Requests should be made before the due date.
Renewals are not permitted if you have overdue items, outstanding fines,
if the material has been requested by another borrower, or if it is
a high use item.
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Obtaining Photocopies
(Note: Photocopies can only be supplied to those students who have
previously submitted a ‘Registration for Remote Request of Photocopies’
form to the Library. This can be found in the Student Administration
Forms booklet you receive on enrollment or you can download from the
web.)
To download a form to print out -
click here
Students can request photocopies of journal articles and other material
not available for loan by phone or email, or by completing a ‘Request
for Supply of Copy of Copyright Material from a Library Collection’
form and either posting or faxing it to their Campus Library.
This form is also found in the Student Administration Forms booklet
you receive on enrollment.
To download this form to print out - click
here
A charge of $2.00 per article or book extract applies to all photocopies
and must be paid in advance.
Students may wish to establish a photocopying account with their Campus
Library by depositing $10-$20 at the start of the year - depending on
expected usage. This allows photocopies to be supplied immediately without
the need for separate payments.
Contact library staff
for further information.
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Regional Branches Cuckoo Service
This service is available to University of Melbourne staff and students,
and operates via a daily courier service.
Books are free of charge, but there is a charge for photocopies, payable
by cash or departmental account number before the transaction is made.
Photocopies are $2.00 for students and $2.20 for staff. Where the fee
is charged to a THEMIS account number the cost is $2.00 for staff.
A request form, Loan
or Photocopy via the Regional Branches Cuckoo, must be completed.
Please contact library staff
for more information.
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Borrowing from other academic libraries
Victorian Students:
Victorian students can register as a member of the CAVAL Reciprocal
Borrowing Program by submitting a CAVAL card application form to their
Campus Library. This program allows cardholders to borrow from a number
of tertiary libraries throughout Victoria.
A CAVAL Registration/Enrollment Form is found in the Student Administration
Forms booklet you receive on enrollment.
To download a form to print out - click
here
COOLCAT is the catalogue of Victorian Academic libraries, and may be
searched via the Library Catalogue.
COOLCAT catalogue
More about the CAVAL
Reciprocal Borrowing Program
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Students outside Victoria:
A National Borrowing Scheme was launched in 2001 which allows all students
of AVCC member universities to borrow in person from other participating
interstate universities in Australia.
Applications are made in person to the host library. There is no need
to contact your own university.
Check the National Borrowing Scheme web page of the library you wish
to join for details about registration and borrowing conditions.
Students will be asked to present a photo ID as well as proof of current
enrollment.
More
information about the National Borrowing Scheme
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Accessing the on-line catalogue and
electronic resources
Distance Education students can access a web based version of the University
of Melbourne library catalogue.
Click
here for an Introduction to library research.
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