LibGuides: Communication Science: Borrowing and Renew Library Material

Information Literacy

Need to access library resources? Struggling to find sources for your assignment, research topic or information for your presentation?

The Library can assist with all the search, by teaching students researchers and academics to be able to search using different library database the library subscribed to.

How to borrow library material

In order for students to borrow books from the library they need to be registered for the current year.

Use the Library EBSCO Discovery Services to:

for the shelf number,
Request or download copies of journal articles,
Sign in on Library Ebsco Discovery Services and renew material one have borrowed

How many books one can borrow ?

Undergraduate - 6 items for the period of 14 days
Honours students -10 items for the period of 30 days
Masters and PhD'S - 15 items for the period of 42 days

What kind of material cannot be taken out from the library ?

Some library items cannot be taken out from the library However, such items can be used within the boundaries of the library

Examples of these items include:

Seminor room keys -cannot be taken out from the library
reference books (e.g. encyclopaedias, dictionaries, yearbooks and atlases
journals
audio-visual material
items in special collections e.g. UZULU Collection , Audio Visual etc

Books that are on high demand left by the lecturers at short loan cannot be taken out from the library.