How to use University of Sydney Library services to obtain articles and books

Distance postgraduate students - in Australia and overseas

Before requesting articles and books you will need to Register for Document Delivery
If you need more information about becoming registered please contact a faculty liasion librarian or document delivery staff.

Please use any university or hospital library in your local area before requesting items.
Use links to documents from online course websites (if applicable).

Items held by the University Library.

Check the Library Catalogue to find books and journals available in the University of Sydney Library system.
To obtain books and journal articles held only in print format use the request forms at http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/borrowing/docdel/request.html

Items not held by the University Library.

Titles not in the catalogue should be requested from http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/borrowing/docdel/request.html

Journal articles

Books

Please check the Library catalogue for e-books.
We can photocopy a section of a book as long as it complies with the copyright law.
We can copy one chapter or 10 percent of a book whichever is the larger protion.
If you are located within Australia we can send books . These books will be charged out on your Library card and sent to you through Australia post.
Books obtained for you must be returned to the Medical Library, at your expense, by either registered mail or express post.
We do NOT send books to students living outside Australia.