Information for Greenlands students (including distance learners)

Specialist library support for Greenlands students is primarily available for you from the staff in the ARC (Academic Resource Centre) at Greenlands campus.

Contacts and help

  • Contact the management liaison librarians for general advice on accessing University Library resources. The Management subject help pages include guidance on the location of materials in the University Library, lists of reference materials and Internet resources, and other guidance on finding information related to management.
  • See Using the Library for further information about services and facilities available at the University Library, including links to information about opening hours, study zones, computing facilities and photocopying.
  • Contact the ARC (Academic Resource Centre) at Greenlands Campus for all other library enquiries.

Resources available

Catalogues

The University Library catalogues are available 24/7 from anywhere in the world.

  • Unicorn catalogue- search for books on your reading list and place holds
  • Help using Unicorn 
  • Online Card Catalogue- use to find pre-1979 publications (many are included on Unicorn but have only brief records)

  • You do not need to login to search but you will need your a Student Campus Card and a University username and password to be able to use the self-service facilities, including placing holds.

Search the ARC Catalogue for details of items held in the ARC (Academic Resource Centre) at Greenlands.

E-resources

To access most e-resources, you will need to login using your University username and password. For some you will need to login via the Athens authentication server. Just download the Reading Athens Cookie and then login with your University username and password.

E-resources for management

Our Databases a-z list gives a full list of all our e-resources.

Problems?

To help us to support your use of these resources we recommend that you keep your machine as up-to-date as possible. We will try our best to help with any problems, but this can be difficult as each person's set-up is unique.

If you are having problems accessing e-resources please check that you have downloaded the Reading Athens cookie. If you still wish to report a problem, please fill in the E-resources problem report form

Your University Library Account

To borrow items from the University Library at Whiteknights campus you will need a Student Campus Card and you need to visit the Library in person to collect items as we do not offer postal loan services.

At present there is no service to transport printed items between the two sites. Any material that is borrowed will have to be picked up and returned to the originating site.

You can access your University Library account from off-campus to renew your loans, place holds, and view the progress of your holds. Login with your University username and password.

Using other UK university libraries

As a member of the University of Reading you may be able to use other university libraries. For more information see our page on using other libraries and on joining the SCONUL Access scheme.

You will need to have collected your Student Campus Card and enrolled for the SCONUL Access scheme at the University Library at Whiteknights before visiting the other Library.

If you are a Distance Learner, and unable to visit the Library during office hours (09:00 - 16:45 Mon to Thu, 10:00 - 16:45 on Fridays), you can obtain your Student Campus Card and membership of SCONUL Access by emailing n.g.hollis@reading.ac.uk with the following details:

  • Your student number
  • Your University username
  • A return postal address (if you wish to have the card sent back to you)

In order to print the card we shall require a passport-style digital image of you. The image should be "head and shoulders" only and you should have the image taken in front of a plain, light-coloured background. The file should be saved in .jpeg format.

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