Staff members and students from 4th year upwards have permission to request books, book chapters and articles from other SA institutions' libraries.
Use our Inter-Library Loan (ILL) service to create a pre-request by following these steps:
1. Check that the item is definitely not available in our libraries: use the library system (catalogue), E-Journals search page, and even Google Scholar.
2. Setting the library system's filter to Libraries Worldwide, search for the item to determine whether it is available from another institution's library within South Africa.
3. Click on the blue Interlending (prerequest) button and complete the form, then submit. Successful prerequests will result in a request number appearing on the screen at this point. Note down the date and prerequest number to allow you to follow up.
4. Please view the tutorial or step-by-step procedure.
5. Enquire from the ILL section on about the progress of the request.
Location = Level 6
Open Collection (circulating):
Literature = 800 class
French:
French Literature 840
French Poetry 841
French Drama 842
French Fiction 843
Grammar & Linguistics = 400 class
French:
French Language 440
Written and spoken French 441
French dictionaries 443
French bilingual dictionaries 443.3
French Grammar 445
Location = Level 6
Open Collection (circulating):
Literature = 800 class
German:
German poetry 831
German drama 832
German fiction 833
German essays 834
German speeches 835
German letters 836
German satire & humor 837
German miscellaneous writings 838
Grammar & Linguistics = 400 class
German:
German writing system & phonology 431
German etymology 432
German dictionaries 433
German grammar 435
German language variations 437
Standard German usage 438
Location = Level 6
Open Collection (circulating):
Literature = 800 class
Portuguese:
Portuguese Literature 869
Portuguese Poetry 869.1
Portuguese Fiction 869.3
Grammar & Linguistics = 400 class
Portuguese:
Portuguese Language 469
Portuguese dictionaries 469.3
Location = Level 6
Open Collection (circulating):
Literature = 800 class
Spanish:
Spanish poetry 861
Spanish drama 862
Spanish fiction 863
Grammar & Linguistics = 400 class
Spanish:
Spanish writing system & phonology 461
Spanish etymology 462
Spanish dictionaries 463
Spanish grammar 465
Spanish language variations 467
Standard Spanish usage 468
To renew books electronically from anywhere, please follow the steps outlined below:
Go to the library homepage: www.library.up.ac.za.
On the right under My Library Space, select Renew library items
Type in your student number (with a prefix letter “u”) and your Portal password.
Your library record will appear.
You can see which books you have out on loan.
Renew items due to expire.
You are allowed to renew your books a maximum of six times (provided there is no hold on an item).