Borrowing by Community Members

• For an annual fee of $20, adults residing within Ontario may register for a year at a time. You can read more about how to apply and borrowing privileges.

• High school students from schools within Waterloo Region, Wellington Catholic School Board and the Upper Grand School Board may register for free; students must have a letter of introduction from a principal or school librarian validating their need to use an academic library (as of September 1 until the following June 15). Learn more about borrowing privileges and Secondary Schools Class Visits.

• Members of organizations affiliated with the University, which have made special arrangement with the Library, may register and borrow books for free.
  
  Community members may borrow regularly circulating books from any of the TUG libraries (University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Guelph) for two weeks and may renew those books indefinitely as long as no one else has recalled them.
  
  Because of the teaching and research needs of our faculty and students, the following services are available to currently registered students only and cannot be extended to community borrowers:
  
  • off-campus access to electronic resources restricted by vendor licence
  • borrowing of journals or magazines
  • borrowing of maps and aerial photographs
  • borrowing of items located in reserves
  • placing recalls of library material
  • interlibrary loan/document delivery services

Electronic Resources

The Library subscribes to many journals and other resources in electronic format.  Access to most of these electronic resources is available to anyone using a public workstation in the Library. Out-of-library access to these resources is restricted by vendor licenses to currently registered students, faculty and staff of the University.

The Library also maintains an Online Reference Shelf.  It links to many subscription-based as well as free resources.   Items that are restricted to current faculty, staff, and students are noted by an “[RR]” at the end of the description.

Customized Service - IBIS

IBIS (Industrial and Business Information Service) is a fee-based customized service. Companies and individuals may obtain information as well as publications through this service.

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