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Library information
The UNIS library patrons:
- All students, researchers and staff present at UNIS (VPN access possible).
- Present students, researchers and staff in the Norwegian Polar Institute (the library agreement includes loans from the collection and inter library loans, and also walk-in-access to subscribed databases, however, no VPN access).
- A few institutions may enter the library (having library agreements).
- Due to limited space and library staff, the library cannot open the doors to the public.
The UNIS library opening hours:
- Monday – Friday: 13:00 - 15:00
(The opening hours are subject to change due to meetings etc.)
The UNIS library provides:
Access to electronic resources available online - including:
- About 4500 full text journals.
- Many bibliographic databases.
- The library catalogue (BIBSYS Ask).
Access within opening hours to a collection of:
- Reference literature.
- Printed books.
- Printed serials (included journals).
- Master theses and some student papers.
Library facilities:
- 1 printer/copier/scanner.
- 1 book automat.
- 2 group study rooms (one of them with 2 PCs).
- 1 small PC classroom (7 PCs).
- 1 PC for short time use.
- A few armchairs.
Library services:
- Books for loan, renewals, reservations etc.
- Inter library loan services (ILL services) for documents not held by UNIS and needed in UNIS/NPI related studies or research.
- Reference.
- Information skills training individually and in groups.
Use the library catalogue (BIBSYS Ask) to:
- Search for information.
- Locate the books and journals in the UNIS library.
- Log on to view your library loans, reservations and ILL requests. Also, save searches as “scheduled searches”, change language settings etc.
- Access full text journals.
Use the reference databases and the full text resouces to:
- Search for information.
- Verify bibliographic information.
- Locate and open subscribed and free full text articles.
FAQ - accessing the electronic resources:
- Where do I find the online resources?
- Is Google good for searching full text?
- Google retrieves some of our subscribed full text journals and also useful full text free for everyone to access. You cannot trust Google to find all subscribed full text journals.
- Google may retrieve preprints of articles – to cite the article correctly, you should also have a look into the published version.
- Google may retrieve papers from both the scholars as well as the amateurs, so please check the source of information thoroughly.
- I cannot access the database or the full text, why?
- Access is only provided if you’re logged on to an IP address at UNIS. If your're not connected to the UNIS network, you'll have to use VPN to access subscribed full text and reference databases.
- Why is username and password requested by the database host or the full text provider?
- You’ll never need username or password to access the databases or full text subscribed by UNIS. Check BIBSYS Ask about the holding, else check if you're logged on to the IP range of UNIS or if your VPN connection is working properly.
More information:
- Don’t hesitate to ask the library staff for help if you don’t find your way in the collection or the databases.
- Always keep track of your e-mails from the library, the overdue notices in particular.
- Get your patronID from the library staff and log on to BIBSYS Ask to see the status of your ILL requests, loans etc.
Costs of services
Searches in databases are free of charge for our patrons. Also, the UNIS library does not charge the inter library loans if they are affiliated with research or studies at UNIS/NPI. The library cannot offer these services for private use or to other institutions. If books are lost or damaged the library issue fines.
Contact details:
- E-mail: library@unis.no
- Phone: 79 02 33 09
- Address: UNIS, The Library, P.O.Box 156, 9171 LONGYEARBYEN, NORWAY
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