Roy Graham Library

The Library offers Patron-Driven Acquisition (PDA) and Document Delivery Service (DDS) to all currently enrolled students and NCHE employees. This service enables you to obtain items not currently stocked in the library but vital for your research.

Use the Contact the library form and give all these details:

• Actual date needed by

For a book, chapter, essay or  book extract:

• Book title
• Author
• Place of Publication
• Year
• ISBN
• Pages required if known

For a journal article

• Article title
• Author
• Journal name
• ISSN
• Year
• Volume and issue
• Pages required

Requests

The material normally takes around 2 weeks to arrive. You will get an email when an item becomes available. Books and journal articles will be left at the Information Desk. Journal articles will be posted to the off-campus, online students.

Books from other libraries are for use in the Library only and should not be taken outside the security gate.

Copyright

Before an article can be released a Copyright Declaration must be completed and signed. If you are not on the Newbold campus, the declaration will be sent to you. Return the signed form by post or by scanned email attachment.

Articles obtained through Document Delivery are for the requester’s use only and can only be used for non-commercial study or research. By signing the Copyright Declaration you confirm that you will follow the current copyright policy.

Loan period

Books obtained through Document Delivery are normally available for three weeks. In some cases extensions are possible. Renewals are counted as additional requests.

Please reserve all Short Loans at the Information Desk in person or by telephone (01344 407442).

Short Loan titles checked out Monday to Thursday are due at 11:00 on the next day. Short Loan titles checked out on Friday are due on Monday at 11:00.

How do I reserve a 2 Week Loan item that is checked out?

• go to the Library Information Desk with the exact  title and  bar code number.

 or   

• phone the Library Information Desk with the exact  title and  bar code number.

or   

• email [email protected] including the exact  title, author and  bar code number. Include your full name and Student ID.

If the item has been out for only one loan period:   

• visit the Library Information Desk, phone (01344 407442), or email [email protected] and ask for it to be renewed for one more loan period.

If the item has already been out for two loan periods:

• renew at the Self-Service Kiosk or bring it to the Library Information Desk.