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Selected services are provided to prospective postgraduate students to facilitate preliminary research and the writing of research proposals.
All libraries of the Library and Information Service are accessible free of charge to prospective postgraduates subject to positive identification with a valid identification document (photo identification is essential). See Library hours.
A recommendation form, completed and signed by the supervisor of the prospective postgraduate student, must be handed in at the lending desk of the library.
Number of loans: 15 items
Borrowing period: 30 days per item
Renewals: 2 per item (within maximum renewal period of 90 days) unless someone else has requested it. Renew online or enquire at the lending desk.
Information services & research support
Please consult the following library guides:
Find, access and use information effectively: a step by step guide
Mendeley is a reference management tool
Subject guides provide access to subject-specific resources and pertinent research matters within a subject area
Your faculty librarian is available by appointment.
An electronic information service is available at Ask a Librarian.
Fines for late items: R10.00 per hour after grace period of 30 min
Stellenbosch University Library: Floor plan
No internet and wireless access is available to prospective postgraduate students in any of the libraries. Internet and wireless access is limited to Stellenbosch University staff and students registered on the University network.
Training programme – postgraduates & researchers
Access to a multitude of electronic resources is provided by means of SUNSearch, the search function on the library's homepage and provides collective access to the Library's e-resources.
All electronic resources offered by the Library and Information Service via our library homepage are available from home, office computers, laptops or mobile phones. Use your SU network username and password to sign in. If you do not have your own SU network username and password, see Off-campus e-access.
Uitgesoekte dienste word aan voornemende nagraadse studente gebied om voorlopige navorsing en die skryf van navorsingsvoorstelle te fasiliteer.
Alle biblioteke van die Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens is toeganklik vir voornemende nagraadse studente. Toegang is gratis en onderworpe aan positiewe identifikasie deur middel van 'n identiteitsdokument (foto-identifikasie is noodsaaklik). Sien Biblioteekure.
'n Aanbevelingsvorm moet deur die studieleier van die voornemende nagraadse student voltooi en geteken word en by die uitleenafdeling van die biblioteek ingehandig word.
Aantal lenings: 15 items
Uitleenperiode: 30 dae per item
Hernuwings: 2 per item (binne maksimum hernuwingsperiode van 90 dae) behalwe as iemand anders dit bespreek het. Hernu aanlyn of doen navraag by die uitleentoonbank.
Inligtingsdiens & navorsingsondersteuning
Die volgende biblioteekgidse kan geraadpleeg word:
Vakgidse gee toegang tot vakspesifieke bronne en navorsingswenke van toepassing op die vakgebied.
Maak 'n afspraak met jou fakulteitsbibliotekaris.
'n Aanlyn inligtingsdiens is beskikbaar by "Vra 'n bibliotekaris" (Ask a Librarian).
Besoek die biblioteek se tuisblad en tik jou soekterme in die soekboks of kies E-databasisse of E-tydskrifte vanaf die VIND-spyskaart. Aanwysings is beskikbaar by Find, access and use information effectively: a step by step guide. Sien Find information.
Geen internet en koordlose toegang is beskikbaar vir voornemende nagraadse studente binne enige van die biblioteke nie. Internet en koordlose toegang is beperk tot personeel en studente wat by die Universiteit Stellenbosch vir netwerktoegang geregistreer is.
Opleidingsprogram – nagraadse studente & navorsers
Al die elektroniese bronne waarop die Biblioteek- en Inligtingsdiens inteken via die biblioteek se tuisblad is ook vanaf huis-, kantoor- en skootrekenaars of selfone toeganklik. Gebruik jou US-netwerkgebruikersnaam en -wagwoord om in te teken. Indien jy nie in besit is van 'n eie US-netwerkgebruikersnaam en -wagwoord nie, sien Afkampus- e-toegang.