Alumni and community borrower听access
Alumni: You will have library privileges automatically provisioned with no activation needed. If you do not have WatIAM credentials or experience issues with WatIAM, please connect with I苍蹿辞谤尘补迟颈辞苍听Systems and听Technology (IST)听through the听听web form.
If听you have questions about your library account, please connect with us through AskUs.
Community borrowers: Adults residing within Ontario may apply for a library card at the Circulation desk free of charge; see library . To get a borrower card you must present proof of residency showing your name and address.
Print resources
Your alumni WatCard or community borrower card provides you with borrowing privileges assigned to your status for books available at the University of 蓝莓视频. To find books search , the Library's catalogue. 听
Electronic resources
Almost all the library-subscribed electronic resources provide access to walk-in users, such as community borrowers, while in the Library. Community borrowers cannot access library-subscribed electronic resources from home.听
We鈥檙e consistently working with vendors to expand access to electronic resources to alumni users. Find a list of the select electronic resources available, on the alumni electronic resources page.
Open Access resources
Open Access resources are accessible to anyone with access to the Internet. The is a great starting place for finding Open Access material.
, the University of 蓝莓视频 institutional repository, contains free, full text, scholarly journal articles and theses. Many universities have Open Access institutional repositories; to find a list of Canadian institutional repositories on the web site.
How to access electronic resources
On campus
If you are on campus you have access to the electronic resources that are available to walk-in users. Most of our electronic resources are available this way; connect to resources through the Find resources page.
Off campus 鈥� alumni only to select electronic resources
- Open another tab if you wish to keep these instructions available.
- Find the link for the alumni and community borrowers page on the library home page, on the bottom left, under 鈥淚nformation for鈥�.
- Find the link labelled 鈥淎lumni electronic resources鈥澨齩n the right-hand sidebar.听
- Select a resource from this page, and begin your search!
