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Departments
The library has got one department at Ullandhaug, one in Bjergsted and one at the Archeological Museum.

At Ullandhaug we have books, journals and other information in the subjects that are taught at the three faculties at this campus. In Bjergsted you will find literature about music and dance, as well as sheet music and sound recordings. At Archeological Museum you will find books and journals about the subject areas covered in the museum.  As a student at UiS you can use all of those library departments.
 

Library card
Your student card is also used as library card. At the back of your student card you will find a barcode with a number underneath. This number is your patron number at the library, e.q. UIS0123456.

Your student card can be used as a national library card. This means it can be used at most libraries in Norway. Ask the library staff if you want to know more about how you can make use of this possibility.

It is possible that the student card doesn't get activated immediately, it can take a few days before we get the necessary information into our patron index.

Automatic library machines
The library at Ullandhaug has two automatic library machines. On these you can borrow books without having to wait at the help desk. You use your student card and follow the instructions on the screen. When you have pushed all the books you want to borrow through the machine and taken out your student card you get a receipt. Be sure to bring this with you.

Some books may not be borrowed using the machines. You can not borrow any media types besides other than books in them. This means that DVD, CD-ROM etc. can not be borrowed in the machines. Bring material that can not be borrowed in the machines to the help desk.

Talk to the library staff if you have any questions regarding use of the automatic library machines.

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Borrowing time
Ordinary borrowing time for books and sheet music is four weeks. If someone puts themselves on the waiting list borrowing time is two weeks. If no one has has made a reservation borrowing time can usually be extended.

Borrowing time for CD-ROM, DVD and audiobooks is one week. Music-CDs can be borrowed for four weeks

Journals may not be borrowed by students, but it is possible to make a copy of articles you need. Read more about this under "Copying".

Sound recordings in Bjergsted may not be borrowed by students, but you can listen to them in the library's listening room.

You can have a maximum of 25 loans at any one time.

Guidance
The library at Ullandhaug has two served help desks. The desk by the entrance is served through the whole of the library's opening hours. The help desk in Bjergsted is also served through the whole opening hours, partially by student assistants. In all the desks you can at any time ask for guidance. We can help you find books at the shelves, search Bibsys, order books and articles, search databases and anything else you may need. If you want extended assistance you can book a librarian.
 

Bibsys Ask
Bibsys Ask is the library's searching system. Here you can search for books, journals, sheet music, sound recordings, DVDs, master dissertations and other media types. There are many searching possibilities, you can search for title, author, subject, ISBN etc.

In Bibsys Ask you have the possibility to reserve items that are not available or order items that are not in the library's collection. You can order your own password for Bibsys Ask. When you log in with this you can see what loans are registered in your name and extend loans if there is not a waiting list.

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Books
The books in the library at Ullandhaug are organized in accordance with the international classification system Dewey Decimal Classification (Wikipedia). You can search for books in Bibsys Ask.

The library in Bjergsted use a classification system specifically made for music libraries for most of their collection


 

Journals
The library subscribes to about 1000 printed and 9000 digital journals. The printed journals are organized after faculty, and the journals within each faculty are alphabetically ordered. We also have quite a few journals which are of general interest. On the shelves in the library you will only find the two or three last volumes of each journal, older volumes are in the archives. Ask the library staff if you need older journals.

Printed journals may not be borrowed by students, but you can copy articles you need. Read more about this under "Copying".

Most of our journals we only have in digital form. You read and print those on a PC. Both printed and digital journals can be searched for in Bibsys Ask. The best way to do this is to limit your search to only include printed and digital journals (E-journals) and search for the title of the journal. You can also find journal articles by searching in the databases the library subscribes to, you will find an index of those bases here.

Copying
There are two copying machine in the library at Ullandhaug, one on each floor. The copying machine upstairs is standing right next to the printers, in the corner by the stairs to the lower ground floor. The one on the lower ground floor is standing next to the archives. From 2011 students pay for copying with Follow Me Print. Read about that here.

In Bjergsted there is no copying macine in the library, students may copy at a macine on the second floor.

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Computers in the library
At the library there are 34 computers. At 24 of them it is necessary to log on with username and password, six of these are on the lower ground floor. On these computers you can make printouts.

Be aware that you can't make printouts on all computers, there is no printer connection to the computers with no chair. 

The printers are right by the copying machine, in the corner by the stairs to the lower ground floor.

At the library in Bjergsted there are eight computers. On three of them you have to log on, these computers are connected to a printer.

Databases
The library has access to a large number of subject databases. This is a very important information source, a lot of the newest research is first published in articles or other publications you will find in these databases. Because of this it will be useful to get an overview of the most important bases in your field. Feel free to ask the library staff for search help. There will also be lectures in the use of databases, this will be announced on our website, at It's Learning and through your teacher.

Index of the library's databases, organized by subject.

Wireless network
There is a wireless network in the whole of the library. At the studyplaces by the windows you will find plugs.

Lectures
The library arranges a series of useful lectures for students and employees. Here you will learn to use our resources efficiently. Participating in these lectures will be very useful when you are writing papers and other major works. Our lectures will be announced on our website, at It's Learning and through your teacher.

Map
We have hade a map of the library at Ullandhaug. You can find it here. You will also get a copy of this map in the help desks.

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