Alumni Services

The Dalhousie Libraries is pleased to offer our alumni the following library services:

• Dalhousie Alumni may borrow from Dalhousie Libraries using a Community Borrower card.
• The general loan period is 3 weeks. 
• Curbside pickup is available as an accessible service. If you need curbside pickup, please email the library where you would like to pick up the items. 
• The loan period for Videos/DVDs is 7 days.
• Renewals are available on materials that have not been requested by other users.
• Holds may be placed on Dalhousie Library materials that are signed out.
• Searches may be requested for materials that are listed as "in library" but are not on the shelves.
• Course reserve materials are not available for loan.
• Return your materials to any location, even if it's not where you borrowed them from.

How to access the remainder of our scholarly electronic publications
The rest of our online resources can be accessed from computers in each of our five libraries as well as in the Wallace McCain Learning Commons and the Kellogg Library Learning Commons. Most of our licensing agreements only permit us to extend off-campus access to current students, staff and faculty, with the exception of the titles listed above. Access to licensed resources is for academic purposes only.

Scholarly Electronic Publications

Remote Access to scholarly electronic publications
Access to a small selection of our scholarly electronic publications is now available to alumni. In many cases, remote access to these resources is limited because most of the agreements we sign with vendors do not permit alumni access, but in a few cases, the current configuration of our proxy server limits the number of resources we can provide alumni remote access to. We hope to be able to expand this list in the future as we explore solutions to the limitations posed by our proxy server. Access to these licensed resources is for non-commercial purposes only.

Current Electronic Publications Available to Alumni Via Remote Access

Document Delivery

Some charges may apply depending on the library borrowed from. Please see the table below for more info. Payments may be paid by cash, debit, VISA or MasterCard.

Please note, requests will not be filled without proper payment authorization. Please indicate the amount you are willing to pay in the maximum charge field of the request form to expedite the process.

Those who often return items late or in damaged condition are at risk of having borrowing privileges revoked. Replacements costs for lost or long overdue items are the responsibility of the requester.