Services for external students

The QUT External Library Service is available to:

• Students who are enrolled as an external student (attendance mode = E in QUT Virtual).
• Masters (Research) or Doctoral (PhD or EdD) students living outside the Brisbane City Council boundaries.

Services available for external students include:

• Postal loans
  • Requesting a loan online
• Copy delivery service
  • Requesting a copy
  • Delivery times
• External studies library guide
• Contact External Library Services staff
• Joining a local university library - Reciprocal membership

Postal loans

Books, videos and other material in the library that you wish to borrow will be posted to you within Australia, free of charge. Students are required to pay the return postage. The External Library Service does not post loanable items overseas.

Read more about borrowing for QUT staff and students.

Requesting a loan online

Most external students will be able to request a postal loan via the library catalogue.

1. Search for the item you want.
2. To request the item, click the button at the top of the screen
3. Log in to My Library Profile.
4. In the Deliver to box, select the "External students ONLY, via post" option from the drop down menu

If your hold requests are not accepted through the catalogue, please contact the External Library Service for alternatives.

View more information about placing, collecting and cancelling holds.

Copy delivery service

External students can request electronic or hard copies of book chapters, journal articles, conference papers, cases or sections of legislation. Hard copies can be posted overseas.

Requesting a copy

External Law and Justice students wanting to request a copy, fill in one of the following "Request for copies" forms:

• Law and Justice students - Primary source (for cases or sections of legislation)
• Law and Justice students - Secondary source (for journal articles, book chapters)

All other external students wanting to request a copy, fill in following form:

• Request for copies - Other Students

Delivery times

We aim to turnaround book and photocopy requests and search requests within three working days from date of receipt in the External Library Service.  During busy periods such as the start of semester (March-April and August-September), the supply time may increase to five working days.

The following approximate delivery times apply:

• Postcodes 4000-4699 are sent surface mail, allow another two days
• Postcodes 4700+ and interstate are sent by surface mail or Express Post, allow another two days
• Overseas students are serviced by airmail, allow at least seven days

These turnaround times only apply to items that are available in the library at the time the request is received.

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External studies library guide

The External students library guide provides comprehensive information library services to external students.

External Library Service contact details

External library services staff can assistance with questions about the external library service, e.g. loans or returns.

Joining a local university library - reciprocal membership

QUT staff and students, including external students, are eligible to become reciprocal members of many other Australian university libraries under the national borrowing scheme called University Libraries of Australia and New Zealand (ULANZ).

Reciprocal membership usually includes borrowing privileges but borrowing conditions vary across all libraries. Membership does not usually include access to internet and online resources. Membership fees may apply.

Read more information about QUT staff and students joining another Australian university library.

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