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Borrowing from other libraries
The University participates in various schemes to enable you to
access or borrow from other libraries.
Edinburgh Libraries
- The National Library of Scotland
- Edinburgh University Libraries
- Edinburgh Napier University Libraries
- Queen Margaret University Library
- Edinburgh College of Art Library
- Edinburgh City Libraries
Information about over 140 Libraries in Edinburgh is contained in the Guide to Edinburgh Libraries: information on over 140 libraries and information centres in Edinburgh
Heriot-Watt is a founder member of the Edinburgh Libraries Passport scheme, which gives reference access to over 20 libraries in the city.
Libraries outwith Edinburgh
The Library participates in SCONUL Access a reciprocal service offered by over 170 Higher Education institutions in the UK and Ireland. SCONUL Access enables staff, postgraduate students, and research students to borrow material from other libraries (undergraduate students cannot borrow but may have access for reference purposes).
If you wish to visit a library outside the UK
and Ireland, you should check their website or contact them directly
to see whether you will be permitted to visit and to consult and/or
borrow items. If necessary, we can provide you with a letter of
introduction to support your request for admittance to another
library, though we cannot guarantee that this will be granted.
Contact your
Subject Librarian if you would like a letter.