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SCONUL Access

The Library is a member of the SCONUL Access scheme, a reciprocal service offered by over 170 Higher Education institutions in the UK and Ireland.  The scheme gives Heriot-Watt staff and students access to all participating libraries on the following basis:


Access for borrowing

  • Staff
  • Postgraduates
  • Students on Distance Learning courses
  • Part-time students
  • Students on placements

You may register to borrow at any participating library on production of a SCONUL Access card and your Heriot-Watt University ID/Library Card.  You can obtain a SCONUL Access card from the Riccarton or Scottish Borders Campus Library Service Desks after completing a simple registration form.

Access for reference only

  • Full-time undergraduate students

You will be given reference-only access to any participating library on production of a SCONUL Access card and your Heriot-Watt University ID/Library Card.  You can obtain a SCONUL Access card from the Riccarton or Scottish Borders Campus Library Service Desks after completing a simple registration form.

More information, including details of the member libraries, is available from the co-ordinator of the scheme at Heriot-Watt, Jill Gallacher.   Full details of the scheme, including a list of member libraries and online application, will be available on the SCONUL Access website early in 2013.

If the library you want to use does not participate in the SCONUL Access scheme, consult the Library's own website for details of their access arrangements.


Other library catalogues


British Library Integrated Catalogue.  The British Library is the UK's national repository library. The BL receives a copy of most books and periodicals published in the United Kingdom.  

COPAC (Consortium of University Research Libraries).  Unified access to the catalogues of over 20 of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.  

SUNCAT.  The Serials Union Catalogue for the UK research community is a free tool to help locate journal titles held in the UK.

SALSER.  The Serials Union Catalogue for Scottish academic and research libraries is a free tool to help locate journal titles held in Scotland.

CAIRNS (Co-operative Academic Information Retrieval Network for Scotland).  Allows simultaneous searching of multiple library collections of print and electronic resources held by Scottish libraries and information services. The service is based on the collections of libraries which are members of SCURL, the Scottish Consortium of University and Research Libraries, together with several collections of electronic resources.

Library of Congress Catalogue.  The US Library of Congress is de facto the national library of the United States.

lib-web-cats.  Links to over 4,500 library catalogues worldwide.