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Using Library Materials & Services

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UBC Card= Library Card Your UBC Card is also your Library card. Use it to check out library materials. Your CWL is the login for most online library services such as renewing books and placing a hold on a book that is currently out. For a few library services, you'll need to enter your Library ID, the barcode on the back of your student card PIN (the last 5 digits of the barcode is your default PIN) to request some library services. You can request a new PIN if you forget it.

UBC Library Branches for Faculty of Arts Courses

How do I know which library to use? Choose from the library branches listed below. Each offers specialized collections and subject liaison librarians to assist with your research:

  • Online

It's not a physical location, but nearly one million books and hundreds of thousands of journal articles and other materials are available online via UBC Library. When you search on the library website, you can limit your search to online materials, which are also available from off-campus For assistance with finding or connecting to online materials, choose one of the libraries below for research help by phone, email, online chat or in person.

  • Koerner Library
Students in conversation at Koerner Library Photo: Martin Dee

Koerner Library (Humanities and Social Sciences) has nearly a million print books, journals, maps, etc., for research in Faculty of Arts courses, except those covered by the libraries below. Koerner also includes Data and GIS. Generous study space, including bookable group study rooms. The Koerner Research Commons (Floor 2) offers workshops and on-on-one assistance with thesis formatting, citation management software, and statistical software. Call, visit or email for research help at Koerner.

  • Asian Library

Asian Library materials are primarily in Asian scripts. Before you visit or call, make sure that you can read one of the languages listed on the Asian Library homepage. Koerner Library has materials about Asia in English.

  • Music, Art and Architecture Library

Music, Art and Architecture Library, which includes Fine Arts, is located in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Call, visit or email for research help.

  • Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC)

Located in the Irving K Barber Learning Centre, Rare Books and Special Collections (RBSC) has significant collections of rare books, materials related to the history of British Columbia, Canadian history and literature. Materials in the RBSC collection do not circulate. Call, visit or email for research help.

  • Xwi7xwa Library

Xwi7xwa Library has many unique and specialized items on First Nations in BC, materials on Canadian First Nations, plus issues of interest to First Nations and Indigenous peoples. Call, visit or email for assistance.

Find Course Reserve Materials

  • If you log into the webpage for your course via Connect, log in as usual, select your course, and look for "Library Course Reserves" in the left hand menu.

Print materials on Course Reserve have shorter loan periods than other materials, typically 1-3 days. Note the call number and library branch for print items.

Great Reads Collection

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Available at Koerner, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Woodward Library, the Great Reads Collection provides books for leisure reading.



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