Library resources

The University Library holds over 2.5 million items in its physical collection and provides online access to over 57,000 electronic journals and to over 150 databases. The physical collection is distributed across all Library locations on a subject basis. All resources are listed in the catalogue, along with the building in which they are located.

Physical collection

The physical collections include books, journals, microforms, audio-visual material, music scores, rare books and ANU doctoral theses.

Rare books

The Rare Book Collection located in the Menzies Library holds over 34,000 items. These items are listed in the catalogue and include a wide spectrum of disciplines and formats.

Online journals and databases

The ANU Library provides an extensive range of online resources. Approximately 150 databases and over 57,000 e-journals are available online to staff and students through the Library website. Products include Web of Knowledge, Science Direct, SciFinder Scholar, ProQuestCentral, Lexis, Westlaw, Literature Online, Chinese Academic Journals Online, the Oxford Dictionary Online and Factiva.

The vast majority of these resources are available off campus. In most cases you will simply be asked to verify that you are a member of ANU by entering your UniID and passphrase.

Complete information on these resources is available from the Library homepage.

ANU Research repository

The ANU Research repository allows members of the University research community to deposit digital versions of their work for open access dissemination. The repository includes research reports, papers, projects, data sets, image collections and more. All items are available through these pages and via search engines.

ANU theses

The Library holds the University's collection of doctoral theses produced by ANU students, as well as some masters level theses. This collection is a closed access collection and is located in the Menzies Library. All theses are listed in the Library catalogue.

For more information about the ANU Theses Collection, visit the ANU Thesis page.

Digital Theses Collection

The University makes some doctoral theses available in electronic format through ANU Research at the ANU Digital Theses Collection website.

Al PhD theses that have successfully completed the examination process can be deposited at Digital Theses website. Step-by-step instructions detailing how to submit a thesis are provided on the website.

Electronic Reserve and Short Loan Collection

The Electronic Reserve Collection (E-Reserve) makes available to students articles or book chapters recommended by lecturers as essential to learning needs (subject to copyright restrictions). Material in E-Reserve is not made available in print form. Where possible, it also makes available material contained in reading bricks. A link to this material is also available via the Wattle course sites.

Copies of high demand books are made available via the Short Loan Collection. These collections are located in the Chifley, Hancock, Menzies, Art, Law and Music Libraries. Items in these collections can be borrowed for two hours or two days, depending on the lecturer's recommendations.

ANU exam papers

The ANU Library provides electronic access to ANU exam papers. Only those papers supplied officially to the Library are included in this collection; this is not a complete collection of exam papers.

Exam papers from 1996 onwards are available in PDF (Acrobat) format. A limited number of exam papers from years prior to 1996 are available in HTML format.

Visit the Library website to find ANU Exam papers.