To use this service you must have a University Identity Card (UIC) or an external user card issued by the BUSC.
The library catalogue provides information on the availability of the work and the type of loan, which you will be able to see after entering your credentials.
USC University Community (teaching and research staff, administrative and service staff, students)
- Teaching and research staff, and students enrolled in thesis stage
- Works available for loan: Up to 100 works, for a period of 2 months.
- Textbooks on short-term loan: Up to 3 works, for a period of 10 days.
- Maximum number of materials on loan: 100 works.
- Master's degree students and administrative and service staff
- Works available for loan: Up to 20 works, for a period of 15 days.
- Textbooks on short-term loan: Up to 3 works, for a period of 10 days.
- Maximum number of materials on loan: 20 works.
- Degree, 4th cycle and ongoing training students
- Works available for loan: Up to 18 works, for a period of 15 days.
- Textbooks on short-term loan: Up to 3 works, for a period of 10 days.
- Maximum number of materials on loan: 18 works (including up to 10 items of accompanying material).
People outside the university community
- Alumni (ex-teaching and research staff, ex-administrative and service staff and ex-students of the USC university community).
- Works available for loan: Up to 5 works, for a period of 15 days.
- Textbooks on short-term loan: Excluded from home lending.
- External users (degree holders and people belonging to other university communities, International Baccalaureate students and institutions with which the USC has signed an agreement).
- Works available for loan: Up to 3 works, for a period of 10 days.
- Textbooks on short-term loan: Excluded from home lending.
- Guests (who will consult the collection on a one-off basis).
- They will only be able to use the consultation service in the reading room, excluding home lending.
People who do not have a University Identity Card (UIC) can obtain a BUSC external user card on presentation of a photo and National Id (DNI) card, and accreditation of eligibility for some of the following two cases:
- Hold a university degree.
- Are teaching and research staff, administrative and service staff or student of a university.
- Are an International Baccalaureate student.
- Belong to entities with which the USC has signed agreements for the use of the service.
In any other case, an application can be submitted to the Library justifying the need to use its resources. Please go to any BUSC loan service point to make the request, or by mail to biblioteca.universitaria.informacion [at] usc.gal (biblioteca[dot]universitaria[dot]informacion[at]usc[dot]gal)
University Library
- University Library. Fonseca College
- Rúa do Franco, s/n, 15782Santiago de Compostela
- 881 811 080
- biblioteca.universitaria.informacion [at] usc.gal