Services
The libraries of the University of Minho administrated by the Documentation and Libraries Service, offers its users the following services:
- Open access to the general collection;
- Wireless access to the University Network and the Internet;
- Loan service;
- Inter-library loan and Document supply (University and Outside communities);
- Booking of group study room;
- Booking of individual study carrel;
- Loan of laptop;
- Locker requisition;
- Scanning and printing services;
- Multimedia facilities (digitizing and 3D printing, video/photo studio, pen tablet, digital edition workstation);
- Reference Services;
- Databases search assistance (by request);
- RepositoriUM - Digital repository to collect, preserve and promote the visibility and accessibility of University of Minho's intellectual output (research materials and scholarly publications in digital formats);
- Library catalogue / On-line Public Access catalogue (OPAC);
- All libraries have terminals providing free access to a number of information resources: OPAC, on-line databases, e-books, e-journals. Also available through UM network;
- Ask us and FAQ service;
- Library user training;
- Library user guides;
- Acquisitions Service;
- Editorial service for the attribution of persistent digital identifiers - DOI;
- Special reading room (ALFA). This service offers blind and visually impaired users a wide range of audio-visual documents, specialized equipment and a variety of documents in Braille.