SCONUL access

SCONUL Access is a reciprocal access scheme which allows borrowing privileges to many types of library users working or studying at participating higher education libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

SCONUL Access provides borrowing privileges for most:

• academic staff on open or fixed term contracts
• postgraduate research students registered for a PhD, MPhil or similar qualification
• part-time, distance learning and placement students
• full-time postgraduates

SCONUL Access also provides for a reference only service for most:

• full-time undergraduate students
• staff of a few higher education libraries not participating in the reciprocal borrowing arrangements

To find out which libraries you can use and how to apply for membership, go to the SCONUL access web page. Some member libraries offer reference access to full time undergraduates.

Please note that if you are a student or member of staff from a non-member university (which includes any university outside the UK and Ireland) then you will not be not able to use the scheme.