Library services for Postgraduate students

All postgraduate students have access to the University of Adelaide Library's comprehensive range of resources, print and electronic. In addition to the Barr Smith Library, there is also the Law Library and Elder Music Library on the North Terrace Campus, as well as the Roseworthy Campus Library and the Waite Library.

Research Librarians

There is a specialist Research Librarian (or Branch Librarian) for every field of study offered by the University of Adelaide. Shortly after you enrol as a postgraduate student you will be notified of the name of the Research Librarian in your field of study. Research Librarians take part in induction sessions throughout the year which are arranged  to introduce new postgraduates to the University of Adelaide.

It is important to talk to your Research Librarian as early as possible; they can advise you on research matters and on the services and facilities offered by the Library, and will help you with preliminary work to define and refine your thesis topic.

Services and Resources

There is a vast range of Library resources and services to support your postgraduate research.

Your Research Librarian will tell you about some of the more important ones, such as:

• Effective use of Summon to discover both online and print content from the Library's research collections

• Resource guides to electronic and print resources dealing with your topic

• Library catalogues to search for material in collections interstate and overseas


• Borrowing from the Library


• The Document delivery and interlibrary loans service


• Image & Copy Centre : they will print copies of your thesis efficiently and economically, including the acid-free archive copy


• Digital Theses - how to find other theses, U of A digital theses specifications and more

• EndNote - software for managing your references

For more information, see our web page on Research Support.