Staff and researcher support

All staff and researchers at USQ can join the Library and access our online resources Professional staff and Academic staff need to obtain a special library borrowing card. More information is available on staff borrowing and loan periods.

Each Faculty at USQ is supported by a Faculty Librarian. Campus Librarians are available at Springfield and Fraser Coast libraries. These people are the first point of contact between the Library and academic staff and researchers and are responsible for ensuring you have access to Library resources and services.

The Library offers the following services to academic staff and researchers. For assistance or further information please contact your Faculty or Campus Librarian.

Learning and Teaching support services

• Management of course readings and texts (online and print)
  Explains how online course readings and high demand material can be made available for students
• Information research development
  Explains information literacy and the scaffolding of information research development
• Selecting and ordering resources
  Provides information on who to contact, resource suppliers and contacts for the selecting and ordering of resources for the USQ Library
• What is EZproxy (PDF 380KB) 
  Concise information about creating links for off-campus access to online resources

Research support services

• Interlibrary Loan Services
  Outlines how to request material such as books and articles not available in USQ Library
• Finding and obtaining theses and dissertations
  For information about how to find and obtain Australian and international theses and dissertations
• Depositing your research and theses in USQ ePrints
  Provides links to information about depositing articles and theses, copyright issues, research dissertation submission form (PDF 21KB), as well as other information about this service
• EndNote
  For downloading EndNote, connection files, styles and other support
• Journal evaluation and publication
  A list of resources to assess the quality of publications