RESEARCHERS

Loan service

The loan service allows you to take documents from the libraries of the UPC to the researchers of the UPC.

  • See the lens assembly tutorial DiscoveryUPC and check that the document you are looking for is available. If you have not done so before, you will need to identify yourself. If you are having problems or do not know how to do this, please consult these instructions.
  • Make your reservation through DiscoveryUPCIf you are a teaching staff member, you can request to receive it at your workplace. Check out information about the reserves.
  • If the document belongs to the library where you are, note the topographical number, locate it and go to the desk with the loan cardYou can consult the Help how to locate the specimens.
  • Returns the documents within the established term to any library of the UPC.
  • Since My Account You can check the status of reserved documents at any time, cancel reservations, and renew documents you have on loan. Consult the Help on My Account.
Group I
PDI of the UPC (in active or retired).
PDI invited by the UPC.
PDI of the centers of the FUB and EAM.
Group II
Postgraduate student of the UPC (PhD students and official masters students).
User type Number of documents Maximum duration (depending on document type) * Number of reservations
Postgraduate, Master's or PhD students 20 30/14 days 20
Teachers (active, retired and invited) 20 90 / 30 / 14 days 20

* Log in to My Account to know the loan duration of each document.

My Account

 

You can renew documents up to a maximum renewal period, which is equivalent to 6 times your loan, as long as: 

  • No other user has requested the document.
  • The renewal must be made within the loan term.
  • You have not exceeded the maximum renewal period.
  • You don't have any documents pending to be returned.
  • Don't be blocked.

Once you are on your activity screen (via web or App), select the documents you want to renew and click the Renew selected button. See Help for renew your loans.

If you have problems during the renewal process, contact your account library.

You can have up to 20 reservations simultaneously.
 
  • You cannot reserve more than one copy of the same title (with the exception of titles with more than one volume or with accompanying material).
  • If misuse of bookings is detected, they will be cancelled.
  • Prioritize booking it at UPC before requesting it through PUC.

Search for the document you are interested in. DiscoveryUPCCheck theHelp to reserve documents from the UPC.

If you are a teaching and research staff member and want to receive the reserved document at your workplace, select the option Receive in the workplace as a collection library. It will arrive at your office by internal mail.

If you have chosen to pick it up at a library, when the document is ready, you will receive an email to come and pick it up within a period of 5 days

You can check the status of your reservations or cancel them in the Requests section at My Account.

We offer different options for returning the books you have on loan:

* Mailboxes located inside the school. The mailbox schedule depends on the center's opening hours

 

You must return the documents when the loan period ends, provided that you have not authorized any renewal, and do so in the same physical conditions in which you borrowed them.

 

Check your loans

If you return the documents late, it applies 1 day penalty for each day of delay and document. These sanctions apply immediately.

If you do not return the documents or return them damaged, you will have to replace them with copies of the same edition or with similar characteristics proposed by the library. Until this is done, the user will be temporarily excluded from the loan service. 

Documents that are not in the UPC

If you can not find a document on the UPC You can get books, articles and chapters from other Catalan and foreign universities for free from DiscoveryUPC:

 

Request a document by the PUC  More information

If you haven't found what you were looking for (whether the entire document, chapter or article) request it through Interlibrary Loan (there may be a cost):

 

Request a document for PI  More information


Last update: 20 / 03 / 2025