Borrowing

Loan service

The loan service allows you to borrow documents from the libraries of the UPC to all the members of the university community and to the authorized persons.

  • 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 have problems or do not know how to do this, follow these instructions.
  • If the document belongs to the library where you are, note the topographical number, locate it and go to the desk with the loan card. Consult Help how to locate the specimens.
  • If the document is not on the shelf or belongs to another library, make the reservation through the DiscoveryUPC. Consult information about the reserves.
  • 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 and PTGAS of the UPC (in active or retired).
PDI invited by the UPC.
PDI and PTGAS of the centers of the FUB and EAM.
Group II
Postgraduate student of the UPC (PhD students and official masters students).
Postgraduate student in the centers of the FUB and EAM.
PTGAS of the entities of Research UPC.
Undergraduate degree student UPC (including the student of international mobility programs).
Undergraduate students of the centers of the FUB and EAM.
Master's and postgraduate student training course UPC School Professional & Executive Development.
Staff of the entities linked to the UPC.
Group III
Ex-students of the UPC (up to 2 years after starting up).
members ofUPC Alumni.
PTGAS, PDI and students of centers attached to the UPC privately owned (Euncet).
Members of associations that have signed an agreement with the SBPA.
People expressly authorized by a library head.
User type Number of documents

Maximum duration (depends of the document type)*

Number of reservations

Bachelor and student students UPC School

Postgraduate, Master's or PhD students

PTGAS of the Group's entities UPC

Personnel of the entities linked to the UPC

20 30/14 days 20
Teachers, PTGAS and guest teachers 20 90 / 30 / 14 days 20
External (students, former students, affiliated centers, SGB agreements, authorized) 5 14 days 5

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

My Account

 

You can renew documents up to a maximum renewal period of 6 times your loan as long as:

• No other user has requested the document.
• The renewal is done within the loan term.
• You have not exceeded the maximum renewal period.
• You have no documents to return.
• Don't get stuck.

 

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 make as many reservations as you can borrow documents depending on your user type.   

  • 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 is detected, the reservations will be cancelled.
  • Prioritize booking it at UPC before requesting it through PUC.

Search for the document you want to reserve at DiscoveryUPC. Consult Help for Reserve documents from the UPC

When the document is ready, you will receive an email to come and pick it up within 5 days.

If you are PDI or PTGAS and want to receive the reserved document at your workplace, select the option Receive in the workplace as the Collection Library.

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

     

    The documents must be returned when the loan period ends, provided that you have not authorized any renewal, and 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: 24 / 03 / 2025