• Over 100 study spaces where students can work using their laptops.
• 30 computer workstations available for student use.
• 6 discussion rooms for short discussions and collaborative academic work.
• Refreshment facilities, including hot water, a microwave and a fridge.

KovsieCat & Journals and Databases

Library Orientation & Information Services

Students who would like to use the Library in person are welcome to make an appointment with the Research and Information Librarians for library orientation and research support.

Inter-Library Loan Services

Postgraduate students benefit from the Inter-Library Loan service at all branch libraries. This service makes it possible for students to access books and journal articles from other academic libraries.

Please contact the Inter-Library Loan Services at ill@ufs.ac.za .

Identifying Potential Journals

Research support is available to assist researchers with the identification and selection of appropriate journals in which to publish. This includes guidance based on bibliometrics and knowledge of accredited and questionable journals.

Master's and Doctoral students must submit an electronic copy of their accepted research dissertation or thesis, or interrelated, publishable manuscripts/published articles, directly into KovsieScholar.

Access KovsieScholar

Should problems be experienced with the submission of the accepted research document, one CD-ROM can be submitted by the student to the UFS Library.

The digital copy must meet the following requirements:

• Embedded fonts.
• One file containing the full-text abstract in both English and Afrikaans, keywords, illustrations and maps.
• PDF file format.

The Postgraduate Research Unit provides training to support postgraduate students and researchers in finding, evaluating and using scholarly information.

• Effective database searching
• Continuous information literacy
• Journal impact factors and the H-index
• Bibliography training