Access to the libraries and services of the University Library System is restricted to students, lecturers, collaborators and guests of the Politecnico di Torino with badges.
External users, i.e. those who need to use library services for study and research purposes, can contact the library of interest.
The services to which one can be entitled as an external user vary from one library to another.
On-site consultation of library holdings is free for all users.
The loan service is provided by all the Politecnico libraries, which define:
- works eligible for loan;
- the authorised user categories;
- and its conditions.
Lendability and loan duration vary depending on the characteristics of the material and the user.
As a rule, rare and valuable works, journals and theses are excluded from lending.
The loan service is personal and the borrower is responsible for the integrity of the volume and undertakes to return it by the due date.
The DigProxy Service allows authorised users, after authentication, to consult digital subscription resources by connecting from locations outside the University network.
To use this service, it is necessary to be an institutional user of the Politecnico in possession of the regular access credentials and to fill in the appropriate application form the first time.
The Library Service collaborates with the Special Needs Unit to offer solutions to improve accessibility to the University’s services and library heritage:
In PICO, by means of the “Sign In” button and by providing the University’s authentication credentials, one can access to the personal area, which offers the possibility of using customised services, such as saving and organising searches carried out and records of interest, relating both to the catalogue and to electronic resources and the PORTO institutional archive.
In addition, it is possible to consult information on one’s user profile, active loans, renewal and history of one’s loans,
The document delivery service allows:
- users (institutional, PhD students and master’s and master’s degree students)
to request, via the Document Delivery (DD) service, articles and parts of books that are not present in or accessible from the PICO university catalogue;
To request documents from the libraries of other Italian universities or research institutions, simply forward your requests to your reference library, which will then forward your request.
- libraries to request reproductions of items in the PICO catalogue.
Libraries operating on a reciprocal basis must use the Nilde circuit.
The service is provided in compliance with current copyright law (L.633 of 22/4/1941 and subsequent amendments).
Institutional users may send the Library a proposal to purchase a book, periodical or electronic resource not included in the catalogue. Please consult the University catalogue carefully before sending it.
The proposal to purchase a book will be posted on a public blog, where users can comment so as to enable an exchange of opinions on it.