Alumni library services
Many graduates find that after completing their university studies they still need access to the library for information relating to their jobs, roles in the community or for areas of interest.
As graduates of the University of South Australia, you are able to continue to access UniSA Library services once your program of studies is complete for a small annual fee. This includes in person access to almost one million print and electronic resources.
Library membership is valid for 12 months from the date of application. Depending on the level of membership, benefits may include borrowing rights and remote access to selected electronic databases.
| UniSA Alumni – Borrowing Library Membership | $33.00 AUD |
| UniSA Alumni – Premium Library Membership | $66.00 AUD (normally $99 AUD) |
- You must be a member of UniSA Alumni
- Submit your application for library membership using this form (PDF 92kb, opens in new window). If you have problems with the form, email the details to lby-admin@unisa.edu.au
- We accept cheques and credit card payment (VISA or Mastercard) by telephone on 1300 137 659 (if within Australia) or by fax +618 8302 3746
After submitting this registration and payment, your library card will be posted to you if you have selected the borrow in person option. If you have registered for borrowing and selected databases membership, you will receive User Names and Passwords for access to the selected databases, which will be sent via email. (access to UniSA Network not included.)
Please allow 7 business days for processing your application.
Databases and Services for Alumni
- Academic Search Alumni Edition (opens in new window)
Academic Search Alumni Edition is designed for the research needs of the post-college professional. The database provides full text for more than 3,180 journals as well as indexing and abstracting for more than 8,000 journals. The database offers information in nearly every area of academic study including biology, chemistry, engineering, physics, psychology, religion & theology, and more. Academic Search Alumni Edition also includes valuable peer-reviewed full text journals, offering critical information from many sources.
Content includes:
• 8,028 Abstracted and Indexed Journals
• 3,181 Full Text Journals
• 6,967 Peer-Reviewed, Abstracted and Indexed Journals
• 2,821 Peer-Reviewed, Full Text Journals - arrow@UniSA (opens in new window)
ARROW is a new digital archive of the research publications of UniSA staff. It includes records for journal articles, conference papers, books and book chapters authored by UniSA staff. The archive currently contains approximately 3,000 records. The majority of these have come from research submitted as part of the requirements of Australia’s Department of Education, Science and Training (now Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations ) in 2004-2005. In addition all theses completed by UniSA students and available via the Australian Digital Thesis project ADT (opens in new window)have also been included. Full text is available for 246 of these records. Over time it is intended that most records in ARROW will also have links to the corresponding full-text where permitted. - Ask the library
- Borrowing
- Business Source Alumni Edition (opens in new window)
Business Source Alumni Edition is designed for the research needs of the post-college professional. The database provides more than 1,530 full text business magazines and journals, of which 771 are peer-reviewed. This database includes publications in nearly every area of business including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, econometrics, economics and more. Business Source Alumni Edition includes full text sources ranging from general periodicals to trade publications and top management journals. Additional full text sources include country economic reports, industry reports, market research reports, company profiles and more.
Business Source Alumni Edition contains:
• Trade Publications
• Country Economic Reports
• Industry Reports
• Market Research Reports
• Company Profiles - Catalogue (opens in new window) - UniSA Library
- DOAJ : Directory of open access journals (opens in new window)
The Directory of Open Access Journals service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. It aims to cover all subjects and languages. There are now 1624 journals in the directory with some 409 journals searchable at article level. Open access journals are defined as journals that use a funding model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access, though free online registration may be required.
Access Information - Freely available resource. - Gale Virtual Reference Library (opens in new window)
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of full text encyclopedias, almanacs, and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. Access is provided to titles which the library has purchased. All books can be searched simultaneously or individually. Searches can also be limited to specific subject areas. - PubMed (opens in new window)
PubMed is the National Library of Medicine's search service that provides access to over 15 million citations in MEDLINE, PreMEDLINE, and other related databases, with links to online journals.
Access Information - free online resource. - RefWorks (opens in new window)
RefWorks is an online service used to create a personal database of bibliographic citations by importing the citations from other online databases. Citations may be automatically formatted for bibliography and footnotes and may be searched within your personal database.
Guides and tips - RefWorks information and help - Scopus (opens in new window)
Scopus is a multidisciplinary navigational tool that contains records going back to the mid 1960s, offering newly-linked citations across a body of scientific abstracts. Subject areas covered include: Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Engineering, Life and Health Sciences, Social Sciences, Psychology, Economics, Biological, Agricultural, Environmental and General Sciences.