The book loan service is provided at the library’s service desk.

• The loan request must be made by the user himself.
• When an overdue book is returned, the user is prevented from borrowing further for a period based of the number of days of delay.
• Renewals can only be made if there are no reservations pending of the books, and within the last two days of the loan period. Loan renewals can be made in the user’s personal account or by email: bibliotecas@fcsh.unl.pt;
• If a book is borrowed, the user can make a reservation at one’s personal account;
• Reference and Reserve Books (RES call numbers);  Periodicals (PP call numbers), Theses and Dissertations (T call numbers) and books from donations (call numbers starting with B) can be consulted in the library’s premises but not borrowed.
• Loan rules:

Undergraduate students: 3 books, for 5 working days;

Master’s and graduate students: 5 books, during 5 working days;

PhD and post-doctoral students: 5 books, for 10 working days;

Professors and researchers: 5 books, for 10 working days;

Staff: 3 books, for 5 working days.

Any user can request books from the Deposit for consultation in the BMSC Reading Room by filling out the form avaliable here.

• Requests made between 8:30 am and 11 am: consultation from 11:30 am on the same day;
• Requests made between 11 am and 1 pm: consultation from 1:30 pm on the same day;
• Requests made between 1 pm and 3 pm: consultation from 3:30 pm on the same day;
• Requests made between 3 pm and 5 pm: consultation from 5:30 pm of the same day;
• Requests made after 5 pm: consultation from 9 am the following day.

Requests to Vitorino Magalhães Godinho Library (BVMG, campus of Campolide)

If the books to be consulted do not exist at the Mário Sottomayor Cardia Library (campus of Avenida de Berna), but are available at the Vitorino Magalhães Godinho Library (BVMG, campus of Campolide), you can ask for a transfer.

The transfer request should be made by filling this form.

After the request is sent, the applicant should await for its confirmation by e-mail.

The following books are not covered by this service: Reference and Reserved Works (RES call numbers); Restricted publications and Periodicals (PP call numbers), Theses and Dissertations (T call numbers) and publications belonging to donations.

Requests to external libraries

– Requests made by internal users:

This service is intended for registered students, professors, researchers and NOVA FCSH staff who wish to consult books not available at BMSC.

Interlibrary loan applications must be made by completing this form.

Books requested under this service must be consulted at the reading room, the home lending not allowed.

The costs associated with this service (amount charged by the lending entity + shipping charges) are borne by the user.

– Requests made by external institutions

This service is intended for external entities that wish to consult existing books in BMSC.
Interlibrary loan applications must be made by completing this form.

The following books are not covered by this service: Reference and Reserved Works (RES call numbers); Restricted publications and Periodicals (PP call numbers), Theses and Dissertations (T call numbers) and publications belonging to donations.

The activation of this service incurs a cost corresponding to shipping costs.

Payments should preferably be made by IFLA vouchers.

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