Place a request

Request a Book

• Self-service

  Novanet Express - Books found in the Novanet catalogue are ordered by the patron through the Novanet Express service. (Novanet patron barcode required)

• Document Delivery

  If you cannot find the item you want in Novanet you may request that the item be obtained from a library that does have it through the Document Delivery system. Document delivery book requests are placed with an individual's home library and by patron group.

  • Killam (sciences, social sciences, humanities, business administration, computer science)
  • Kellogg (medicine, dentistry, health professions)
  • Law
  • Sexton (architecture and urban & rural planning, engineering)

Request an Article

• Self-service
  • Novanet Express (Novanet patron barcode required)
    Items found in the Novanet catalogue are ordered by the patron through the Novanet Express service. NOTE: now only available from the Web version of Novanet.
  • CISTI Source (Novanet patron barcode required)
    CISTI Source Article Direct is an article delivery self-service which gives Dalhousie students, faculty and staff the opportunity to order journal articles not owned by the Libraries but owned by CISTI directly from the CISTI.

  • Loansome Doc (For PubMed users)
    An easy method of obtaining articles cited in the National Libary of Medicine's PubMed database. For more information and for registration instructions, click the link above.

• Document Delivery

  If you cannot find the item you want in Novanet or the electronic journals search page (see under "Quick Links"), you may request that the item be obtained from a library that does have it through the Document Delivery system. Document delivery article requests are placed with an individual's home library and by patron group.

  • Killam (sciences, social sciences, humanities, business administration, computer science)
  • Kellogg (medicine, dentistry, health professions)
  • Law
  • Sexton (architecture, urban& rural planning, engineering)

Renew a library book

Go to the Novanet catalogue, click "Login". Once logged in choose "My Library Card" (Novanet patron barcode required). From here choose items you wish to renew.   Detailed instructions

Place a hold on a book

Holds can be placed when you are in the Novanet catalogue. When you are looking at the item record, there will be a Request Hold button on the left hand side.

Note - A hold allows you to have a book held for you once it has been returned by the current borrower. Students, faculty and staff who require the book sooner than the due date can request a recall by going to the Circulation Desk of the owning library. Recalls reduce the loan period for the person holding the book to 10 days from the time you recall it.

Ask a reference question

The Electronic Reference Service provides quick answers to brief factual questions, recommends search strategies, or directs users to other resources. To use the service, select the subject area of your question, then fill in and send the form.

• General Sciences - eg. Chemistry, Biology, Psychology
• Health Sciences - eg. Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry
• Social Sciences - eg. Sociology, Business, Political Science
• Humanities - eg. History, Classics
• Law - send email
• Architecture, computer science, engineering

Place an item on reserve - Faculty

• Killam (sciences, social sciences, humanities, business administration, computer science)
• Kellogg (medicine, dentistry, health professions)

- if you are having problems setting up access to the proxy server

- available at the Law Library