Frequent ask and question
To access campus libraries you must always have your personal and non-transferable Policard with you, which must be activated in advance using the "Online Services > Data" application.
When you arrive at the entrance you have to place the card on the optical reader of the turnstile.
If you are an external user see the FAQ n. 14
If you need to do a generic search, you can start from the BIBLIOSEARCH discovery tool on the home page, by selecting the "All resources" icon.
For further information a self-study course (MOOC) is also available. The course provides you with a bibliographic and document research methodology, and is accessible on this web page: www.pok.polimi.it
You can ask for a book on loan directly from the Catalogue or through the Polimi library app, by clicking on the “Loan Request” link. You can pick it up at the desk the next day or according to the deadlines indicated.
If you have made the request the same day you have to go to the shelf and take the book by yourself and then register the loan at the circulation desk or at the selfcheck station.
If you need:
- a book that is in the library of a campus of Politecnico other than the one you frequent, you can request the inter-system loan service by contacting the Library,
- a book that is in libraries of other universities, in Italian or foreign institutions, you can use the interlibrary loan service (ILL - Inter Library Loan) by accessing your Personal Area of the Catalogue, clicking on "ILL Loan> Request" and filling in the related request fields.
If you want to find copies of articles, or parts of books, not owned by the libraries of Politecnico, but present in libraries of other Italian or foreign universities and institutions, you can use the Document Delivery (DD) service.
For details regarding the methods of request click here
The loan is personal. The book can be picked up by another person only with a written and signed authorization, with a photocopy of the identity document of the delegating party. The delegate must show his own identity document. You may find the Delegation form here