Social Work Research: Additional Information for MSW Students

This page describes privileges and services of particular interest to MSW students since many of the students in this online program are studying at a distance.

Additional information is available through the library's web site concerning Services for...Graduate Students and Services for...Students at a Distance.

For graduate students, most books listed in Primo are available for term loan (4 months).

Borrowing books from UW/UG/WLU

• Search Omni. Once you have found a book you want to borrow, make sure you are logged in and choose to Get It and make your Request.
• Choose the pickup location 'Books by Mail'. Requested items will be mailed out to any address within Canada.

Returning Books to UW

By mail: Books can be mailed or returned by courier at your own expense. Books must be postmarked before the due date of the book. Return books to:

Book/Article Retrieval Service

Dana Porter Library

University of Waterloo

200 University Avenue West

Waterloo ON N2L 3G1

519-888-4567 ext. 84883

Drop off: Drop off  books at the circulation desk of any Ontario university library (except U of Toronto) and they will be returned at no-cost to you by the Inter University Transit Service.

Planning to visit another university?  Graduate students can freely borrow books directly from other Canadian universities (U of Toronto requires additional fee).  Browse the library catalogues to learn what is available.   

• Ontario University Libraries
• Canadian University Libraries

Search these collections of online books and view the text at your desktop.  Some ebooks are freely accessible through the Internet while others will prompt you to login with your WATCARD barcode and last name. 

Search the Google Books collection.  You may be able to access the full text book online or just search Primo for the book title to determine if you can access the book in the UW, UG or WLU libraries.