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The Library collections can be found in the Central Library, in the Education Library and at Tauranga as part of the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Library Collections at Bongard and Windermere.
The selection and deselection for all Library Collections is guided by the Collection Development Policy and carried out by Subject Librarians, and the Law and New Zealand Collection Librarians in consultation with academic staff. Collections are assessed regularly and material that is no longer relevant to the University's teaching or research is withdrawn; low use items are placed in storage. Items in Storage can be requested via the Library Catalogue and are usually available the next business day.
A wide range of formats are collected and shelved within the General and Specialist Collections. The catalogue location information will tell you where to find specific items in our libraries. If we do not hold the resources that you need you can request items from other Libraries via Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Loan.
Central Library Collections
The Central Library is located in the new Student Centre near the heart of the University of Waikato campus. It contains the General Book and Journal Collections, Law Library Collections, New Zealand Collection, and several smaller Specialist Collections.
High Demand items that are temporarily available for short term loan only are housed in the Course Reserve Room behind the Level 2 Service Desk in the Student Centre. See Course Reserve for more information about the policy and operations of this collection.
Education Library Collections
The Education Library supports study, teaching and research related to Education. Collections are divided into two major sections - the Academic Collection, which primarily covers the history, sociology, philosophy and theory of education, and a large Curriculum Collection that supports teaching practice. More information is available about the content and arrangement of the Education Library Collections.
Tauranga Collections
University of Waikato resources are integrated with the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Libraries at Windermere and Bongard. Material is selected by University of Waikato Subject Librarians to support the subjects taught in Tauranga. More information for University of Waikato Students at Tauranga is here.
Electronic Resources
The Library works in partnership with other Australasian University Libraries to build collections and license access to a steadily growing collection of scholarly resources.
Most ebooks, ejournals and databases are available only to University of Waikato staff and students. A selection of databases is available to our alumni and a limited number of e-resources can be consulted within the Library by members of the public. Publication titles are listed in the Library catalogue; to search for articles on specific topics use general or subject databases, or use Library Search to search across most library print and digital resources.
Digital Collections
The University of Waikato has a strong history of digitization of material that supports research New Zealand history and in the development of finding aids for otherwise less-accessible New Zealand material. More information about these collections is here.
Collection Arrangement
Most of the collections in the Central Library are arranged by subject according to the Library of Congress Classification system.
Floorplans
Please note that due to the library construction and refurbishment, current floorplans are temporarily unavailable. For more information on the location of collections and construction progress, please see Library on the Move.
