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Welcome New Students: Getting Started...

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Remote Studying, aka Off Campus

Your UCD Connect login gives you free automatic access to all of UCD Library's electronic resources. 
A vast number of Library services and collections are available to you online, 24/7. Studying remotely, aka off campus, you have access to OneSearch, your single point of discovery for our collections, and other web-based interfaces which are all accessible from the UCD Library homepage and UCD Connect website for your online research.

Accessing the Library

Student UCardYour UCard is your Library Card

Your Student UCard gives you free automatic access to all UCD Libraries.
Use your UCard to access the libraries, borrow, self-service, print, photocopy, and scan in any of the libraries. 

You can also use your smart phone as your Digital Library Card, to enter and leave the library. Just login to your Library Account on the Library App.

Library Essentials

Availability Dashboard
Library Account
Self-Service
Print Copy Scan
Online Tools