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La Trobe University Library

The Library delivers scholarly information resources, services and facilities to all University students and staff online through its website and through its network of campus libraries. The Library team works in partnership with staff and students to achieve individual and University teaching, learning and research goals.

Extensive collections of physical and electronic resources are provided along with a comprehensive range of services and learning facilities.

More than half of the Library’s total collection of resources is now held in digital format, including an extensive range of scholarly databases, 91,000 ejournal titles and 45,000 ebooks, all of which are available online to students anytime, anywhere.

The main physical collection is held at the Borchardt Library at the Melbourne (Bundoora) campus, with more than 1.5 million books, journals, government publications and audiovisual  materials. Good collections are also held at the David Mann Library at Albury-Wodonga and the Heyward Library at Bendigo.

Each campus library has computer workstations, printing and copying facilities, wireless network access, and group study and training rooms to meet learning and research needs.

The library services at Albury-Wodonga, Mildura and Shepparton are provided as shared facilities with the local Institutes of TAFE and provide strong collections of resources to support courses taught at those campuses, access to intercampus and interlibrary loans and electronic resources, computer workstations, training and study facilities.  

Students and staff at all campuses can use intercampus loans to obtain books and other items from other La Trobe University campuses. The Library also participates in several reciprocal borrowing schemes, including BONUS+, with other Australian universities and TAFE colleges, enabling La Trobe University students and staff to borrow from participating libraries. Approved borrowers can also access the resources of other libraries through the Library’s document delivery service.

Library staff provide assistance with finding and evaluating scholarly information, using databases and the Library catalogue, and developing effective information search skills. This assistance is delivered in person at service desks, via targeted training sessions and tours, and online via web-based tutorials, email and a live chat service.  

The Library also provides assistance to maximise the accessibility of library resources and facilities for students with either a temporary or permanent disability.

Campus libraries are open for extended hours during semester. Opening hours for all campuses are available from the Library website.

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