The Library provides on-site research support using the available information sources, in various supports (paper, electronic) and guidance to information sources and documents not existing in its collections in the User Support Unit.

IT SUPPORT FOR USERS

The Library provides in the Computer Support Office, between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., face-to-face support to internal users who need help installing a VPN (Virtual Private Network) - essential for access to electronic resources subscribed to by the Faculty.

Users can request this service at the Library Reference Desk, by appointment, by telephone or email (see contacts).

If you’re an internal user you may request a domiciliary loan of books, a maximum of 3 titles, with different classifications.

As exceptions to domiciliary lending there are duly marked books with yellow tape (single copies or large consultation copies).

These restrictions don’t apply in the case of requests for teachers (including monitors) to support classes, in which case you can request the Short-term loan of yellow-ribbon copies (maximum 1 day).

You can request the loan at the Reference Desk.

Reference books (dictionaries, encyclopaedias, etc.) aren’t lent out. However, they may be requested in very specific cases - for consultation by departments and/or teaching staff (including monitors).

Theses and dissertations can be lent to the outside, according to the provisions defined by the Authors, in the respective authorisations to be made available in the Library.

Journals aren’t loaned, only consulted in the journal exhibition area (if recent) or on request in the Library reading room. Teachers, researchers, and other non-student users of the Faculty may borrow the journals in specific cases for periods of one week if they aren’t from the last year.

TERMS 
The regular loan of books is for 7 days for NMS internal users. During school holidays the deadlines are defined annually and communicated to users.

The return deadline is considered until the Library closing time of the last day and the copy must be handed in at the Reference Desk of the Library.

If the user doesn’t comply the defined deadline he’s penalised according to the days of delay.

RENEWEL 
This loan may be renewed for up to three identical periods, provided that the book in question isn’t reserved.

The loan can only be renewed on the penultimate (working day) or last day of loan of the copy.

The renewal can be made in various ways - in person, by telephone or by email, indicating the full name.

BOOKING COPIES
It’s possible to reserve books for domiciliary lending if the copy isn’t available. The reservation can be made in person, by telephone or by email.

RETURN OS COPIES
In case you cannot personally return the copies, you have requested, you can use the postal services for that purpose.

However, the responsibility for loss or delay in delivery will always be of the orderer, so that any loss or damage will result in replacement or payment.

SHORT-TERM LOAN
This loan refers to the loan, for a maximum period of 1 day, of yellow-ribbon books (unique and/or more recent) to teachers (including monitors) for class support.

The teacher should request the loan at the Library Reference Desk and return the copy as soon as possible at the same place.

INTER-LIBRARY LOANS
For external users it’s possible to obtain the loan for temporary consultation of some books through the Inter-Library Loan, for a maximum period of two weeks.

This service must be requested through the Library of the organisation to which they belong.

Likewise, the Library requests for internal users, under this provision, loan requests to similar institutions. For any clarification send email.

NMS Library supports bibliometric reporting and user support.

The Consultative Committee for Documentary Acquisition (CCAD) is the consultative structure for supporting the decision in this matter, regulated and restructured by dispatch no. 2/ CD/2010, of the 25th of January, following the new NMS statutes.

To suggest the acquisition of information sources (books, magazines, databases) considered fundamental for the above mentioned activities, please send us an e-mail.

All types of copying and printing are subject to copyright legislation.

Given the restrictions on copying and printing in this area, the NMS Library does not copy books and theses from its collections.

The exception is the copying and printing of journal articles, existing or accessible online through the computer stations available in the research room.

Payment for printing and copying must be made at the reception desk, and the user must indicate the number of the station where the research was done.

To know the price table applied in the library, please go to the reception desk.

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