Membership

UTS students and staff

Membership is automatically applied to all current UTS students and staff.

Other membership types

Alumni and retired UTS staff

Length: 3 years
Cost: no cost
Collection access overview: electronic access to selected databases/electronic resources
Campus access: UTS Blake Library, Attila Brungs Reading Room (see campus access conditions) and open study spaces of UTS Central, levels 4 to 7
Eligibility: must have completed or graduated from UTS or worked at UTS

From 1 Dec 2021, existing alumni memberships will be updated to electronic resource access only. Full details on access changes here.

ULANZ student and staff

Length: Up to 1 year (expires annually 28 February)
Cost: $50 student, $5 staff
Collection access overview: physical collections only, refer to Borrowing and the Access and Borrowing Guidelines
Campus access: UTS Blake Library, Attila Brungs Reading Room (see campus access conditions) and study spaces of UTS Central, levels 4 to 7
Eligibility: proof of current employment or enrolment is required

Application process

ULANZ members and retired UTS staff will need to register for a UTS Library membership.
UTS alumni memberships are automatically activated upon first log-in using UTS alumni credentials. (See below for sign-in details).
For UTS Short Course students: contact the Patron Registration staff.

Access details

Follow the details below when accessing Library resources. For help with signing in visit Sign On Help.

UTS alumni off campus access

UTS alumni credentials: use your full UTS alumni email address, which includes your first name and last name e.g. firstname.lastnamealumni.uts.edu.au to access the selected databases/electronic resources below. Access to the Library catalogue and My Library is unavailable.

UTS alumni may be required to reset their password to access UTS applications including the Library collection (if you have not already done so). For details on logging in or retrieving your alumni name email address, visit alumni reset password or contact the UTS Alumni team for assistance.

If you have set up multi-factor authentication you will only need to sign-in every 30 days to access Library resources and other UTS systems.

UTS retired staff off campus access

UTS retired staff credentials: refer to login details sent via email when you first registered

New members will receive their database login within 2 working days of their membership being processed.
UTS Short Course students will receive an email with their login details once their account has been created.

Campus access

From Monday 25 Jul 2022 until Sunday 27 Nov 2022, the UTS Blake Library and Attila Brungs Reading Room are open to UTS Alumni, retired UTS staff, ULANZ students and staff, and members of the public at the following times.

UTS Blake Library

Monday to Friday from 8am to 6pm

UTS Reading Room

Monday to Friday from 8am to 10pm

UTS Central informal learning spaces

During campus opening hours

Database access

For more information about the publications you can access in the Alumni Edition databases see:

Bibliographic software

RefWorks: To access RefWorks you will first need to create a RefWorks Account with your UTS email address. You can change your email address at any time through your RefWorks account setting page.

Open Access Resources

Research available without a pay wall:

DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals – Over 10,000 quality peer-reviewed OA journals from all disciplines
JURN – Search free academic articles, chapters, and theses
CORE – Search for openly accessible content from repositories and journals