The SFU Library does not purchase all the textbooks used for courses taught at SFU.
However, use the catalogue to look for your book -- your text may be on reserve or in the general collection.
Textbooks are available for sale at the SFU Bookstore.
No. Citing the source of a work you use is good academic practice and helps you avoid plagiarism, but citation alone does not mean you are permitted to copy the work.
In order to legally copy a copyright-protected work for use in teaching materials, assignments, or theses/dissertations, your use must be permitted by one of the following:
Yes.
The SFU Library has three physical locations:
1. The WAC Bennett Library or Bennett, which is located on the Burnaby Mountain Campus and is the main SFU Library.
2. The Belzberg Library or Belzberg, located in downtown Vancouver.
3. The Fraser Library or Fraser, located in Surrey.
The Library Catalogue lists books, journals, etc. for all three libraries. You can transfer items between libraries by using the Request button in the Catalogue.
If you are searching for books and other items, both Library Search and the Catalogue will show you whether you can access the material online, or whether your item is physically located in one of our library locations.
When looking for physical items, the location information may also tell you they belong to "collections" which are kept in specific areas of a building.
For example, in the Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby):
The SFU Library does not provide research services for a fee, however patrons can contact InfoAction, Vancouver Public Library's fee-based research service.
SFU Surrey (Fraser) Library does not offer English as an Additional Language classes, however, other resources are available:
Students can attend a workshop, book a conversation consultation, and get help with academic writing in English at the Student Learning Commons.
Community members can attend a drop-in English conversation circle at Surrey Public Libraries, register for the English Conversation Program with the City of Surrey, or find classes through the New to BC website.
Yes. The Library research skills tutorial is a Canvas module which introduces concepts like refining topics, finding background information including reference sources, and where to find scholarly articles.
To import this tutorial into your Canvas course, go to Canvas Commons to search for the desired tutorial by title and then follow these step-by-step instructions to import the content. If you need further assistance, contact IT Services.
The Library does not normally carry past exams. For assistance in finding previous or practice exams at SFU, see Exam Preparation: Previous and Practice Exams.
Yes. The SFU Library owns several digital projectors, which are available for loan.
All SFU faculty, staff and students can borrow projectors.
Projectors can be checked out from the circulation desk on the 3rd floor of WAC Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby), or at the Loans counter at the Fraser Library (SFU Surrey).
Projectors are not available at Belzberg Library (SFU Vancouver) at this time.
You can borrow a projector for 4 hours with no renewals, requests, holds, or bookings.
Late fees of $10.00 per hour will be charged for all units not returned on time. See Fines and penalties: Borrowing Library materials for further information.
Projectors must be returned 1 hour before Library closing.
To find out what the Library owns, search Laptops & equipment borrowing for projectors (and other equipment) at the different SFU Library locations.
For more information, including which projectors are available to borrow, contact Loans staff by phone, by email at loans-mgmt@sfu.ca, or in person at the Loans desk at any Library.
The most suitable place to use one of these units is in one of the group study rooms at the WAC Bennett Library, which can be booked in advance.
Yes!
Several pairs of headphones are available to borrow at all three SFU libraries.
Currently enrolled students, faculty, staff, and alumni can borrow headphones.
To borrow headphones at the Belzberg Library (SFU Vancouver) or Fraser Library (SFU Surrey), simply ask at the Loans/Checkout desk. At the WAC Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby), there are 20 pairs of headphones available from the Checkout counter on the 3rd (main) floor of the Library. There are also two sets of headphones with microphones.
Headphones can be borrowed for a 4-hour loan period which can be extended online, but not past the Library's closing time. Headphones returned after they are due are subject to fines. See Fines and penalties: Borrowing Library materials for further information.
Headphones must be returned 1 hour before Library closing.
To see what the Library owns, search Laptops & equipment borrowing for headphones at the different SFU Library locations.
For more information, including which headphones are available to borrow, contact Loans staff by phone, by email at loans-mgmt@sfu.ca, or in person at the Loans desk at any Library.
