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TRU Library Service

Located at the Kamloops and Williams Lake campuses, the TRU Library supports all current TRU students, staff and faculty. Students taking TRU-OL courses are served through the university’s Distance, Regional and Open Learning Library Services departments.

The main library collection is housed at the Kamloops campus; a smaller collection exists in Williams Lake. TRU’s Library collection is an important educational resource which offers over: 250,000 books; 51,000 e-books; 11,000 videos; 29,000 periodicals; 90 article databases; and an extensive collection of government documents, pamphlets, microforms and audiovisual materials.

Resources and services are accessible through the Web as well as by email, phone, fax, land mail or in person. Library services for students include:

  • Access to the TRU Library's online Library Research 101: Research at a Distance and How Do I . . .? and subject-specific research guides. These resources provide research advice, citation style guides and recommended article databases, reference books and websites.
  • Research and reference assistance, as well as help learning to utilize library tools (such as the article databases) more effectively.
  • Access to the provincial AskAway online chat reference service.
  • Access to the TRU Library catalogue to locate books, e-books, e-journals, government documents, pamphlets and videos.
  • Loan of all circulating items (e.g. books and videos) in the TRU Library collection.*
  • Access to the TRU Library’s online resources (e.g. e-books and article databases). A current TRU Library account (student number and six-digit birth date: YYMMDD) is required to access online resources.
  • Delivery of library materials (e.g. books, videos and photocopied articles) to the student’s home or workplace.*
  • Interlibrary loan service for articles, books and videos not in the Library’s collection.*
  • In person borrowing from other Canadian university libraries via the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement.
  • Toll-free phone access to the library for students residing in Canada.

NOTE:
* The TRU Library cannot send books/videos to students residing outside Canada or the US.

* The TRU Library does not provide required textbooks.

* Students are responsible for charges on overdue, damaged or lost library materials. Official transcripts are withheld until charges are cleared.

* Students registered in TRU-OL courses delivered by SFU or UVic receive library services from the institution delivering the course.

For more information visit Library services.