Request a purchase

UQ staff, higher degree by research students and postgraduate coursework students can suggest new resources for the Library collection.

Considerations

We will consider purchase requests from staff and eligible students based on our collection management principles and guidelines:

  • Resources must support research, teaching or learning at UQ.
  • Electronic format is preferred. If a physical format is requested, only one copy will be purchased due to space limitations.
  • For new ongoing journal subscriptions and databases, contact your Faculty Services Librarians.

Submit a purchase request

Log in and use Library Search to search for a resource. Enable the toggle to Include results regardless of availability to display additional results for resources not already included in the Library collection.

Item found

  1. Open the item, go to the Request section and choose Place a purchase request.
  2. Review the details in the prefilled form and select Submit.

Resources already in the Library collection will display a Get it or View it section, and will not display the Place a purchase request option.

Item not found

  1. Visit the Purchase request form (UQ login required).
  2. Fill in the resource details and select Submit.

After submitting a purchase request

We will email you within 7 days and you can check the progress of your request by going to Requests in your Library account.

Physical items may take from a few days to several months to arrive, depending on their availability.

Other ways to request an item

Request the item using resource delivery and we will borrow the item from another library for you to use.