Request a purchase

We welcome suggestions from UQ staff and students for items to purchase for the Library collection.  

Considerations

  • We will consider your purchase request based on our collection management principles and guidelines.
  • Resources must be requested to support research, teaching or learning at UQ.
  • Online format is preferred.
  • If a physical format is requested, only 1 copy will be purchased due to space limitations.
  • For new ongoing journal subscriptions, contact your Faculty Services Librarians.

Submit a purchase request

Log in and use Library Search to check for access to a resource and enable the toggle: Include results regardless of availability in the interface.

Item found and not available 

  1. If you find the resource but it is not available, open the item, go to the Get it section and choose Place a purchase request.
  2. Check and adjust the resource details in the prefilled request form and select Submit.

Item not found

  1. Visit Library Search requests and log in with your UQ username and password.
  2. In the Get It section, choose Place a purchase request to open a blank form.
  3. 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 Library account > Requests.

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 document delivery and we will borrow the item from another library for you to use.