How to make an order in catalogs

To log in to the reader's account in the NCU Library Catalog, select "Sign in" in the upper right corner of the page, and then the "Central Authentication Service" option. Logging in takes place by entering the e-mail address on the NCU server and the password assigned to the account.

After logging in via the Central Authentication Service, from the list of available services, select the Catalog of Libraries of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Bydgoszcz

Attention! You must log in before starting a directory search (query). The sequence of steps is important: login first, then query and order.

Then consult the NCU Library Catalog and check if the book is located in the NCU Main Library or in one of the Faculty Libraries.

Check Status for availability:

  • Available, BG Magazyn or Magazyn Odległy - indicates available, to order the book from storage using Request/Reservation, then after approximately two hours you can pick up the ordered book at the loan desk
  • Available, Wolny Dostęp - indicates available, the publication is available in the Open Access Collection (1,2 or 3 floor), you can not order it
  • Not Available - usually it means that material is out of library - on loan until..., you can Request/Reservation, set in the queue and wait for an e-mail about accessability

The ordered material is waiting to be picked up at the loan desk for 3 days.

You can also order books using the NCU Library Books Card Catalog. The procedure is not complicated: on the left side of the card you have the button Zamów, please push it to order the book, login into your account and fill the form, sent it to the storage with Dalej than click OK and Zakończ to finish. The Books Card Catalog does not display the availability status. You will find this information upon logging into your library account 30 min to one hour after placing the order. Books ordered via the NCU Library Books Card Catalog arrive next day.

How to order a periodical?

Archived back issues of periodicals you should find in the NCU Library Catalog, it can be ordered from the storage into the Main Reading Room (2nd floor) or Current Periodicals Reading Room (Ground Floor). Each title requires an order on a separate form. One form can be used for a number of issues of a journal. 

To log in to the reader's account in the NCU Library Catalog, select "Sign in" in the upper right corner of the page, and then the "Central Authentication Service" option. Logging in takes place by entering the e-mail address on the NCU server and the password assigned to the account.

After logging in via the Central Authentication Service, from the list of available services, select the Catalog of Libraries of the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Bydgoszcz

Attention! You must log in before starting a directory search (query). The sequence of steps is important: login first, then query and order.

Then consult the NCU Library Catalog and check if the periodical is located in the NCU Main Library or in one of the Faculty Libraries.

If you will find journal push the button Request/Reservation to order it, select the reading room in which you intend to use the periodical the Main Reading Room (2nd floor) or Current Periodicals Reading Room (Ground Floor).

Some periodicals can only be found in the Journals Card Catalog - it must be ordered online too. At the bottom of the card you have the button Zamów, please push it to order the journal, login and fill the form, sent it to the storage, next click OK and Zakończ to finish.

Periodicals ordered to be sent to reading rooms will be held for readers for 3 days.