All students and staff must have their MIT ID cards to use library services.
MIT Library facilities and services are an integration of our physical and virtual collections and provide a supportive environment for learning and research. The Library delivers information in a variety of formats from the traditional lending of resources, as well as access to online resources 24/7 to help our graduates develop life-long learning skills.
We are located at both the Melbourne and Sydney Campuses, and offer the following services to students and staff:
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The physical items held by MIT Library are organised into collections:
Main Collection
These items make up the majority of the Library's holdings, and are the most visible. Users may borrow Main Collection items for 7 days.
Counter Reserve
The Library holds one copy of each prescribed textbook in the Counter Reserve. These are available for students and staff to borrow for two hours at a time, and may not be taken out of the Library.
Teacher reference
The Teacher Reference collection contains one copy of each prescribed textbook, and may only be borrowed by each unit's lecturer or Unit Coordinator, with loans lasting the length of the Teaching Period.
Leisure
The Library has fiction books and DVDs. Students and staff may borrow Leisure Collection items for 7 days.
MIT Library’ databases, e-journals, e-books, and other electronic information resources can be accessed by MIT students and staff online 24/7.
Connect to the resource using a link from MIT Library Discovery or A-Z Database list. When you click on a subscription resource you will be prompted to log in with your MIT login credentials. 
Enter your MIT ID and password and Login. You will only need to enter this information once per session.
If MIT Library do not subscribe to the particular e-book or e-journal title which can be found on the WorldCat database, you may be able to access the site but not the full content.
