Library

As an Australian National University alumnus, you have access to a range of world-class scholarly resources and services to support your research interests and career.

Here is what's available to you:

230,000+

Number of items freely accessible for alumni to use through ANU Open Research.

1,000+

ANU Press titles available through open access publishing.

2,250,000+

Number of print items in the ANU Library collection.

15

Number of items alumni can borrow at a time.

90

Scholarly journals available for ANU alumni to access.

The ANU Library continues to work with publishers to increase the books and journals available to Alumni. For more information visit the ANU Library for alumni website.

*Data accurate as of January 2023.

Online resources

ANU has made over 1,000 ANU Press titles, 230,000 journal articles, conference papers and other ANU research outputs, and 90 major international collections of scholarly books and journals, available online to alumni. You can access these resources from anywhere at any time!

We encourage you to discover the world-class scholarly research produced by the ANU academic community via the Open Research Repository.

Print resources

Become an external borrower and you can visit our five specialised Library branches and borrow up to 15 items.

How to access

To access the Library's electronic resources, you need an ANU alumni email account and password. If you do not have this, please contact the IT Service Desk and request one.

To access the ANU Library print collection you will need to become an external borrower.