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Reference, Circulation, OPAC and Digital Library Services are available throughout the day.

Saturday

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Reading Room, Newspaper Section and Electronic Resources remain accessible.

Sunday & Public Holidays

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Our Mission

To provide timely access to quality information resources, innovative digital library services, conducive learning spaces, and professional support that promote teaching, learning, research, innovation and community development.

Our Vision

To become a leading twenty-first century academic library recognized globally for excellence in information service delivery, digital scholarship, research support and knowledge preservation.

📘 EBSCOhost

Access thousands of scholarly journals, magazines and electronic books across all disciplines.

📗 JSTOR

Archive of peer-reviewed journals, books and primary research materials.

📙 ProQuest

International database containing dissertations, theses, journals and newspapers.

⚖ HeinOnline

Comprehensive legal research database with law journals and legislation.

🧪 ScienceDirect

Scientific and medical journals published by Elsevier.

📖 SpringerLink

Books, journals and reference works in science, engineering and medicine.

🌍 AJOL

African Journals Online providing access to African scholarly publications.

🩺 HINARI

Biomedical and health literature from Research4Life.

🌾 AGORA

Agriculture, food science and environmental information resources.

🌱 OARE

Environmental research resources and scientific journals.

💎 Emerald Insight

Business, education, management and social science journals.

📚 Institutional Repository

Access theses, dissertations, conference papers, inaugural lectures and institutional research output.

📖 Circulation Services

Borrow, renew and reserve library materials through the OPAC.

💻 Digital Library

Access subscribed databases, electronic journals and e-books.

🎓 Research Support

Literature searching, citation management and research consultation.

📑 Current Awareness

Receive alerts on newly acquired books, journals and research publications.

📥 Institutional Repository

Discover and preserve the University's scholarly publications.

📞 Ask A Librarian

Professional assistance with searching, referencing and information retrieval.

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📢 Orientation Programme

The University Library conducts Library Orientation for all newly admitted students every academic session. Orientation programmes are also organized in all faculties by the university librarian. This is done by giving a talk on the use of the library.Students are encouraged to attend and learn how to maximize the use of the Library and the OPAC.

📚 Information Literacy Training

Monthly training sessions are available on literature searching, plagiarism awareness, citation management, referencing styles, AI-assisted research, and academic writing.

💻 Electronic Resources Training

Need help using EBSCOhost, JSTOR, ProQuest, ScienceDirect or other databases? Contact a librarian for one-on-one assistance.

📘 Books

Over 100,000 printed and electronic books covering Sciences, Medicine, Law, Engineering, Computing, Arts, Education, Agriculture, Environmental Sciences and Management. We have about 8000 books, and regularly update the book collections with new arrivals.

📖 Journals

Access current scholarly journals from leading international publishers and open-access repositories.

🎓 Theses & Dissertations

Browse postgraduate theses and dissertations through the Institutional Repository.

🎓 Undergraduate Projects

Browse Undergraduate Projects through the Institutional Repository.

🗞 Newspapers

Current national newspapers and selected international newspapers are available daily.

🎥 Multimedia

Educational videos, documentaries, CDs, DVDs and other multimedia learning resources.

🌍 Open Educational Resources

Thousands of freely accessible textbooks, lecture notes and learning materials from reputable institutions worldwide.

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📱 Mobile Phones

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🍔 Food & Drinks

Food and drinks are not permitted inside the reading areas.

📚 Borrowing

Borrowed books should be returned on or before the due date to avoid overdue fines.

💻 Computer Use

Computers are provided strictly for academic and research purposes.

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📍 Address

University of Africa Library
Toru-Orua
Bayelsa State
Nigeria

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+234 8023553862

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librarian@uat.edu.ng

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Library Orientation

Every First Semester for newly admitted students.

Research Week

Annual research exhibition and scholarly communication workshops.

Database Training

Monthly hands-on training on subscribed electronic resources.