Library Services
The University Library consists of the Main Library located at Vudal Campus and other Campus library at PNG UNRE Popondetta Campus. Our Libraries pursue goals of excellence in different activities through services, collections, and inter-library cooperation which ensure access to information and knowledge. It strives to provide excellent assistance in finding and evaluating resources for students, staff and university community at large.
The Vudal Campus Library currently holds physical resources such as text books, journals and publications for all the schools at the university. The library has enough space to accommodate up to 160 users at any one time. The environment is fully air-conditioned and conducive to study. The Library also have well established rules and operational procedures to make sure that the library operates smoothly
The Popondetta Campus Library holds all physical resources for the Popondetta Campus, and operates at full capacity. Manpower and resources are coordinated and managed by the Campus Librarian in consultation with the University Librarian on key aspects of administration in human resources and funding.
The Library is comprised of the PNG Collection, Periodicals (Journals), the Reader Services, and Technical Services (Cataloguing & Acquisitions). Library’s information resources comprises of textbooks, reference books and periodical publications in all major disciplines and its catalogued holdings is accessible via OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue). Catalogued data comprises of all resources held at the Vudal Campus Library and the Popondetta Campus Library.
To supplement the library’s hard copy collection, our digital platform gives our users access to well over 4 million unique and current resources in various formats – full text, citations, serials and journals, as well as eBooks – electronic books which can be borrowed and read offline for a specified time period.
Other value-added services includes an android and IOS (Apple) APP to access our Library Catalogue from any handheld device, borrower alerts and requests through email, as well as online and external access to Current and Past Lecture notes which the library currently hosts on its eLibrary platform. Our users are able to access these material anywhere in the world using their user login credentials provided by the university’s ICT department.
E-Library
Our Digital Platform together with our Library OPAC (Online Public Access Catalogue) is currently accessible via the Internet through our OPAC page https://unre.softlinkhosting.com.au/liberty/libraryHome.do
Access to Lecture Notes, Tutorials, Assignments and Course Materials here.
- JSTOR – provides access to more than 12 million academic journal articles, books, and primary sources in 75 disciplines.
Global Plants – the world’s largest database of digitized plant specimens and a locus for international scientific research and collaboration.
Aluka – African Cultural Heritage Sites and Landscapes, Struggles for Freedom in Southern Africa.
- DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals) – a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals.
- Invasive Species Compendium – Detailed coverage of invasive species threatening livelihoods and the environment worldwide provided on the CABI Digital Library Platform
(Contact the Library for login: username/password)
- AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) – access to digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences.
- OARE (Online Access to Research in the Environment) – Access to Research in the Environment
- ARDI – Access to Research for Development and Innovation
- GOALI (Global Online Access to Legal Information) – Access to Research for Global Justice
- Hinari – Access to Research in Health Programme
- ProQuest Ebook Central – premier ebook platform which offers scholarly ebooks from leading publishers
- CAB eBooks – Ebooks on agriculture and the applied life sciences including leisure & Tourism from CAB International
- Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science – is an international peer-reviewed journal devoted to cover the entire spectrum of plant nutrition and soil science from different scale units, e.g. agroecosystem to natural systems. Include reviews, high-standard original papers, and short communications and represent challenging research of international significance.
- Australian Journal of Entomology / Austral Entomology – is a scientific journal of entomology for the Southern Hemisphere. It publishes Original Articles that are peer-reviewed research papers from the study of the behaviour, biology, biosystematics, conservation biology, ecology, evolution, forensic and medical entomology, molecular biology, public health, urban entomology, physiology and the use and control of insects, arachnids and myriapods.
- Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics – The Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AJARE) provides a forum for innovative and scholarly work in agricultural and resource economics.
- Aquaculture Research – The journal, Aquaculture Research, publishes hypothesis-driven papers on applied or basic research relevant to freshwater, brackish water and marine aquaculture, including: Breeding and selection in farming of aquatic species, Nutritional and dietary requirements in aquaculture, Environmental conditions affecting the growth of farmed aquatic species, Effects of fish farming on the aquatic environment and Health and welfare of farmed aquatic species.
- Oceania – publishes contributions in the field of social and cultural anthropology. Its primary regional orientation is to the peoples of Australia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and insular southeast Asia.
- Biotropica – is a highly regarded source of original research on the ecology, conservation and management of all tropical ecosystems, and on the evolution, behavior, and population biology of tropical organisms.