Library & Archives

The Research Skills Tutorial can teach you how to use library resources and efficient strategies for successful academic research.

To register for the Research Skills tutorial, log in to D2L and add it to your course list:

1. Click on the Self Registration button at the top of the page.
2. Select "Research Skills Tutorial" from the course list
3. Click Register. The form should be pre-filled with your information.
4. Click Submit and then Finish to complete the registration. The course should now appear in your course list.

If you run into problems, have any questions, or are interested in getting customized research skills instruction in your class, please contact the Librarian responsible for your subject area.

NOTE: The Ask the Library online chat service cannot help you with the Research Skills Tutorial, as the chat operators do not have access to this D2L course.

If you wish to obtain books or articles from Laurentian's print collection or from other libraries, you will use our interlibrary loan system called RACER.

Be sure to check the catalogue first before you place a RACER request to determine whether the material you require is available to you electronically.

Check online at university Bookstore for current listings of required and/or suggested texts for your course. You may purchase your texts online through the Bookstore. 

To contact the university bookstore call 1-800-461-4030 or 705-675-1151, extension 2600 or 2602, or email laurentian@bkstr.com.

Articles will be delivered to your Laurentian email address only. Library materials will be shipped to the address you registered with for a RACER account. If you move, please be sure to update your RACER account details.

A postage paid shipping label will be provided in your package, taped to the front of the book. When finished with your library material, return the books to the J.N. Desmarais Library taping the postage paid shipping label onto the original envelope sent to you.

For Laurentian students and faculty members at the Barrie campus (Georgian College): library materials will be shipped to Georgian College - Library Commons, Barrie Campus. Georgian Library staff will notify you when your item is available for pick up.

When borrowing books from Laurentian's collections, undergraduates have a 3-week loan which may be renewed 3 times; graduate students are allowed 120 days with 1 renewal. You are responsible for renewing your own books.

All books are subject to recall after 3 weeks of use.

The original due date is indicated on the book band wrapped around the cover of the book, and this date allows 1 week travel time each way. If you renew your book, please adjust the due date accordingly, on the book band.  Please ensure that the material is back at Laurentian by the due date which means you must ship the material at least one week before it is due. It is important to make note of the due date as overdue fines are applicable at $0.50 per day. 

When borrowing materials outside of Laurentian's collections, the loan period varies from between 3 and 6 weeks. These books are NOT renewable. Borrowers will be charged $1 per day for any material which is overdue.

No more than 30 books may be borrowed at any one time.

For more information, please refer to the Interlibrary Loan policies.

For general inquiries, please email racer@laurentian.ca.

If you have incurred any library fines, you may pay by cheque, money order, or credit card.

Cheques and money orders can be made out to Laurentian University and sent to:

Attention: Access Services

J.N. Desmarais Library

935 Ramsey Lake Road

Sudbury ON P3E 2C6

Credit card payments can be made by telephone. Please call the Borrower Services at 1-800-661-1058, extension 4 or 705-675-4800 to pay with VISA or Mastercard.

In addition to being the single most important piece of ID you possess during your time here at LU, your card will also allow you to borrow books at any other Canadian university library and it may also be presented for identification purposes when writing exams.

If you have any questions about your OneCard, please contact myLaurentian Hub at hub@laurentian.ca or 1-800-263-4188.

Your photo must be:

• taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows, glare or flash reflections.
• centered and taken straight on, with face and shoulders centered and squared to the camera.
• clear, sharp and in focus
• taken in front of a plain white or light-coloured background with a clear difference between your face and the background.
• an original photo that is not digitally altered or taken from an existing photo
• JPG file format