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Services & Help

Services for Employees

All UNE employees have access to our library collections and spaces.

Borrow

Borrow fiction and non-fiction books, including popular reading, children’s, manga, and young adult titles, as well as educational and entertainment films on DVD.

We also have games, device chargers, noise-cancelling headphones, bicycles, and seasonal passes to Maine State Parks and the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

Learn about borrowing from the library and see our borrowing policies

Download

The vast majority of our collections are available to read online.  Download popular e-books and audiobooks with cloudLibrary. Find educational, classic, and indie films in the Academic Video Online and Kanopy streaming video databases.

Interlibrary Loan

If we don’t have access to something through our collections and subscriptions, you can request a copy through MaineCat or UNE Interlibrary Loan. Your items will be delivered for free to your UNE Campus. Learn more about interlibrary loan.

Online Resources

In addition to our research databases, you have access to all of the online resources offered by the Maine State Library. The Digital Maine Library contains resources for language learning, genealogy, crafts, K-12 education, book recommendations, DIY and more.

Newspapers & Magazines

Our subscriptions include popular magazines as well as scholarly and trade and journals, including The Chronicle of Higher Education and Consumer Reports. We also have access to The Portland Press Herald online and in print at both campus libraries, as well as database access to local, regional, and global newspapers.

Find newspaper, magazine, and journal titles.

Research Services

UNE Librarians are available to assist you with your personal or work-related research in person, by email, phone, chat or Zoom.

Library Spaces

We welcome you to use the UNE libraries on both campuses to access resources or use our study spaces, study rooms, and other services and amenities.

UNE Art Galleries

Enjoy exhibits and special events at the UNE Art Galleries on both campuses. All employees are invited to join us at exhibit opening receptions.

Questions & Help

The access services librarian at your campus can help you with finding, borrowing or accessing anything at the library.