Policies & Services

The UB Libraries also offer a variety of teaching and support services to increase undergraduate and graduate students' ability to locate appropriate library materials and to incorporate these findings into course projects and papers including circulation services, and reference services.

	Circulation Find out about borrowing privileges, policies on access to the libraries, how to renew and request books and other materials.

	Confidentiality Confidentiality of Library Records Policy.

	Reference Reference and Information Desks are located through the University at Buffalo Libraries.

	Copyright A listing of copyright related links.

	Terms of Use The use of each online service is governed by copyright law and by the terms of the license between the University at Buffalo or the State University of New York (SUNY) and the respective publisher.

	NIH Public Access Policy The Arts & Sciences Science Librarians and Health Sciences Librarians will be prepared to assist UB authors who have questions about the policy or need assistance in finding publishers' copyright policies, PMC ID numbers, or other information.

	Scholarly Communication The University at Buffalo community supports and contributes to the transforming of scholarly communication and publishing. This Web site is intended to inform our community of developments and emerging models for the creation, sharing, publishing, and archiving of scholarship. We will regularly update the site with information about developing issues, policy debates, tools you can use, and proposed models.

See Also:
	Safety and Security (PDF) Contacts and procedures for the University Libraries staff.

	Cleaning, Maintenance, Heating/Cooling (PDF) Contacts and procedures for the University Libraries staff.