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I'm not yet familiar with the Library. What can I find there?

Specialized digital content(books, journals, etc.) for your field of study, accessible 24 hours a day.

For example, an atlas of the human body, an online art gallery, newspaper archives, documentaries, recordings of concerts and plays, and publications including The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal.

Services: we clear up any doubts you may have, and help you find information and expand your searches.
Information and guidelines for passing your assignments.
Library guides: guides with selected content for looking at various topics in more depth (cryptocurrencies, speech therapy, climate change, etc.).
Seminars and self-training modules: go to the Library's BiblioSkills training site, and find out how to search for information, avoid fake news and cite references correctly.

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Related questions

How can I obtain the discount for registering for an AACE or SITE conference?
Go to the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) and Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference information page and select the event that you're interested in, for instance, EdMedia 2025.

A new page will open, where you should select Register for EdMedia 2025.

In the registration form, go to the Membership section and click the Find out whether you can sign up for a membership through your institution/library link.

A new page will open, where you should enter your UOC email address (@uoc.edu) and the university's name (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya).

In the Matching Institutions section, select Sign up for AACE/SITE membership through Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.

Fill in the form with your details to register.

Once you've done this, the conference registration page will reload to show the following message: You are an active member of AACE. You are eligible for the discounted membership rate on registrations.
How can I recommend a resource?
Teaching staff, researchers and students can suggest the purchase of resources such as books, journals, databases and others through the Recommend a resource service.

Our team at the Library will evaluate the possibility of including the resource using the following criteria:

The interest and relevance of the topic and the authors in relation to the university's fields of study, teaching and research

The resource's availability in digital format (this will be prioritized)

Budget availability and resources already present in the collection, to ensure thematic balance

The Library will inform you whether your request has been approved or declined.
What is the UOC student card for?

Remember that the card identifies you as a UOC student. This means it entitles you to the discounts and benefits that organizations and companies offer to university students in general, such as tickets to museums and permission to consult and borrow books from university libraries in Catalonia and from other institutions with which the UOC has an agreement.
How can I donate documents?

To donate documents to the UOC Library, send us a list of titles to the email address donatius@uoc.edu, and our team will consider adding them to our collection based on the University's areas of study and research.

Please contact our team before bringing any books in person. Once the donation has been approved, a delivery date will be agreed.