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Libraries in Mid and West Wales cooperating to give you access to 1 million books and many other information resources available in your area.

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SWAP

SWAP is a partnership of public and academic libraries and is for everyone who lives, works or studies in South West Wales.

Sconul Access

SCONUL Access is a reciprocal service supported by most of the higher education libraries of the UK and Ireland. It was created from two existing schemes, SCONUL Research Extra and UK Libraries Plus and carries forward the basic principles of these schemes.

SCONUL Access provides borrowing privileges for most:

  • academic staff on open or fixed term contracts
  • postgraduate research students registered for a PhD, MPhil or similar qualification
  • part-time, distance learning and  placement students
  • full-time postgraduates
  • full-time undergraduates taking advantage of the reciprocal agreement between Trinity University College, Swansea University and Swansea Metropolitan University

SCONUL Access also provides for a reference only service for most:

  • full-time undergraduate students
  • staff of a few higher education libraries not participating in the reciprocal borrowing arrangements

Membership of SCONUL Access is open to all full SCONUL members and most of the publicly funded higher education libraries in the UK and Ireland are now members. The full list of participating libraries can be found here. Please note that some libraries do not offer borrowing to all the types of user listed above. Please consult the list of participating libraries before you travel. Computer access is available at some institutions including Trinity University College LRC.

Membership cards and information leaflets can be obtained at the Information Point in the Library

UK Computing Plus

Any student who joins Trinity University College LRC as a Sconul Access member is eligible to use computer facilities in the Library.

Access is provided to all general computer programs (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet Explorer) and all electronic resources which are available without an Athens password. Students will be able to use the personal Athens passwords provided by their own institutions to access electronic resources from that institution. Printing facilities are also provided at a small charge.