How to I access the TUT Library and Information Services.

To I access the TUT Library and Information Services visit The TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Library’s website https://lib.tut.ac.za is a portal to an avalanche of information and resources.

The library’s portal provides important information about library hours and other services as well as provided research materials  including:

  • Online reference works
  • Articles
  • Electronic journals
  • Bibliographic and full-text databases
  • E-Books
  • Primo, a discovery and delivery tool for books.

The  digital Library Services  unit offers Digital scholarship, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and data stewardship services to the research, teaching and learning communities at TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY.

HOW TO ACCESS THE TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT) LIBRARY PORTAL

The TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TUT) library portal was designed for both on and off campus students.

  • To access the library portal, you need an active internet connection and a web browser (e.g Chrome, Opera, Safari etc.)
  • Thus, to access the library resources, you will be required to login via TUT’s Library portal link at https://lib.tut.ac.za
  • To search for book, journals, article and other academic or research resource material, kindly type the name of the resource material into the search box on the homepage and click the “SEARCH” tab.
  • To borrow or request for a book or other special resource material, kindly scroll down the library portal homepage and click on ‘MyLibrary Account’ on the homepage menu.
  • You will be taken to a page where you’ll be required to log in with your TUT student credentials (i.e your User ID/Email Address and your Password).
  • This will allow you to see if retrieved resources are available at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) Library.

You can easily access the website using your phone, tablet, laptop or computer.