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Borrowing and interlibrary loans

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HEC Community

User Types Registration Loans Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources Holds/Scanning via Sofia ILL via Sofia*
Students (all programs and independent students)
Postdoctoral interns
Professors and lecturers
Employees
Retired employees
Automatic HEC Montréal Card Yes Yes Article and book chapter copies only
Guests Automatic or Granted Rights Form HEC Montréal Card or HEC Montréal Library Card Yes Guest account required (please ask the library staff) Guest account required (please ask the library staff)
Guest research students Automatic HEC Montréal Library Card Yes Yes Yes
* All users who have active HEC Montréal login credentials

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BUQ Community

User Types Registration Loans Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources Holds/Scanning via Sofia ILL via Sofia
Students (all programs and independent students)
Postdoctoral interns
Professors and lecturers
Employees
Retired employees
Automatic Affiliated university card At the library:
an Internet session on a public workstation will be opened by the library staff
Yes, via their university library's website No

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External Academic Community

User Types Registration Loans Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources Holds/Scanning via Sofia ILL via Sofia
Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
Council of Atlantic University Libraries/Conseil des bibliothèques universitaires de l'Atlantique (CAUL/CBUA)
Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries - Ouest canadien (COPPUL)
Association pour la recherche au collégial - Québec (ARC)
BAnQ
BCI Employees
Consent form + registration in WMS + id with picture Agreement Card + University Card At the library:
an Internet session on a public workstation will be opened by the library staff
No No

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HEC Montréal Alumni

User Types Registration Loans Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources Holds/Scanning via Sofia ILL via Sofia
HEC Montréal Alumni Verification in the HEC Montréal Alumni Directory HEC Montréal Library Card Electronic resources for alumni No No

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Individual Subscriptions

User Types Registration Loans Access to HEC Montréal's Electronic Resources Holds/Scanning via Sofia ILL via Sofia
Individual Registration Paid subcription form
Subscription fees : 100$ or more donation  / 1 year with tax receipt from the HEC Montréal Foundation
HEC Montréal Library Card

At the library:
an Internet session on a public workstation will be opened by the library staff

Yes No

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Borrowing criteria

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HEC Community

Maximum documents : 100 documents

 Document Types Loan Duration Renewals Holds (max. : 50)
Books 30 days Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired Yes
Course Reserve
(5 documents max.; on-site consultation only)
3 hours No No
Dictionaries 3 days No No
Laptops 7 days* One loan renewal allowed* No
Headphones, calculators, earmuffs, smartphone charging cables, Apple power adapter 24 hours No No
Interlibrary loans 30 days unless stated otherwise (on-site consultation only) Automatic unless the document is recalled by the lending library

* During the mid-semester and final exams periods, laptops can be borrowed for only 24 hours and the loan is non-renewable.

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BUQ Community

Maximum documents : 100 documents

 Document Types Loan Duration Renewals Holds (max. : 50)
Books 30 days Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired No
Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) 30 days Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired No
Course Reserve
(5 documents max., on-site consultation only)
3 hours No No

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External Academic Community

Maximum documents : 100 documents

Document Types Loan Duration Renewals Holds (max. : 50)
Books 30 days Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired No
Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) 30 days Automatic unless the document is on hold or the account is expired No
Course Reserve
(5 documents max., on-site consultation only)
3 hours No No

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HEC Montréal Alumni

Maximum documents : 100 documents

Document Types (available for direct loans at HEC Montréal only) Loan Duration Renouvellements Holds (max. : 50)
Books 30 days Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired Yes
Books' accompanying documents (CD-Roms, DVD, other) 30 days Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired Yes
Course Reserve
(5 documents max., on-site consultation only)
3 hours No No

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Individual subscriptions

Maximum documents : 100 documents

Document types (available for direct loans at HEC Montréal only) Loan Duration Renewals Holds (max. : 50)
Book 30 days Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired Yes
Book's accompanying documents(CD-Roms, DVD, other) 30 days Automatic (max. 5) unless the document is on hold or the account is expired Yes
Course Reserve
(5 documents max., on-site consultation only)
3 hours No No
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Fees and fines

Description Rate
Benefits card (paid membership) $100.00 or more per year
Fee to replace a lost document replacement cost + $30.00 administration fee per document + overdue fine (if applicable)
Lost external user card $12.50
Overdue fine $0.50 per day per document (maximum $20.00 per document)
Overdue fine for laptops 5.00$ per day after the first overdue day (maximum 100.00$)
Overdue fine for other items (headphones, earmuffs, calculators, chargers, mice) $0.50 per hour per item (maximum $20.00 per item)
Overdue materials from Course Reserves $1.75 per hour overdue per document (maximum $20.00 per document)
Recall fees (reserved documents) $5.00 per document (after 7 days)
Replacement fee for laptops laptop replacement cost + 30.00$ administration fee + overdue fine (if applicable)

View how to pay online

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Course Reserves

Materials can be placed on Course Reserves upon request by an instructor. They are available at the circulation desk.

  • Valid HEC student card required
  • Duration: 3 hours
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Scanning Service

The Request/Scan button (see opposite) allows the HEC community to request a scan of an article or book chapter available in print format. To make a request:

  1. Locate the document in the Sofia search tool;
  2. Click on the Request/Scan button;
  3. Under Pick up Options, select Bibliothèque HEC Montréal - Numérisation - Indiquer vos pages;
  4. Enter any necessary details for your request under Need a specific copy or volume? Anything else we need to know about this request?

Delivery time is approximately 48 to 72 hours for available scans.

A hyperlink to the digitized version is sent by email.

If HEC Montréal does not hold the document or if all the copies are borrowed, it is possible to make the digitization request via our interlibrary loan service.

It is possible to reproduce :

  • up to 20% of a book,
  • a chapter if it does not exceed 20% of the book,
  • an article.

Bouton Obtenir numérisation

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Borrowing other items

Other items include headphones, calculators, earmuffs, smartphone charging cables and an Apple power adapter.

  • Borrowing period : 24 hours
  • Fines : 0.50$ per hour per item (maximum 20.00$ per item)
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Laptop loans

You can borrow a laptop from the library if your meet these three conditions:

Logo Étudiant

YOU STUDY AT HEC MONTRÉAL.

Only students that are currently attending at least one course can use this service.
Carte étudiante

YOU HAVE YOUR VALID HEC MONTRÉAL STUDENT CARD.

If you don't have it with you, a valid piece of ID with a picture and your student number will be accepted.
Amende

YOU OWE THE LIBRARY LESS THAN 50.00$ IN FEES AND FINES.

Those that exceed this limit will have to pay their debt first.

To borrow a laptop, you must:

Comptoir de services

ASK FOR ONE AT THE CIRCULATION DESK.

No holds are allowed for laptops.
Formulaire

FILL OUT A TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENT FORM.

You commit yourself to returning the laptop in good conditions or pay its replacement cost otherwise.

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Network loans service

You can now request books that are held by other university libraries in Quebec by using the Request button directly within our Sofia search engine and have them delivered at the HEC Montréal library.

HEC Montréal students, professors, researchers, as well as other employees can already borrow documents from other university libraries in Quebec just by presenting their active HEC card.

To request a scanned copy of a book chapter or a journal article from a PBUQ library, please use the Interlibrary loans service.

Request button
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Interlibrary loans

The interlibrary loan service allows you to obtain a document that the Quebec University Libraries (BUQ) do not have.

We invite you to place a request in Sofia by clicking on the Request Item through ILL as shown on the image.

For more information :

  (514) 340-6230
  colombo@hec.ca

Prêt entre bibliothèques

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Borrowing from other universities (BCI card)

The BCI (Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire) card is available to all students registered in a program as well as to all teaching and non-teaching staff. BCI card holders can borrow documents from participating libraries in Canada.

The BCI card is issued on September 30th of each year for the duration of one year ; therefore, a new card must be requested each year. Come visit us at the circulation desk to obtain one.

Contact our services desk to obtain one.


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