Services for Visitors

• Which stations can I use?
  As a guest of the UB Libraries, you may log on to any research station within the Libraries that has a BLUE sign at the top of the monitor, labeled LIBRARY Research Station . Please note that logon at a CYBRARY station is not permitted. To obtain a yellow Library Research Station Access Card, go to any library circulation desk with your photo ID. Library research station locations are as follows:

  North Campus
  Lockwood Library - Second floor, by the reference desk, basement, third, fourth and fifth floors by the elevators.
  Capen Libraries - First, second, third and fourth floors
  Law Library (O'Brian Hall) - Second, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh floors
  Music Library (Baird Hall)
  
  South Campus
  Health Sciences Library (Abbott Hall) - Basement, first, second and third floors
  Architecture & Planning Library (Hayes Hall)

• What software will I be able to use on the station?
  The stations will provide Internet access and web-based e-mail, access to the BISON Library Catalog, access to Research Databases, and Endnote. The stations do not have word processing, spreadsheet, or database software. These types of programs may be available for your use at your local public library.
  
  
• How do I log on/off?
  
  
  • Press CTRL + ALT + DELETE to log on
    
    
  • Enter your Library User Name and password exactly as printed on your Library Research Station Access Card
    
    
  • For security and privacy reasons, it is important that you log out at the end of your session. Click START and click LOG OFF to end your session.
    
    
• Should I change my password?
  You should change your password by visiting the following URL after you get your new Library User Name: https://ldap.buffalo.edu/cgi-bin/libpass.pl
  
  Please remember your password since we cannot perform password resets. If your password is forgotten, you will need to open a new guest account.

  Please see Library Circulation Desk staff for assistance.
  
  

We are UNABLE to provide off campus access to our databases, electronic journals, and other subscription-based electronic resources, due to licensing restrictions.

High School Student Visitors - The UB Arts & Sciences Libraries invite area high school teachers and librarians to investigate possibilities for student instruction and research in any of the UB Arts & Sciences Libraries to enhance students' skills and understanding of library research.

• Directions to UB
• Library Locations
• Campus Parking

Visitors who are currently affiliated with other SUNY institutions have borrowing privileges under the SUNY Open Access program.

All other visitors who desire borrowing privileges should call the Libraries' Billing & Borrowing Office at 716-645-5950 (Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5PM) to discuss available options.

If you are not currently affiliated with the University at Buffalo, you are unable to access our databases from outside the library. If you are a New York State resident, you can access databases freely through the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, the new York State Library's NOVELNY, and the New York Public Library.