Welcome as a new student!
How to create a library account, borrow books and access e-books and databases.
Library account
You need a library account to borrow books.
- Create a library account
External link.
Log in with your LTU user to create the account. Use your full e-mail address as your username.
If you do not have an LTU card with PIN, select "Forgot password" the first time you log in to your library account and you can then create a PIN code.
Please note that if you don´t have a Swedish personal ID-number your login will be the same numbers that you have on your LTU student card but without the letter T, for example: 930405-T123 on your card, will be 930405123 when you log in.
E-books and databases
E-books and articles can be searched in our Library Search Tool on the library's home page.
To access the e-book or article, use your LTU user.
You do not need a library account to access e-books and databases.
To borrow
You search for books in the Library Search Tool. If the book is available, you pick it up from the shelf and borrow it from our loan machine.
The loan period is 14 days for course books and 28 days for other books. You can extend the loan if no one is in the queue.
If you study distance education at Luleå University of Technology and live elsewhere, contact a library in your area.
If you want to extend the loan period for your books, you do so via your library account. You log in with your Swedish personal ID-number and your PIN code. If there is a queue for the book, it is not possible to extend the loan.
Course books
The library has a number of copies available for loan, with a 14-day loan period. Some course books may be available as e-books.
Tutorials
Once you have started your studies, you can get support and help from the library with questions about searching, writing and presenting.
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