The Library of Antonine University (UA) is a welcoming and comfortable environment designed to support study, research, and intellectual creativity. It offers students and members of the university community access to a wide range of academic services, including research support, on-site consultation of documents, access to digital resources, and book lending.

Access Conditions

Access to the Library is granted to individuals holding a valid UA ID card and belonging to one of the following categories: students, faculty members, staff members, alumni, researchers, and visitors (subject to prior authorization).

Authorized users may access the following resources and services:

• the Library catalog, available at: intersearch.com.au;
• open-access shelves and search tools;
• books published before 1970 (on-site consultation only);
• periodicals (journals, magazines, newspapers), maps, audio documents, Master’s and PhD theses, and any material marked “Not for loan” (non-borrowable);
• books published from 1970 onward, which may be borrowed according to the conditions outlined below.

Borrowing Conditions

Late returns, lost or damaged materials (including torn pages, detached covers, stains, annotations, or highlighting), as well as damage to library equipment, may result in fines being applied to the borrower.

Suggestions and Reservations

The Library at the Hadat–Baada Campus houses a rich and diverse collection of approximately 60,000 books covering the disciplines taught at UA, along with more than 360 periodicals, including multidisciplinary and multilingual titles such as Analecta Bollandiana, Analecta Biblica, Dalloz, Lectio Divina, Cogitatio Fidei, Al-Machreq, and Al-Hares, among others.

Through the open-source library management system Koha, accessible via antonine.intersearch.com.au, registered members may:

• reserve available items;
• submit recommendations for new acquisitions.