What Are the Library’s hours?
The regular schedule is: Saturday - Wed - 8:00 am – 4:00 pm.

Library Location
The library is located on the main campus of Al Yamamah University next to the main auditorium and in front of the sport facilities center on the first floor of the building. The women’s branch of the library is located in the basement of the women’s college building.

How do I reach certain staff?
The staff of the library is happy to assist you in any way that they can. The following may be the best place to start if you have a question, please call via the following extensions.
Mr. Hamlet - 2242222   Ext: 3805
Mr. Danish Halim – 2242222    Ext: 3803
Mohammad Al-Mousa – 2242222    Ext: 3801
Mrs. Saima Hanif -4800 - Women’s Library

My department would like to arrange for a library orientation /instruction program for our new faculty member. Whom should I contact?
You should contact the library staff to arrange for a program at ext: 3805.

How do I find out what materials are in the library?
The library's catalog provides location and call number information for books, recent publications, and CD-ROM products. Most materials owned by the library can be found in the catalog. You can search the catalog by author, title, subject, keyword, and call number. All information about the resources is available online and can be accessed from any computer within the campus. In the browser go to the favorite folder and then click on the YU Local library search option.

Where are the books located?
The general book collection in English is located on the right side from the main entrance and both Arabic and Reference collection on the left side of the main entrance of the library. To find a book on particular topic or by a certain author, do a key word search on the library catalog available online or ask at the circulation desk.

Where are the journals located?
The library subscribes to journals and magazines (periodicals). The current issues of these periodicals are kept on display racks at the right side of the main entrance.  All periodicals are arranged on the shelves in an alphabetical order by title. Older periodicals are kept in the plastic magazine boxes beyond the reference collection and shelved alphabetically by title.

How can I access the database from my desktop?
Access to the database may be obtained from any computers within the YU campus and is freely available to anyone. Open the internet browser, click the favorite folder and then Al Yamamah University and finally click on New Electronic library and you will get the page of our Database i.e. LexisNexis.

How Can I pull up Journal articles on my computer?
If you know the name of the journal, go to the database page and either enter the journal name in the search box or click the list of publications arranged in alphabetical order. If your journal is not listed, that means the access of this journal is not available. Please know that the back issue coverage varies for each journal title and is usually limited to the last few years only but most are available from 1971 onwards.

If you would like to browse a journal in a particular subject category, enter the topic in the database search box, e.g., “Business” All journals that the database has with that word in their titles will be retrieved. Please know that there may be journals on that topic that do not include the word in their titles.

Please contact the Information/Enquiry Desk (Ext: 3803), if you need help with Database searching

Who may use the Computers in the Library?
Faculty, staff and Students of Al Yamamah University are eligible to use the computer in the library

How to submit a purchase recommendation?
Please use purchase request form to submit your purchase recommendations for the Library.