First Year Students LibGuide: Home

VUT Gold Fields Library 

Monday to Friday 

08:00 - 23:00

Weekends & Holidays

08:00 - 16:00

VUT Sebokeng Library

Monday to Friday

08:00-16:30

Welcome to  the VUT Libraries!

The VUT Libraries are available to help you make the transition from high school to an academic environment.  This guide is also useful for first year students at any age. As a new student, there will be new challenges, new opportunities, and new skills for you to learn and master.  Please don't hesitate to ask for help.

• Feel lost or overwhelmed by your assignments?  Don't know where to start?  No worries - we are here to help you!
• Make the Library your learning and discovery partner -- course assignments, discovery, research papers/ articles, studying and group work, and more
• Get help by topic, course, or library service with the LibGuides.
• Search the library and discover books, articles, and other resources
• Formulate a topic for your course assignment
• Objectively evaluate the sources you've found and make sure they are right for your topic
• Integrate these sources into your plan for your assignment
• Use correct reference methods to build your bibliography
• Become a confident library user by learning, looking, questioning, and seeking help
• Make the library your place for study, meeting, group work, collaboration, and haven of learning and discovery

VUT Gold Fields Library 

Faculty of Applied and Computer Science

Zodwa Thomas

Faculty of Human Sciences

Mpilwenhle Hlongwa

Faculty of Management Sciences

Rebecca Fani

Faculty of Engineering & Technology

Dr Karien Du Bruyn

Research Librarian

Sibongile Mtsweni

After-Hours Librarian

Andrew Memela

Sebokeng Campus

Mpilwenhle Hlongwa

Click this link and complete the form with your question. The Information Librarians will respond to you, your response will be directed to the email you provided.