About the Library
The Ferdinand Postma Library at North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus is the main academic library supporting students, researchers and staff with a wide range of services and resources. It offers access to print and digital collections, lending and information services, and dedicated spaces for quiet study, group work and postgraduate research. Read more...
Address and Directions
+27 (0)18 299 2802
North-West University: Ferdinand Postma Library
Potchefstroom Campus, Building E7A
11 Hoffman Street
POTCHEFSTROOM, 2531, South Africa
Latitude: -26.689041
Longitude: 27.091778
Quick links
Services
Basement
- Book shelves: 000-999 (Publications pre-1980)
(Staff at the Circulation Desk will collect the books for you.) - Binding Services
Ground Floor
- Besembos
- eReserves
- Catalogue workstations
- Circulation & Lending Services
- Information Services
- Information Commons (Undergraduate Students)
- Information Resources
- Interlibrary Loans
- New Books Shelve
- Printing and scanning
- Security
- Self-checkout
- Seminar rooms (Undergraduate Students)
- Tarentaal training room
First Floor
- Book shelves: 000-999 (Publications from 1980-)
- Laptop workstations
- Library administration
- Quiet study area
- Seminar rooms (Undergraduate students)
- Theses and dissertations
Second Floor
- Group work area
- Journal collection and help desk
- Laptop workstations
- Law collection and quiet study area
- Quiet reading foyer
- Seminar rooms (Undergraduate students)
- Special collections
- Quiet study area
Third Floor
- Africana collection
- Conference room
- Honours Commons (Fourth-year and Honours students)
- Research Commons (M, PhD students and staff)
