Pharmacy and Food Science Crai Library. Torribera Campus: quick guide. Academic year 2019-20
Author: CRAI Biblioteca de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'Alimentació. Campus Torribera
Keywords: User training, CRAI, Biblioteca de Farmàcia i Ciències de l'alimentació. Campus Torribera, library, Universitat de Barcelona, guides

AUTHENTICATION FOR ONLINE SERVICES

UB ID
Allows you to authenticate and have access to the services. Among others: access to Electronic resources, Digital copies, the Virtual Campus, My account, Loans, PUC, Interlibrary loans and Student portal.
Alphanumeric code (in the enrolment certificate)
Password
Local ID
Allows you to authenticate and have access to the services. Among others: access to Virtual Campus, Electronic resources, Digital copies, Computers, Loans, Interlibrary loans, PUC, My account, Wi-Fi zone and Eduroam network.
Add .alumnes to the end of the part of your e-mail address that comes before the @ (e.g., if your e-mail address is jmartf006@alumnes.ub.edu, your local ID is jmartf006.alumnes).
Password
CRAI ID
The different CRAI libraries directly provide this identifier to all those users who do not have the previous codes. They must go to the Library desk to obtain this identifier.
The password is generated by the user himself.
Eduroam for UB members visiting another institution
Add .alumnes to the end of the part of your e-mail address that comes before the @ + @ ub.edu
E.g. Email: jarc7@alumnes.ub.edu
Username: jarc7.alumnes@ub.edu
Password

LOCATION AND CONTACT

Web: https://crai.ub.edu/en/about-crai/libraries/pharmacy-and-food-science-crai-library

Opening hours
Monday to Friday, from 8.30 a.m. to 8.00 p.m.

Adress: Campus Torribera. Verdaguer building
C/Prat de la Riba, 171 (08921 Santa Coloma
de Gramenet)
41°27'41.5"N 2°12'41.9"E

E-mail: bibnhid@ub.edu
Telephone: (+34) 93.403.19.50

Metro: line 1 (Santa Coloma)/line 9 (Singuerlín)
Bus: B20, B81, B82, M27, M30

You can check the Library’s occupancy level in real time
https://crai.ub.edu/en/about-crai/libraries/pharmacy-and-food-science-crai-library

@craifcca
https://www.instagram.com/craifcca

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© CRAI, academic year 2025-26

The Pharmacy and Food Science CRAI Library Torribera Campus and the other libraries of the University of Barcelona constitute the Learning and Research Resources Centre (CRAI), whose aims is to meet the needs deriving from the teaching and research activities of the UB community.
The Library is located in the Verdaguer building and brings together the specialized and research materials linked to the courses of Human Nutrition and Dietetics and Food Science and Technology, as well as diverse special collections.

SERVICES AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

https://crai.ub.edu/en/serveis-per-temes
Loans
Document loans allow you to consult CRAI books outside the University premises during a specific period of time. Present your UB card or another identity document to use this service. Conditions and loan periods vary according to each document and user. The books use the following label system:
White label: a loan of up to or exceeding 21 days, depending on the user
Green label: recommended bibliography for degree courses, 10 day loan
Red label: not on loan
You can take out and return documents at any loan desk of any CRAI library, regardless of their library of origin.
My account is a personal space where you can reserve and renew loan items.
Library consortium loans (PUC)
PUC is a free service entitling users of libraries in the Consortium of Academic Libraries of Catalonia (CSUC) to request and borrow items from other libraries in the Consortium.

Interlibrary loan (PI)
The interlibrary loan service can be used to locate and obtain the original or a copy of any kind of document that cannot be found at the CRAI and that is not available at other Catalan universities through the PUC. It also centralizes the loan of UB items to other institutions. This is a paid service.
Digital copies service
The digital copies service provides a free digital copy of articles from journals available at the UB's CRAI and chapters from recommended bibliography books with restricted weekend loans or those excluded from lending, which cannot be accessed online.
Heritage collections or materials with restricted rights are excluded.
Laptop loans
The Library offers 8 laptops, 4 of which can be used outside the library, in the Campus facilities.
Equipment and facilities
84 reading points
9 computers, one of them with a reading and writing support program (ClaroRead)
8 laptops
1 study room for 4 work spaces
1 CRAI OFF
Reserve a study room for group work through My account.
Wi-Fi and Eduroam
The Wi-Fi service offers Internet access to all UB members. The users of other institutions in Eduroam can also make use of it.
User training
https://crai.ub.edu/en/services-and-resources/training
User training courses are designed to provide information about the CRAI, its libraries and its services and information resources, which are available to the university community.
Citations and reference management
We provide information and examples of how to cite documents in a bibliography. Reference managers organize and create bibliographic references and work integrated with commercial databases, institutional repositories and the Cercabib of the UB CRAI.

Virtual Campus
The Virtual Campus is a virtual platform for teaching support. In CRAI libraries, we can help you learn to use it.

Information and support
Staff can help to answer a wide range of queries about services and information resources
Requests for bibliographic information
Support for teaching
Support for research
Guidance and advice on copyright, intellectual property and open access
Services for users with specific needs

User support service (SAU)
https://crai.ub.edu/en/services-and-resources/sau
The online User support service (SAU) provides answers to questions about the CRAI libraries, their services and resources. The SAU can also be used to lodge complaints, make suggestions and express an opinion about the service.

Cercabib
https://crai.ub.edu/en/services-and-resources/cercabib
Cercabib is Universitat de Barcelona CRAI’s discovery tool. This tool allows you to search simultaneously through the entire CRAI collection, regardless of the format, type or location of your chosen item: paper and electronic copies of books, journals, magazine articles, doctoral theses and audiovisual materials and more.
Accessing UB electronic resources
https://crai.ub.edu/en/services-and-resources/electronic-resources-access
The E-Resources access Service (SIRE) provides access to electronic information resources that are subscribed to by the UB’s CRAI. It is aimed at teaching and research staff, administrative and service staff and UB students.