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LIBRARY SERVICES

  • Circulation - x4260
    • Check Out Books and Other Items
      Students may check out up to seven books for three weeks.
      To borrow books, you must have your Mt. SAC student ID with a current semester sticker.
    • Use Study Rooms
      Two or more Mt. SAC students with a current semester sticker may check out a key to use a study room for two hours.
      No reservations - rooms are given to whomever shows up first!
    • Get an IEALC library card
      IEALC cards allow Mt. SAC students to use other libraries. A complete listing of the nineteen participating libraries is available.
      You must provide your Mt. SAC student ID with a current semester sticker
      and a current printout of your class schedule.
    • Pay Fines
      The library charges $0.25 per day for overdue materials. Fines for videos are $1.00 per day and fines on reserve books are $1.00 per hour.
      Pay fines promptly - otherwise you cannot register for classes!
    • Return Books
      Return books to two book drops - the front wall next to the Library entrance and the information booth of Pay Lot B (near Grand Avenue). NOTE: These are OPEN even on holidays!
    • Schedule Library Orientations
      Instructors may schedule research instruction and library orientation sessions.
      Please contact the library at least two weeks before the desired date!


  • Media Services - x4270
    • View Videos
      Most videos are library use only.
      Distance learning and some math videos may be checked out by Mt. SAC students with the current semester sticker.
    • Reserve Equipment (Instructors Only)
      Instructors may reserve equipment, such as laptop computers and projectors, for use in the classroom.


  • Periodicals - x4793
    • Find Periodical Literature in Print and Online
      The library subscribes to newspapers, magazines, and journals.
      In the Periodicals Room, you will find periodicals in print and on microfilm.
      You may also use computers in the Periodicals Room to search for articles in the full text article databases. (Remember that these computers are for research only!)
    • Make Copies
      All periodicals must stay in the Periodicals Room.
      Photocopy machines and printers are available to copy/print articles.
      It costs $0.08 to photocopy/print one page if using a print card; $0.10 per page if using cash.
      It costs $0.20 to print from a microfilm machine if using a print card; $0.25 per page if using cash.


  • Reference - x4289
    • Visit the Information Desk
      The Information Desk is staffed all of the hours that the library is open.
      Librarians and library assistants will help students, staff, and faculty with research needs via the library catalog, article databases, and the Internet.
    • Make Copies
      The Copier Room is found near the Information Desk
      It costs $0.08 to photocopy one page if using a print card; $0.10 per page if using cash.
      Copy cards are available for purchase in the Copier Room.
    • Make Computer Printouts
      Computer printers are available at the Information Desk.
      You must purchase a copy card in order to print from the computers. Copies are $0.08 per page.
      Purchase copy cards in the Copier Room. The cost is $1.00 and there is a one-time fee of $0.50 for this card. (You will have $0.50 worth of copies.) When needed, you may add more value to your card for no additional fee at the boxes in front of each of the copy machines in room 223. Ask at the Information/Reference Desk if you need assistance or have questions.
    • Schedule Library Orientations
      Call the Circulation Desk at x4260 to schedule research instruction and library orientation sessions.


  • Reserves - x4292
    • Find Course Materials
      Check out articles and books that professors have required for courses.
      You may use Reserve materials for two hours in the library only. (There is a fine of $1.00 per hour if Reserve materials are returned late!)
      To borrow Reserve items, you must have your Mt. SAC student ID with a current semester sticker.
    • Use Email
      Read and send email at the computers near the Reserves Desk.
      Students are asked to limit their session to twenty minutes only.


 

 

 

Library & Learning Resources - Mt.San Antonio College
1100 North Grand Avenue, Walnut, CA 91789
(909) 594-5611 x4260  
Meghan Chen, Dean, Library & Learning Resources

This page last updated 21-Apr-2008
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