Circulating items - check out up to 10 items

Item Type	Loan Period	Renewal
Books	21 days	*once for another 21 days
DVDs and music CDs	7 days	*once for another 7 days

*If items are not overdue and don't have holds placed on them.

For Mt. SAC employees, books are checked out for 16 weeks.

Non-Circulating items

• Reserve textbooks and materials You may check them out from the Check Out Desk for two-hour use in the Library and return them to the same desk.  
• Print periodicals including newspapers, magazines and journals are shelved alphabetically by title in the Periodicals Room.
• Reference materials are those that have REF in their call numbers, e.g. 391.0089 P272e REF or VOC REF 610.7 AI52 2012-2013.

Print periodicals and reference materials don't leave the library, but you have 24/7 access to much more through our online databases. Enter your portal username/password for off-campus and mobile access.

Renew items

Watch the How to renew library items? video or follow the handout.

Return material

24/7 return is available via two book drops - the front wall on the left next to the Library entrance and the information booth of Pay Lot B. The book drops are checked and holds are cleared even when the library is closed for semester breaks, but not on official campus holidays.

 

Borrowing from other libraries

• • From Cal Poly Pomona University Library

    Read the mutual lending agreement for details. Search their library catalog.

  • From Inland Empire Academic Libraries Cooperative (IEALC)
    With your Mt. SAC student ID and IEALC card issued at our Checkout/Reserves Desk, you may check out materials from the libraries in the IEALC. Faculty and staff borrowing privileges are outside of the agreement of IEALC.