Welcome Back!

Please note that you must have received an undergraduate and/or graduate degree from Nazareth College to qualify for alumni privileges. If you received a degree from Nazareth College, get your alumni card from the Alumni Relations Office (389-2472). You can either call, or stop by the Alumni office (GAC 105) to pick up a card. Bring your alumni card and current ID to the library and we’ll sign you up! ID is required to check out books, or to access information about your library record.

Book Borrowing Privileges

Loan period

3 weeks (21 days from the date of check out).

Borrowing Limits

You are allowed a maximum of 25 books at a time.

Renewals

Books may be renewed up to 3 times as long as no one is waiting for them. You can renew in person, online, or over the phone. Be sure to have your library barcode number – you will need it to access your record.

Fines

There is a 5 cent per day per book overdue charge. If checked out material is not returned, the account under which it was checked out willed be billed for the replacement cost as well as a $5.00 processing fee for each item not returned.

Holds

You may place books on hold that are currently checked out, or cannot be found on the shelf. For assistance, please see the Circulation Desk. When held books are available, you will be contacted. We will hold books for seven days.

Reference Services

There are no restrictions on your use of printed reference sources. Additionally, you may use the public computers in the library after you have received a valid library barcode from the Circulation Desk; if your library barcode is not accepted for authentication on a library computer you will need to present your Nazareth College alumni card at the Circulation Desk to have your barcode validated.

Online search services

We will assist you with online searches, but please be aware that you will be charged for all direct costs assessed by the online service provider (may vary from insignificant to hundreds of dollars). See the Reference Librarian for details.

External Electronic Resources

On-Campus Access
You may access our Web-based electronic services (e.g. FirstSearch® and EBSCOHost ) on the computers in the library after you have received a valid library barcode from the Circulation Desk; if your library barcode is not accepted you will need to present your Nazareth College alumni card at the Circulation Desk to have your barcode validated.
Off-Campus Access
Off-campus access to the web-based electronic services is not available due to licensing restrictions. However, many of the more popular services offer subsets, or even full versions, of their databases to the public on alternate sites. For example, a version of Index Medicus called Pub Med is freely available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi and the ERIC database is freely available at http://www.eric.ed.gov/. Additionally, you may access a wide variety of databases (with a valid ID card from a library in the Monroe County Library System) at http://www3.libraryweb.org/databases.aspx?id=64.

Reserve/Interlibrary Loan/Serials (RILS)

Reserve Materials

You may access only those materials that have been placed on Permanent Reserve; the use of materials that have been placed on Course Reserve is restricted to those who are enrolled in the class.

Interlibrary Loan (ILL)

ILL service is available at a charge: $7.50 per request for a book loan or a copy of a journal article. The Rush Fax Fee Service adds an additional $5.00 fee to each original $7.50 charge per request for an article photocopy.

Serials and Journals

The complete holdings of our journal collection are included in the OPAC and WebPac. Selected journal lists are available on the Library’s web site. The collection includes journals, magazines, newspapers, and the ERIC microfiche document collection.

Photocopying and Microform Printing

Photocopiers are self-service. The charge is 10 cents per copy. Microform printing is self-service at 10 cents per page.

Contact the RILS Department (389-3321) for additional information.

Media Resources

Your current library card is required for use of the media collection. Media materials may be used for 4 hours in the Library or requested for off campus circulation via interlibrary loan through the your current home institution or public library. However, media materials are primarily selected to support teaching and learning at Nazareth College. In addition, licensing or contractual agreements may restrict circulation of certain media materials to Nazareth College campus use. Therefore, the Media Resources Coordinator approves ILL requests on a case-by-case basis. Media materials on course reserve have limited circulation and are not eligible for interlibrary loan.

Other Media Resources services are not available to Alumni.