| Reference Service | Reference Librarians are here to help you find the information
you need. • In person at the Reference Desk • By phone at x7285 • By email • By appointment in a research consultation Librarians are available seven days a week and Sunday-Thursday evenings. |
| Research Consultations | Need some in-depth help with your research? Schedule a research consultation. Students may schedule an appointment with a librarian for assistance with any information need. This might include help with a research paper or project, or simply learning more about how to use the library. Consultation hours are generally Monday-Friday between 9am and 5pm. |
| Borrowing Materials | Undergrad students may borrow books for three weeks and audio visual (AV) materials for three days. Overdue fines are 20¢/day for books and $2/day for AV materials. Request renewals in person, over the phone, or online through Your Library Accounts. |
| Students may also borrow books and selected AV materials from Summit, a consortium of 33 northwest academic libraries. If you don’t find what you want in the LC catalog, click on the Try Summit button. Your search will be recreated in the Summit catalog. Items requested on Summit will be transferred to LC for pick up, generally within 2 working days. You will be notified by email upon the arrival of the item at Watzek. Overdue fines for Summit materials are 50¢/day. | |
| Obtain materials unavailable in both the LC and Summit catalogs by requesting an interlibrary loan. | |
| Course Reserves | Reserve materials (articles, books, videos, etc.) are available at the Circulation Desk. To find out if your class has something on reserve, select Course Reserves on the library home page. Many articles and audio selections on reserve will be available electronically directly from the Course Reserves Web pages. You will need your LC email username and password to access electronic reserves. |
| Your Library Accounts | Login to Your Library Accounts using your name and LC ID number. View due dates of your items borrowed, renew materials, and check the status of requested Summit materials and interlibrary loan requests. You can also save "preferred searches" on a favorite topic and receive email notices when new materials on your topic are added to the library collection. |
| Remote Access | Access library resources off campus at library.lclark.edu. When accessing research databases, you will be prompted to enter your LC email username and password. |
| Wireless Access | Equip your laptop with a wireless card and access the Internet from anywhere in the Library. |
| Lockers | The lockers on the ground floor of the Library may be rented on a space available basis. |
| Group Study Rooms | There are 11 group study rooms in the library that are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Groups have priority over individuals for use of these rooms. Holding a study room by leaving personal belongings in it is not permitted. |