Services for Undergrad Students

• Reference Service

  Reference Librarians are available to help you find the information you need.

  In person at the Reference Desk, M-F 9-5; Sun. 1-5

  By phone at 503-768-7285

  By email

  By instant message

  By appointment in a research consultation

  During librarian office hours

• 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.

• 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.

• Special Collections

  Lewis & Clark's Special Collections offers extensive research collections and the ability to view historical photographs and college yearbooks online.

• Visual Resources Collection

  The College Visual Resources Collection contains over 50,000 slides and hundreds of digital images of the art and architecture.