| Reference Service | Reference Librarians are available to help you find the information
you need. |
| 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 | Graduate students may borrow books for three weeks and audiovisual (AV) materials for two weeks. Overdue fines are 20¢/day for books and $2/day for AV materials. Request renewals in person, by phone, or online through Your Library Accounts. |
| Students may also borrow books and selected AV materials from Summit, a consortium of over 30 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. Overdue fines for Summit materials are 50¢/day. | |
| Obtain materials unavailable in both the LC and Summit catalogs by requesting an interlibrary loan. | |
| Delivery Service | Graduate students may have library materials delivered to the Admissions Office in 202 Rogers Hall. Simply find an item using the library catalog, click the Request button, and follow the instructions. Students may pick up materials Monday-Friday, 8:30 am to 5pm. For an article from the Library's periodicals collection, make a request and a scanned copy will be delivered to you electronically. |
| Commons Book Drop | Library materials may be returned to Watzek by placing them in the book drop located in the South Campus Commons area. This book drop is picked up by library staff once a day Monday-Friday. |
| Course Reserves | To find out if your class has something on reserve, select Course Reserves on the library home page. Many articles and audio selections will be available electronically directly from the Course Reserves Web pages. You will need your LC email username and password to access electronic reserves. Other reserve materials (books, videos, etc.) are available at the Circulation Desk. |
| 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. |
| Satisfaction Survey Results | In the summer of 2007, the library asked for help from doctoral students to assess satisfaction with library resources & services. After hearing from a number of students, the results of the survey and responses from the library were posted. |