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Using the Library

Borrowing privileges
Fines and fees
Reserve materials
Location of materials
Requesting materials from other libraries
myALADIN : accessing your library account online
Photocopying in the E/A/M Library
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Borrowing privileges

  • To check out materials, all CUA or WRLC students, faculty and staff must present a valid school I.D. card. All CUA patrons must visit Mullen Library Access Services to register their I.D. cards before they may check out books in campus libraries.
  • Regular monographs from E/A/M may be checked out for the following time periods:
    • undergraduate : 4 weeks
    • graduate : until the end of the semester
    • faculty : one year
  • Many materials in the E/A/M Library have two hour or seven day loans.
  • Periodicals may be checked out of the library for two hours.
  • See myALADIN for information about renewing materials online.
  • For more detailed information about Borrowing Privileges and Circulation see http://libraries.cua.edu/access/circsvcs.html.

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Fines and fees

  • Patrons who do not return books by their due dates and time are assessed fines and fees. If a patron has overdue materials and/or excessive fines and fees, he/she may not check out any new materials until the overdue materials are returned and/or paid for.
  • Reserve, two-hour and seven-day loans have fines of 1 cent per minute.
  • Overdue fines for regular loans are $.25 a day. There is a three day grace period for books returned within this time frame; if a book is returned after that, the full $.25 per day must be paid.
  • Payment of fines and fees may be made in E/A/M Library 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. During all other times, payment of fines and fees must be made at Access Services in Mullen Library.
  • For more detailed information about borrowing materials, visit the Access Services webpage at: http://libraries.cua.edu/access/circpriv.html

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Reserve materials

  • Reserve books are shelved in the E/A/M Library stacks. To find a call number, consult the Course Reserves, or search the WRLC Libraries Catalog.
  • If you would like to borrow reserve materials from the library, you may check them out using your I.D. card, for a limited time period. However, some materials cannot be removed from the library.
  • Most reserve articles are located online and may be downloaded and printed from Blackboard (on the ALADIN webpage.) Your instructor will give you a password to access E-Reserves for your specific course.

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Location of materials

  • For assistance locating materials in the E/A/M Library, consult the Location Guide.

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Requesting materials from other libraries

  • CUA is a member of WRLC (Washington Research Library Consortium). CUA students faculty and staff may request delivery of articles and books from WRLC Libraries, using a valid library barcode, directly from the WRLC Libraries Catalog (accessible from the ALADIN webpage.)
  • Graduate students and faculty may request materials unavailable from the WRLC Libraries by filling out the Interlibrary Loan form on the web at: http://libraries.cua.edu/access/ill.lasso

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myALADIN : accessing your library account online

  • To log on to myALADIN, you will need to enter your library barcode number and last name.
  • Log on to myALADIN (available from the ALADIN webpage) to : Renew books online, Track the status of consortium loan requests, View fines and fees, ...And more.

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Photocopying in the E/A/M Library

  • The E/A/M Library has one photocopier, with 8 1/2 x 11 and 11 x 17 paper.
  • To make copies, you will need to buy a copy card from the copy card dispenser in the E/A/M Library. This machine takes bills only, no coins. Photocopies cost $0.10 per page.
URL: http://libraries.cua.edu/engcoll/using.html Send questions and comments MODIFIED: July-31-2006