Using the Library

For more information please see Borrowing Privileges

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 Eng/Arch 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

Reserve books are shelved in the Eng/Arch 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.

For assistance locating materials in the Eng/Arch Library, consult the Location Guide.

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

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.

The Eng/Arch 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 Eng/Arch Library. This machine takes bills only, no coins. Photocopies cost $0.10 per page.

URL: http://libraries.cua.edu/engcoll/using.html

MODIFIED: March-13-2009