Services A-Z List

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A

Access for Persons with Disabilities

Access Policies

Access to Online Resources from Off Campus
Access subscription databases and ereserves (VC only) from off campus through the proxy server. Log in using your Vassar email name and password. If you have problems, email proxysupport@vassar.edu.  For a video tutorial on using the proxy server, see Off Campus Access to Library Databases.

Acquisitions List
Recently cataloged library books and other materials.

Acquisitions Order Forms
Order books, videos/laser discs/DVDs, etc. for the Libraries' collections.

Annex (Off-site Storage)

Art Library

Articles, How to Find

Audio Cassettes
Located in Reserve Room in main library. Music Library also has audio cassettes labeled "Music Recordings" in the online catalog.

Book Drop
After-hours book return located to the right of the front doors at the end of the bike rack.

Book Order Requests

Borrowing Materials Vassar Owns (Circulation)

Browsing Collection
Fiction and non-fiction books of current interest. 

C

Carrels and Lockers, Senior

Catalog Status Definitions
Definitions of messages in the "Status" box for materials in the online catalog.

Cataloging Department (Now Technical Services)

Census Data, How to Find

Center for Research Libraries

Circulation Department Staff Directory

Circulation Services

Citing Sources (Citation Guides)

Classroom, Electronic/Library Teaching Facilities

Collection Maintenance Department

Computers in the Library

ConnectNY
Combined catalogs of New York libraries (Vassar, Colgate, RIT, St. Lawrence, Rensselaer and more) 

Copy Machines
Copies can now be made on VPrint printers.   Reference area copier still takes coins.  Report problems to CIS Help Desk in Library.

D

Director's Office

Disabilities Services in the Library
Library services for students registered with the Office of Disability and Support Services.

Distribution Area
Holding area in Rm. 60 for books to be reshelved.

E

E-Journal Finder

Electronic Classroom/Library Teaching Facilities

Electronic Indexes and Databases Lists

F

Faculty Scholarship Database

Faculty,  Services for

Faculty Student Assistants

Faculty Studies
Contact Marisa Goudy, Assistant to the Director, ex 5783

Faculty Studies Online Form

Fines for Overdue and Missing Library Material

Forms (Online and Print)
For use of Vassar community. Print forms available at the Circulation Desk.

G

GIS Guide (Sources for Geospatial Data, Attribute Data, and Maps for GIS)

Government Documents

Guide to Locations and Map
Lists locations of library materials. Print copies available at Circulation and Reference.

H

Handicapped, Library Services for

Hold Books
Books being held for patrons at Circulation Desk.

Hours of Operation

I

ICPSR and Vassar College

ILLiad

Interlibrary Loan (Borrowing from Other Libraries)

Interlibrary Loan Staff Directory

J

Journals, How to Find

JYA, Services for Students Studying Abroad

L

Laptop Computers, See Computers in the Library

Learning and Teaching Center

Liaisons
List of librarians acting as liaisons to academic departments and programs.

Library Access Policies

Library Electronic Classroom/Library Teaching Facilities

Library Instruction Services

Lockers and Carrels, Senior

Lost and Found (Circulation Desk)

M

Media Cloisters
State-of-the-art multimedia center, 2nd floor, main library.

Microtext (Microfilm, Microfiche, and Microcards) Collection

Missing Book Search Request Form
Use to request a search for an item you are unable to locate.

Music Library


N

Newspapers
Most current issues of many major papers are shelved in the Newspaper Alcove in the Periodical Room. Other current issues not yet on microfilm are shelved alphabetically in the Current Periodical Room.

O

Off Campus Access to Online Resources
Subscription databases and ereserves are available to the Vassar community from off campus through the proxy server. Log in using your Vassar email name and password. If you have trouble accessing this link from off-campus, email proxysupport@vassar.edu.  For a video tutorial on using the proxy server, see Off Campus Access to Library Databases.

Online Catalog Status Definitions

Open Access
Open Access (OA) is the free, online availability of scholarly work. This webpage has links for finding Open Access material. It also links to resources for authors to find Open Access venues for publishing and to resources for protecting their author rights to their own work.

Online Forms
For use by members of Vassar community. Print forms also available at the Circulation Desk.


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