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Services A-Z List
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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
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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.
P
Periodicals, How to Find
Photocopiers
Copies can be made on VPrint printers. One copier in Reference area still takes coins.
Printers, See Computers in the Library
Printing in the Library (VPrint)
R
Recalls and Holds
Reference and Instruction Services
Reference Department Staff Directory
RefWorks
Tool for creating bibliographies and footnotes in a variety of styles.
Remote Access to Online Resources
Subscription databases and ereserves 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, email proxysupport@vassar.edu. For a video tutorial on using the proxy server, see Off Campus Access to Library Databases.
Research Consultation Requests
Research Guides
Reserves Services
Reserve Department Staff Directory
S
Senior Lockers and Carrels
Serials Subscription Request Forms
Not available due to ongoing serials review.
Services for Faculty
Services for Students Studying Abroad (JYA)
Special Borrowers
Status of Material in Online Catalog
Style Manuals (Citing Sources)
T
Teaching Facilities/Library Classroom
Technical Services
Technical Services is made up of the former Acquisitions and Cataloging Departments.
Telephone Directories (NY State Only)
New York State telephone directories are available in the reference collection.
V
Video/DVD Collection
Video Reservation Form
VPrint
W
Wireless Computing
Writing Center
Peer-tutoring center staffed by students trained to help other students improve their writing skills located in Thompson Library.
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