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A

• Access for Persons with Disabilities
• 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. See Accessing Databases from Off Campus (Video Tutorial). If you have problems, email proxysupport@vassar.edu.
• 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)
  • Requesting Material from the Annex
• Art Library
• Approval Plans for Vassar College
  Description of library book approval plans and weekly YBP approval books for review.
• 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.

B

• Book Drop
  After-hours book return is located on the North side of the library, the side facing Chicago Hall.
• Book Order Requests
• Borrowing From Other Libraries (ILL)
• Borrowing Items Vassar Owns (Circulation)
• Browsing Collection
  Fiction and non-fiction books of current interest located in main hall. 

C

• Carrels and Lockers, Senior
• Catalog Status Definitions
  Definitions of messages in the "Status" box for materials in the online catalog.
• Census Data, How to Find
• Circulation (Borrowing Items Vassar Owns)
  
• Citing Sources (Citation Style Guides)
  
• Classroom, Electronic/Library Teaching Facilities Guidelines
  
• Collection Maintenance Department
• Collections, Vassar College Libraries
  
• Computers and Laptops
  
• ConnectNY

D

• Director's Office
• Disabilities Services in the Library
• Distribution Area
  Holding area in Rm. 60 for books to be reshelved.

E

• E-Journal Finder (now called Journals A-Z)
  
• Electronic Classroom/Library Teaching Facilities Guidelines
  

F

• Faculty Scholarship Database
• Faculty,  Services for
  
• Faculty Student Assistants
• Faculty Studies Online Form
• Forms (Online and Print)
  For use of Vassar community. Print forms available at the Circulation Desk.

G

• Gift Policy
  Policy for books and other material donated to the Libraries.
• GIS Guide (Geospatial and Attribute Data for GIS)
• Government Documents
  • Government Documents Collection
  • Finding U.S. Government Documents
• Guest Borrowers
• Guide to Locations and Library Map

H

• Handicapped, Library Services for
• Help By Subject (Libguides Research Guides)
• Hold Books
  Books being held for patrons at Circulation Desk.
• Hold Shelves, 24 Hour
  Shelves on the 2nd floor bridge near the Media Cloisters where users may leave books for 24 hours.
• Hours

I

• ICPSR and Vassar College
• ILLiad (Interlibrary Loan)
• Interlibrary Loan Policies (Borrowing from Other Libraries)

J

• Journals A-Z (formerly E-Journal Finder)
• Journals, How to Find
• JYA, Services for Students Studying Abroad

L

• Laptop Computers
• Learning, Teaching, and Research Center
• Liaisons
  List of librarians acting as liaisons to academic departments and programs.
• Libguides (Help By Subject)
• Library Electronic Classroom/Library Teaching Facilities Guidelines
  
• Library Instruction and Research
  
• 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.
  • Find Newspapers & Popular Periodical Articles
    
  • Newspapers and Magazines in Microform

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. See Accessing Databases from Off Campus (Video Tutorial). If you have trouble accessing this link from off-campus, email proxysupport@vassar.edu.
• Online Catalog Status Definitions
• Online Forms
  For use by members of Vassar community. Print forms also available at the Circulation Desk.
• 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.

P

• Periodicals, How to Find
• Photocopiers
  Copies can be made on VPrint printers. One copier in Reference area still takes coins. 
• Printing in the Library (VPrint)

R

• Recalls and Holds
• 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.
• Research and Instruction
• Research Consultation Requests
• Research Help (Libguides)
• Reserves

S

• Senior Lockers and Carrels
• Serials Subscription Request Forms
  Not available due to ongoing serials review.
• Serials (Journals) Review
• Services for Faculty
• Services for Students Studying Abroad (JYA)
• Status of Material in Online Catalog
• Style Manuals (Citing Sources)
  

T

• Teaching Facilities/Library Classroom Guidelines
  
• 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 Screening Form
• Visitors, Information For
• VPrint

W

• Wireless Computing
• Writing Center (LTRC)
  Peer-tutoring center staffed by students trained to help other students improve their writing skills located in Thompson Library.