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Student Loan Policies

NOTE: All material in circulation is subject to immediate recall if needed for Reserve.
Circulating Books and Government Documents

  • Books circulate for 21 days for undergraduates and 42 days for graduates, except at the end of the quarter when a final due date may be established.

  • Any book may be renewed unless a hold has been placed on it. There is a limit of 2 online renewals. Additional renewals must be requested in person.

  • Books may be recalled beginning 21 days after the original circulation date if requested by another patron.

  • A search for books not found in the stacks may be initiated at the Circulation Desk. Please submit a printout of the summary screen on OSCAR.

  • A patron may place a hold on a book that is in use if other copies are not available. The requesting patron is notified when the item is available. The book will be held for one week at the Circulation Desk.

  • Books have one bonus day to be returned. Once fines are assessed, they begin from the due date. Fines are $ .50 per day for 4 days, and thereafter $1.00 per day, to a maximum of $15.00 per item.

  • Unpaid fines and charges for books not returned to the Library are periodically sent to the Student Accounts Office with a processing fee of $15.00 per item and additional non-refundable billing charges.

Reserve Materials

  • When a faculty member wants a group or class to have access to short-term, high use material, it is placed on Reserve.

  • Reserve material may be checked out for 2 hours, overnight, or for 1 day, 3 day, or 7 day periods, as determined by the faculty member.

  • Fines for Reserve items are $5.00 for the first hour overdue, or any portion thereof. Fines increase by $1.00 per hour to a maximum of $25.00 per item. Reserve materials that circulate for 1,3, or 7 days have daily fine rates.

Independent Study and Thesis

  • With the approval of a faculty member, books may be checked out to a student on an extended loan. The usual period for this loan is 3 months, or one academic quarter.

  • These items may be recalled after 21 days if needed by another user.

Periodicals

  • Undergraduate Students may only use periodicals inside the library.

  • Bound periodicals can be checked out to graduate students for 3 days.
Microforms

  • Students may not check microforms out of the Library.

  • Most government documents in microformat may be checked out. They circulate for the standard loan period to undergraduates and graduates and are subject to the same restrictions as books.

Reference

  • Reference Books - Reference books are for library use only and may not leave the Library building.

  • Sheet maps - Sheet maps that are listed in OSCAR circulate for 21 days and may be renewed if not needed by another user. Sheet maps that are not listed in OSCAR may circulate for 7 days at the Information Commons Desk.

Special Collections
California Collection, Special Collections, Research Collection, and Thesis Collection - Items in these collections are for library use only. Material is paged at 10:30 am and 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday. Requests may be left at the Information Commons Desk at any time.