If you need help with research, please schedule an appointment with Mr. Gerald Lincoln, library director or Mr. Randall Dick, reference librarian. The entire library staff is always ready to assist you.
Wireless is available to students only. Initially you will need to have your laptop set up by the Help Desk.
Reserve materials are items your professor has placed on reserve in the library for your use. These items are usually required, supplemental reading materials or items set aside for your research assignments. Reserve materials should be requested at the Circulation Desk. Reserve materials have varying circulation periods depending on the professor's request. Some reserves can only be used in the library. You will be notified of the policies for your reserve item at check-out.
The library does not purchase course textbooks. You are encouraged to purchase your own textbooks.
Whenever the LBC Library does not have a book or a periodical article that a student needs, we will attempt to obtain that item from another library. Books can be borrowed for a specific loan period, but photocopies of periodical articles are yours to keep. There is usually no charge for this service. Requests are submitted electronically, but the materials are sent by mail. Please allow up to two weeks for the materials to arrive. To learn how to submit interlibrary loan requests electronically, please see Mrs. Holly Lessey.
Students and community patrons have the opportunity for three renewal periods. The renewal can be made via the Internet, over the phone, email, or in person.
At the Circulation Desk, located on the right when you first walk into the library.
To return books that have been checked out to you, there is an outside and an internal drop-off box, or you may hand them to the front desk attendant.
Periodicals (journals and magazines) as well as reference books are non-circulating and must be used in the library.
The reference librarian works on Saturdays during the spring and fall semesters according to the calendar schedule.
No, circulation records are confidential by federal law. You may place a recall or hold on the book.
Undergraduate students, alumni, and community patrons receive a two-week check-out period. Graduate students may check a book out for 30 days. Faculty and staff have a 90-day check-out period.
Endnote is a computer program that works with Microsoft Word® and OpenOffice to manage your bibliography and format citations in your papers.
If you need to know the order status of an item you requested, contact Deb Hunt dhunt@lbc.edu. She will check on the status and give you an update.
Yes, the photocopier is in the reference room on the other side of the clock.
Yes, it can accept one dollar bills, quarters, dimes, and nickels. It does not accept pennies or debit cards.
The printer is located in the restricted area behind the Circulation Desk. Library personnel will retrieve the printout and place it in a pick-up box on the counter.
No. However, we ask that you only print essential items and that you use the photocopier ($0.10 per page), not the printer, to make multiple copies.
No. There is no public fax machine.
Students can print from their flash drives by logging into a student access computer. Community patrons may print a limited amount of non-word processing type documents from the public access computers.
Choose the EBSCO link located beneath "Use for Off-Campus Access Only." The barcode number on the back of your ID card is your password for access.
The seating in the reference area and in the small study rooms may be used for silent study.
No, but there is a phone by the elevator in Upper Miller Hall.
Cell phone use is not permitted within the library, but cell phones can be used in the lobby.
There is a set of double doors in the lobby which lead to the stairs. To use the elevator in the library, you will need to ask the front desk attendant to activate it with the digital key.
Covered drinks and a limited amount of food are permitted in the library. We provide coffee and hot water for your use.
