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Circulation

Circulation Forms:

Book Check Out Procedures
Patrons may check out books for 21 days. These book may be renewed by phone or in person if not requested by another patron. Reserve books circulate for periods designated by instructors. Some reference books circulate overnight with a librarian's permission. Overnight check-outs are due at 9:00 a.m. the next working day. Overdue fines: 5 cents a day; reserve books $1.00 per day. Patrons should complete a "Student Registration Form" before checking out books for the first time. Most reference books and all periodicals are for use in the library buildings.

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iLink Catalog
iLink provides on-line catalog access to the books and videos in the Libraries, updated immediately. Accessible from any Internet computer, it contains the holding's location and bibliographic information. It has been recently upgraded to provide cover images, reviews, tables of contents, and look-inside-the-book for many items.

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Periodicals
Periodicals include popular magazines, professional journals, newspapers and other works published on a regular and continuous basis, usually more than once per year. Cochise College Libraries have over 300 periodicals, some on microfilm. Periodicals are for use in the library.

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Periodical Holdings List
The Periodical Holdings List is a directory of the periodicals housed at the Libraries.

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Microfilm Reader/Printers
Microfilm reader/printers are available at both campus libraries. Copies are 10 cents per page.

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Intercampus Loans
Patrons may borrow materials from any Cochise College Library facility. Materials between the two main campuses usually take 24 to 36 hours Monday through Friday.

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Reserve Materials
Many instructors put materials "on reserve" in the libraries for their students. The instructor specifies who can and cannot use the material and the instructor sets the check out period. Reserve materials can be books, magazine articles, papers, rocks, videos, skeletons, etc. Search by instructor or course number on iLink or ask at the Circulation Desk.

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Circulation Desk Services
In addition to checking out library books (for 3 weeks at a time), audio cassettes (for 1 week), and periodicals (for in-library use only ), students may arrange to use computers, typewriters, cassette tape players, reserve materials, and calculators at the Circulation Desk. Patrons should go to the Circulation Desk to ask questions, to pay for copies, to ask for help with photocopiers or computer systems, to make transparencies (25 cents each), and to ask for reserve materials.

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Call Numbers
Call numbers are the classification codes used to identify materials in the library. A call number assures materials on the same or similar subjects are shelved in the same general area. The call number listed by each entry in iLink corresponds to the call number on the label of each item and provides an "address" for each item. To form call numbers, the Library of Congress Classification System assigns a letter of the alphabet to each of its 21 broad subject classes. The addition of a second letter further defines or narrows the topic. A second line consisting just of numbers separates the class divisions into even smaller topics. Other alphabetical and numerical notations indicate author, title, date, and copy number. EXAMPLE:

Q	=	class letter for the subject "science"
QB	=	class letters for the subject "astronomy"
641	=	class number for the subtopic "Mars"
.B34	=	author number for the author "Baird"
1982	=	year of publication
c.2	=	Cochise College copy number

Browsing
"Browse: to look over books (as in a store or library) esp. in order to decide what one wants to buy, borrow or read." (Webster's Third New International Dictionary).

Since library books are arranged on the shelves by topic or subject, librarians often recommend "browsing" the shelves as a method of finding material. Refer to iLink, the Library of Congress outline, the LC subject heading books or the librarian for information concerning specific subject areas.

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Internet Access
Twenty-two computers are available at the Sierra Vista Campus Library and thirteen at the Douglas Campus Library. All have full Internet access and Microsoft Office Suite installed. Computers must be signed out at the Circulation Desk. Time may be limited to one hour of use based on demand. The first 5 sheets of print out are free, $.05 per additional sheet.

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