Library FAQ - Where in the library..?

First, search for books, DVDs or CDs in the catalog.  (For help with the catalog, go to how to search the catalog.  If you need an article, go to the section on finding articles.) Note the location, call number, and status of the book or other item you want.  If the item's status says it's available, you can check it out.  If the status has a date listed under it, the item is currently checked out. 

To find an item that is available, think of the location as the "neighborhood" where the item is and the call number is its "address" in that neighborhood.  For example, the book: 

Children and Television: Fifty Years of Research

is located in the General Collection (neighborhood) and it's call number is HQ784.T4 C512 2007.  The call number is like its address (shelf HQ784) in the General Collection neighborhood.

You can click on the link under the "location" of each item to see a map of that location in the library.  In this case, the General Collection map shows that it is on the 2nd floor of the library.

Books might be in the General Collection, Reference Collection, Recreational Reading or Government Documents collections.  Media materials are located in the DVD, VHS or CD collections.  For maps of the library to help locate these locations, click here. 

• Group study rooms are available for groups of two or more on both the first and second floor of the library.
• Four study rooms on the first floor have been furnished with a computer and dual monitors in order to assist students needing to collaborate. The collaboration rooms at each end of the group of four also have whiteboards which can be used by students practicing their classroom presentations.
• Each of these rooms may be reserved in advance by writing group members' names in the time slots listed on the reservation sheet.
• Reservations may be made as much as two weeks in advance by UNCW students, faculty, and staff. Maximum allowed reservation sign up is limited to 2 hours unless no other group has signed up. Reservations are considered expired is not filled 15 minutes after the start time of the reservation. When a room is not being used by a group, individuals are welcomed to use the room as a study room.
• If your reserved room is occupied at the beginning of your reserved time, please let the individuals in the room know that you have reserved it and are ready to use the space.
• If you are the only member of your group to arrive at the reserved time and the remainder of your group fails to show within a 15 minute timeframe after the reservation start time, you risk forfeiting your reservation.
• For assistance, please ask at the Circulation/Customer Services desk.

• The AV Viewing Room is located on the first floor of the library, on the right hand side wall.
• The room is equipped with 2 small group viewing rooms, four individual viewing stations, and one portable cart with the region free DVD player and monitor. Each individual viewing station has a combo unit that consistss of a DVD and VHS player and a monitor.
• Access to this room is restricted to students, faculty, and staff and is controlled by University ID card.
• The small group viewing rooms are designed to be used by groups of two or more persons while the invidivual stations are for single use. If a single individual is using a group room and a group of two or more arrives, the group has piority over the space and may ask the individual to relocate.
• Although not required to use the equipment, remote controls and headphones are available for checkout with a valid UNCW ID at the Circulation/Customer Services desk.

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A courtesy phone is available in the lobby of the library.

Campus Post Office: http://www.uncw.edu/ba/postal_services/index.htm

 
A group or class view a film without headphones in the Audio/Visual Room.  There are two group sized rooms available inside the A/V Room.  Users will need to make a minor adjustment to the television in these rooms to use them without headphones. Go menu on the tv and turn the sound on. When the group is done please do not forget to turn the sound back off.
 

 Headphones can be checked out at the Customer Services/Circulation Desk.