First Year Seminar (First Year Library Survival Guide)

There are 13 iPrint stations located in Randall Library.  On the first floor there are 6 iPrint stations located in the Learning Commons and one next to Java City Coffee Bar (all identified with an iPrint banner). There are 3 copiers which can also be used for iPrint, two are located in the Learning Common near the Help Desk and one back near TAC. There is also a guest iPrint station located near the guest computers. On the second floor there is an iPrint station outside of Special Collections and one in the Graduate Computer Lab. Please see the Randall Library floor maps for locations of these areas.

Go to the TAC located on the first floor of Randall Library. 

See UNCW's ITSD "Connect to UNCW's Wireless Networks" webpage.

See UNCW's How do I use iPrint page.

Students may use the Value Transfer Station near Circulation to add money to their cards or do so online at uncwonecard.blackboard.com, which requires a minimum deposit of $5.00. During business hours, Auxiliary Services accepts money and add it to students’ cards.

Randall Library generally does not purchase textbooks for UNCW classes. However, the library does have some textbooks. There is no textbook section in the library to browse.

In order to determine if your textbook is available in the library follow the steps listed on this page: Find your Textbook.

For students, faculty, and staff at UNCW, there is no limit to the number of books you can check out from the General Collection.  Featured new books, DVDs, VHS tapes and CDs have a limit of 7 items checked out at one time, in any combination (for example, 4 DVDs and 3 CDs).

Non-university borrowers may check out a total of 4 items from any part of the library's collection.  The only exception to this is Government Documents; all users may check out an unlimited number of materials from Government Documents.

There are three ways to renew library items:

1. Log on to your library record, check the items to renew, click renew; or
2. Call the Circulation desk @ 910.962.3272; or
3. Contact us via chat or email.

 The following equipment is available to check out at TAC on the first floor of Randall Library:

• Laptop computers (Dell and Apple) – 4-hour checkout for students
• Headphones – 4-hour checkout for students/ faculty/staff.
• Flip video cameras - 7-day checkout for students / faculty / staff
• Flash drives – 3-day checkout for students/ faculty/staff. 

*eReaders are available at the Circulation Desk for a 14-day checkout only by UNCW students, staff, and faculty.

• Group study rooms are available for groups of two or more on the second floors of the library.
• They can be reserved online via our Group Study Room Reservations calendar.
• The rooms may be reserved and used by currently enrolled students, staff and faculty of UNCW.
• Reservations are for a maximum of two hours a day per group, and no more than 2 reservations per group per week.
• Reservations can be made up to 2 weeks in advance.
• View our Group Study Room Use and Reservation Policies page for more information.

• Go to Course Reserves or click on Course Reserves on the library homepage.
• Find your reserve item by: Department | Instructor.
• When the copyright message displays, click "Accept" to view the course page.
• The course page displays and lists all materials on reserve.
• Web link format -- This item is available in one of the full text databases to which the library subscribes. When you click on the link, you will see the article in the database or the scanned image of the article.  Follow the instructions in the database to print or email the article.   
• Read the article online, save or print it. If you wish to magnify the image online, in Adobe Acrobat click on the icon with the magnifying glass and + sign, then click inside the article window.
• If you are having problems with this link, please delete cache and cookies, close/open the browser, and try again.