Directions & Parking

Unaffiliated borrowers may check out materials by purchasing a NC Adult Resident Borrower's Card or North Carolina Community College student card. More information can be found in the given links. You may also call us at 910-962-3270.

As a student in the UNC system, you are eligible for a free Cooperative Borrower's card as long as you are in good standing with your home university's library. Please see our policy page for further details and requirements.

Yes, Randall Library is a public facility and welcomes high school students to use its information resources in the building. View our High School Students policy for more information.

In order to use your borrowing privileges, you need to present a valid form of identification at check-out, such as the University OneCard for faculty, staff, or students, a borrower's card for visitors, or a state-issued picture identification card (e.g., a driver's license).

For more information, please see http://library.uncw.edu/policies/borrowing_policies. 

• 5 visitor computers are located on the first floor of the library.
• Visitors must register for a free account at the Circulation Desk.
• The session time limit on these computers is one hour, and visitors are limited to a total of two hours daily.
• These computers have internet access and MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Access software. There is no other software available on these computers.

• Visitors must purchase a copy/print card for $2.00 at the value transfer station near the Circulation Desk.  
• Visitors must also add money to the card before using the Visitor iPrint station.
• The printing cost is $.10 per printed page for black and white prints and $.25 per printed page for color prints.
• The print station is located next to the visitor computer area.
• Instructions on printing are available at each visitor workstation.

Yes. Just select “seahawkguest” from your wireless connections on your laptop. Read more about wifi access. 

For visitors from affiliated institutions, you can select the eduroam network. Use your home institution credentials to login and get internet access, as well as access to library resources.

Visitor computer users can save materials either by emailing to your personal email account (ex. Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) or by saving to a CD ROM or flash drive (you will need to bring your own). Visitor computers are not equipped with floppy or zip drives and do not allow downloading software.
 

Copying charges are $.15 per page at the coin copier and $.10 when the visitor card is used. UNCW students can use their iPrint money to make copies for $.08 per page.
 

• Color printing is available from all iPrint stations. You may choose to print in color from any of the library’s computers, including those for visitors. 
• When sending the print job, select the COLOR print driver (the default is the B&W driver).
• When using My Print Center, in the “print options” section, select the option for “color.”
• Pick up your print job.
• Color copies cost $.25 per side for Students, Staff & Faculty.
• Visitor printing costs are $.25 per side for color.

• If you are not a UNCW student, faculty or staff member, you can use the Visitor's Lot (Lot M) located off Riegal Road and Price Drive (near the intramural fields). 
• There are also a few metered spaces in the lot on the north side of the library (Lot D) off Randall Drive. 
• More information on parking can be found at http://uncw.edu/parking/visitorparking.html.

• Photocopiers are located on the first floor of the library in the Learning Commons.
• There is one coin operated copier located in the Learning Commons ($0.10 a copy).
• All other copiers require a UNCW One Card or visitor card. They can be found in the Learning Commons.
• Copying charges are $.15 per page (coin copier), $.10 per page (visitor card) and $.08 when the UNCW One Card is used.
• You may deposit money to your card in the library at the Value Transfer Station. UNCW patrons can add money to their UNCW One Card online and can use iPrint money for photocopying.
• One Minolta Microform copier ($.10 a copy) and Two Digital Microform Machines connect to iPrint are located on the second floor near Government Documents.
• High-volume copying (as opposed to smaller printing needs) may also be done the iPrint Business Center, located in the back of Randall (near TAC), for B&W 1-2 pages $.27 per side, 3+ pages $.10 per side; Color $.45 per side.

You can find driving directions, campus maps, parking information and a detailed Google map on this page: http://library.uncw.edu/directions

To check the hours for a specific day, see the library hours calendar.

Hours vary during the summer, and when classes are not in session.

During the semester, access between 10:00pm - 7:00am Sunday - Thursday and 6:00pm - 9:00pm on Fridays is restricted to UNCW students, faculty, and staff.

If you have a NC Resident's or other type of visitor Borrower's Card, you login to your Library Account by entering:

• Your last or first name:
• Your ID (barcode from your Card)
• Your Library PIN

What if I have forgotten my Library PIN?
How do I create my library PIN?

1. Access the PIN Login screen
2. Enter your first or last name
3. Enter your ID (the barcode on your Borrower's Card)
4. Enter a library PIN up to 30 letters, numbers, or both. Do not use symbols.
5. If this is the first time you have set a PIN, the next screen will ask you to enter the PIN twice.
6. Your PIN is now set.

If you have any difficulty, please contact the Research Help Desk at 910-962-3760. 
 

• Visit this page to request a PIN reset.
• An email will be sent to your email address with a link that will allow you to choose a new library PIN.
• Your Library PIN will allow you to View your Library Account and renew items.