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Judith S. Young, MLS, Librarian The Dixon School of Nursing Library and the Hospital’s Wilmer Library provide facilities and resources to support the curriculum. The Library should be a quiet environment that is conducive to study. Students may use Seminar 3, the Student Lounge, or the Dixon Library’s conference room for study groups. Cell phone use is prohibited in the Dixon Library. Violators of the rule will be asked to leave and repeat offenders will be fined. The Libraries are open to affiliated schools, including the School of Radiologic Technology, and the Practical Nursing Program of the Eastern Center for Arts and Technology. However those students do not have borrowing privileges. Hours The Wilmer Library is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Under special circumstances, students may access Wilmer Library during off hours by contacting the Hospital Security Office at Ext. 2828. Students must have their student I.D. badge with them when Security arrives or they will not be given access to the Library. Resources The Libraries’ collections consist of books, journals, audiovisual materials, computer programs, and a selection of online journals and databases. Students have access to the online services from any computer in the Libraries or the Hospital. Each Library has an online catalog listing the materials in its collection. Books and audiovisual materials are arranged according to the National Library of Medicine classification scheme. Journals are shelved alphabetically by title. The current issues are displayed on slanted shelves. The preceding issues for the current year are accessible by lifting the slanted shelves. Previous years’ journals are shelved on the regular bookshelves in alphabetical order by title and then in chronological order within a title. The Libraries belong to several library consortia. Journal articles unavailable at either Library may be obtained from another consortia library. Please allow several days for this transaction. Computers with access to the Hospital intranet as well as the internet are available for student use in the Dixon Library. All computers have Microsoft Office 2003. Computers are also available for student use in the Wilmer Library. Please be considerate of other Library users. If you return a book to the shelves, please put it in the call number in which you found it. If you return a journal to the shelves, please be sure it is with the correct title and in the correct chronological order. Borrowing Privileges Audiovisual resources may be borrowed until the next class day. They may not be renewed. This restriction may be waived if material is for use in a seminar presentation. A checkout card is placed in each item that may be borrowed. Please sign it legibly with your name, your class number, and the date that you borrowed it. Overdue notices are sent monthly. If the item is not returned after three notices, it is assumed to be lost. The borrower will be sent an invoice for the replacement cost of the book plus a $5.00 processing fee. Required textbooks, journals, and audiovisuals materials assigned for course use by a faculty member are for Library use only. There are no exceptions to this rule. All materials must be returned to both Libraries after the final exam for each course. Borrowing privileges, final examination grades, course grades and/or diplomas will be withheld until all materials are returned and charges have been paid. Printing and Photocopying Links to Useful Online Resources
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