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Library 101

Find out about our resources and services here!

Your Library Account

Students, staff, and faculty are automatically given library accounts.

Your Vanguard ID is your library card. When you want to check out books, bring your ID card to the front desk.

For instructions on how to access your library account to renew books, make and save lists or view your search history, visit the Book Renewals page on this guide.

Circulation Policies

Books in the Main Stacks

  • Check out length: 3 weeks
  • Limit number: 50 items on account
  • Renewals: 2 renewals (if not requested by someone else)
  • Overdue Fines: 25₵ / day
  • Holds: Books on hold for you will be held for 1 week.

Note: Vanguard faculty, staff, and grad students can check out books for 4 months.

Course Reserve Books

  • Check out length: 2 hours
  • Limitations: Reserves cannot leave the Library
  • Overdue Fines: $1 / hour overdue
  • Location: Reserves kept behind the Circulation Desk, please ask for assistance.

DVDs in the Main Stacks

  • Check out length: 3 days
  • Limit number: 3 DVDs on account
  • Renewals: No renewals allowed. Please return DVD before checking it out again.
  • Overdue Fines: $1 / day

Headphones and Flash Drives

  • Check out length: 2 hours
  • Renewals: 2 renewals
  • Limitations: Library Use Only (they cannot leave the Library premises)
  • Location: Circulation desk

Print Journals

A list of all our journals (both print and electronic) is available on the Journal Portal. While most are digital, we do have a fair number of journals available in print.

You can also easily view recent journals and their contents through BrowZine.

If you need a print journal, let a library staff member know the journal title, the year, and the journal volume you need.

  • Limitations: Print journals cannot leave the library.
  • Services: A staff member can retrieve the print journal issue for you.
  • Copying/Scanning: Articles from journal issues can be copied or scanned to a flash drive.

Reference Books

  • Limitations: Reference books can only be used inside the Library
  • Locations:
    • Biblical Studies Room
    • Spanning around the left side of the west wing