Library Virtual Tour

• Are enclosed areas for group work.
• Are also available on Level 11.
• Are guided by the Group Work Room Use Policy.
• Can be booked online on our website or by scanning a QR code on the door with your mobile device.
• Book a Group Work Room

• Located near the west entrance of the Library Building.
• Includes access to public telephones and vending machines.

• Are materials such as newspapers, magazines and journals that the Library receives on an ongoing basis.
• Are listed in the Library Catalogue.
• Are shelved alphabetically by title in the Current Serials area.

Phone: (403)329-2263

The library has a leisure reading section on level 10 with a selection of best-selling fiction books that are displayed on revolving shelves alphabetically by author.

Comfortable chairs by the Fiction Collection offer students an opportunity to take a break from schoolwork and enjoy some fun reading in a cozy relaxing area.

• Include books, documents, and older serials with call numbers between QH and ZZ, shelved by subject (Library of Congress Classification System). Rest of main collection (call numbers A - QH) is located on Level 9.
• Are listed in the Library Catalogue.
• Can be signed out.

• Search our online library catalogue.
• Access the Library Homepage.
• Access journal indexes.
• Search the Web.

More search stations are available on Level 9 and Level 11.

• Include Canadian federal and Alberta provincial documents.
• Are listed in the Library Catalogue.
• May be indexed in the Canadian Research Index (also called Microlog Index) and the Statistics Canada Catalogue.

Phone: (403) 329-2263

• Check-out, return and renew circulating library materials using a valid library card.
• Receive answers to general inquiries.
• Check-out and return Reserve materials.
• Book, check-out and return audio-visual materials.
• Pick up and return Interlibrary Loans material.
• Place and retrieve holds on materials that have been signed out.

Phone: (403) 329-2265

• Library entrance is located on Level 10 of the Library Building.
• Library is situated on three levels: 9, 10 and 11.
• Library hours of opening are posted outside the library.

Click on the the maps to explore the Library . . .

• Are enclosed areas for group work.
• Are also available on Level 11.
• Are available on a first-come first-served basis
• Are guided by the Group Work Room Use Policy.

• Collection of audio-visual materials and equipment.
• Listening/viewing carrels.
• Borrowing/booking AV materials at the General Services Desk on Level 10.

Phone: (403)329-2265

• Includes topographical, thematic, historical and geological maps.
• Focuses on Alberta, Canada, the Northwest United States and polar regions.
• Includes some material not listed in the library catalogue.

Ask the staff at the Information and Research Assistance Desk for assistance.

• Include required and recommended readings for University courses.
• Are listed in the online library catalogue under Reserve Lists.
• Have short-term loan periods and higher overdue fines.

Phone: (403)329-2265

• Are also available on Level 9 and Level 11.
• May be booked through the Registrar's Office.

• Includes self-serve photocopier and printer.
• Provides a wall phone for contacting Copy Services for assistance with photocopying.

Print/Copy Centres are located on all three floors of the Library

• Includes self-serve photocopier and printer.
• Provides a wall phone for contacting Copy Services for assistance with photocopying.

Print/Copy Centres are located on all three floors of the Library

Information and Research Assistance Desk

• Obtain assistance and information.
• Access handouts and guides.
• Access the Quick Reference collection listed in the library catalogue.
• Inquire about general library tours.

Phone: (403)329-2263

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ASSISTANCE AND INFORMATION

Ask at Information Services (Reference), if you need:

• An answer to a question. (Questions may be made in person or via Ask Us.)
• Help with a research paper or any informational need.
• Help with the online catalogue or any online information source.
• Help in locating library materials.

The opening hours of the Information and Research Assistance Desk, differ from the Library's opening hours.

HANDOUTS and RESEARCH GUIDES

Popular handouts available at the service desks include:

• Guide to Library Services
• Bookmarks
• Map of Library

Guides are available online on the Library homepage. Examples include:

• Topic Guides (Book Reviews, Search Strategy)
• Tutorials (Searching the Web)

QUICK REFERENCE COLLECTION

Quick Reference Collection items:

• Include popular sources of current information and statistics.
• Are listed in the library catalogue.
• Are located beside Information Services (Reference) to allow easy access by staff and students.
• Cannot be signed out of the library.

Peer Assisted Technology Support Students

PATSS are student assistants that have been trained in both hardware and software issues that library staff often encounter:

• printing problems
• microfiche scanning and printing
• projector and laptop use in group work rooms
• problems with library computer stations, laptops, digital cameras, projectors and video cameras.

High end computer workstations built specifically for creating multimedia.

• Two high end PC computers ( each with 12 GB ram, 6 core processor and two 22inch monitors)
• One high end 27"  iMac (8 GB ram, 4 core processor)
• Two large wacom drawing tablets
• One large format Epson scanner ( scans 11"x17")
• One Axiom 25 Midi Controler

Visit the Multimedia Creation Resources Libguide for resources and tutorials for creating multimedia.

• Are enclosed areas for group work.
• Are also available on Level 11.
• Are available on a first-come first-served basis
• Are guided by the Group Work Room Use Policy.

• Are sources of current information and statistics, arranged by subject.
• Are listed in the Library Catalogue.
• Include general and specific dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, atlases, etc.
• Cannot be signed out of the library.

• Are enclosed areas for group work.
• Are also available on Level 11.
• Are available on a first-come first-served basis
• Are guided by the Group Work Room Use Policy.

The Library has Digital SelfCheck stations that allow students to quickly:

• Check out their own materials
• Make renewels
• View & print their account information