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Checking out books
- Your UMaine card is your library card.
- As graduate students you can check out book from Fogler Library for the entire semester.
- You can renew your books online by clicking on the link for User Services.
- If someone requests the book then you will be asked to return the book sooner.
- If a book is already checked out from Fogler, you can place a request on the book at the circulation desk.
- If the book is held by the University of
Maine System at a different campus, you can use the request button
at the top of the page to have the book sent to Fogler. You will need
to type in the 14 digit number on the back of your UMaine card.
You will be notified when the book arrives.
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Interlibrary Loan
- Books and journal articles that are not owned by the Raymond H. Fogler library may be borrowed from other libraries.
- Follow the link to fill out the form Interlibrary Loan.
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Connecting to Databases Remotely
- You can connect to the databases remotely
- You will need to use the 14 digit number on the back of your UMaine card.
- You will also need to make
sure that your library account has been activated. If you have checked out a book, this was done automatically. If you have not checked out books
you can have your UMaine activated at one of the circulation desks.
- Once circulation has scanned in your account number you will be able to access the databases remotely in 2-3 days.
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Printing
- Your UMaine card is used for
printing articles from the databases.
- Every semester $16 is placed in your account for printing.
- Printing on the library printers is $.04 a page.
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Locating Print Journals in Fogler
- The journals are shelved in alphabetic order unless otherwise noted in
URSUS.
- The stairs to the journals are located in the older part of the
library. You can only get to Floors 1b and 2b through these
stairs.
- Floor 1 contains A -- Chemical Society Journal
- Floor 1b contains Chemical Society Proceedings --
Journal of Reprints for Anti-Trust Law and Economics
- Floor 2 contains Journal of Reproduction and
Fertility -- Physical Review
- Floor 2b contains Physical Review A -- Zygon
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Photocopying
- Your UMaine card is used for photocopying journal articles.
- The $16 that is added to your account every semester for printing cannot be
used for photocopying
- You can add money to your Campus Fund at the VTS machines. There is a
machine in the circulation area and another in the Memorial Union next to the
ATM machine.
- You can also add money at the UMaine card office.
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