Library Services
The Golden West College Library currently maintains an on-site collection of over 80,000 print and non-print materials to support the educational needs of GWC students, faculty, and staff. The library also provides online databases that index and provide citations and/or full-text periodical articles to view, print, and email. In addition, the Technology Learning Center (TLC) provides word processing and Internet access for students, faculty, and staff. Reference: A librarian is always on duty to offer assistance at the reference desk to help students, faculty, & staff with using the library and are available to help students find relevant books, reference materials, online articles, and appropriate websites for research.
Circulation Desk: Check out and return books, pay fines, and pick up books on hold or requested. Check on the status of Interlibrary Loan Requests. Pick up and pay for printed copies from the library computers. Check out materials that instructors have placed on reserve for students at the circulation desk.
Student Textbook Access Reserve Collection (STAR): Thanks to the GWC Foundation, the library has a textbook reserve collection for two hour in-library use. The Student Textbook Access Reserve collection, known as the STAR collection, currently includes approximately 100 titles from over half of the subjects taught on campus. Stop by and see if we have your textbooks. Students and faculty may also request textbook purchases at the circulation desk.
Media/Periodical Department: DVD's, videos, audio cassettes, CDs, and other media are available for in-library use only. View media items that instructors have placed on reserve. View Coastline Community College course videos for in-library use only. Magazines and newspapers in print format are available for in-library use only.
Copy Machines & Fax Machine: Copy material for .10 cents per page. Color copier available for copying materials for .65 cents per page. Copy machines are located in the Media/Periodicals Dept. Fax machine available for use in the Media/Periodicals Dept for a dollar a page.
Technology Learning Center (TLC) Faculty may schedule library instruction sessions in the TLC. Contact the Instructional Coordinator, x55207. Printing is available for .10 cents per page at the self service printing station.
Mutual Borrowing Agreements
The following libraries are members of the CalWest Consortium. Students, faculty, and staff from each of these colleges may borrow materials from the libraries of any of the member colleges.
Cypress College , Fullerton College, Orange Coast College, Coastline Community CollegeCalifornia State University, Long Beach Golden West College Library and CSULB Library have agreed to provide mutual lending privileges of library materials to students, faculty, and staff of both colleges beginning in Fall 2002.