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Welcome to the
Woodbridge Campus Library
On Line Tour
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Woodbridge Campus Library
  • Welcome to the Woodbridge Campus Library.


  • This tour will show you around the library and give some basic information about library collections, policies, and hours.


  • It will begin at the entrance to the library.


  • Tour sheet answers will be highlighted in RED.
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Woodbridge Library Map
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Circulation Desk Area
  • The tour will start with the circulation desk, which is on your left as you enter.
  • Here you check out books, magazines, audiovisual materials, and reserve items on the shelves behind the counter.
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Library Check Out
  • In order to check things out of the library, you need an updated library card.
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Library Card
  • Your student identification card is also your library card.
  • Bring your card to the library to have the bar code on the back entered into the library computer system.
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Temporary Library Card
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Borrowing Rules
  • As a currently enrolled student, you can borrow up to a total of 10 items including:
    • Books (3 per subject for 3 weeks)
    • Audiovisuals (3 for 1 week)
    • Magazines (5 for 1 week)
    • Newspapers (5 for 1 week)
    • Pamphlets (3 for 1 week)
  • Borrowing rules are on our library bookmarks
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Reserve Section
  • Located behind the Circulation Desk are the Reserve shelves.
  • Faculty place print and AV items for class use.
  • You will have to sign a card for all reserves and only use them in the library.
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DVDs in the Reserve Section
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Copiers
  • Across from the Circulation Desk are two copiers which take nickels, dimes, quarters or dollar bills or plastic copy cards.


  • Copies are 15 cents each.


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Diebold Copy Card Machine
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Newspaper Rack and
CD Rack
  • In front of the copy machine is a rack for daily local and national newspapers.


  • A large stand to the right has music CDs and audiotapes.
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Library Main Floor
  • When you go through the doors at the end of the Circulation Desk counter, you will be in the main floor area of the library.
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Woodbridge Library Map
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Career Area
  • On the right, under the windows is the Career Corner.


  • This three part area is a special collection. Books on a specific subject are put in this separate area for easy use.
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Career Corner
  • Information on individual career books, job skills, and resume writing are taped in red.



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Reference Area
  • To the left of the Career Corner is the Reference section.
  • Encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, chronologies, biographies and atlases are shelved here.
  • Reference books cannot be checked out of the library.
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Library of Congress
Call Number System
  • Books in the Reference section, and other library areas are labeled and filed by the Library of Congress system.
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Books in
Library of Congress Order
  • The Library of Congress call number system, used here at Woodbridge library and most universities, first puts books by broad subjects, using the letters of the alphabet, then by numbers for more specific topics.
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Information Desk
  • To the left of the Reference area is the Information Desk.
  • Librarians there will help in locating print and online sources.


  • There are also free handouts for magazines and newspaper indexes, offcampus access directions, library maps, and research guides.
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Audiovisual Viewing Area
  • Behind the Information Desk is the Audiovisual Viewing area for watching videos, or listening to tapes or CD’s.
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Woodbridge Library Map
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Study Carrels
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Main Book Stacks
  • To the left of AV Viewing, are the main book stacks, where the books that circulate, or go out of the library, are located.
  • As in other library areas, books are arranged by the Library of Congress system.
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Stack Labels
  • There are labels on the sides and top of the shelves to help locate books.
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Audiovisual Shelves
  • To the left of the book stacks are three specific Audiovisual sections.
  • First, are the Extended Learning Institute course videos, then the math videos. These can only be used in the library.
  • At the far back are circulating videos and audiocassettes on yellow labeled shelves. These can be checked out for one week.
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Student Development and
Best Seller Bookcase
  • To the left of the Information Desk is a low bookcase with three other special collections.


  • Student Development reserves, for orientation, are in the front. Books here can be checked out for one week; videocassettes have to be viewed in the library.


  • English Composition (pink sign) with learning audiovisuals for the English language.  These can be checked out for one week.


  • Best Sellers, in the back, can be checked out for three weeks.
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Vertical File
  • Behind this bookcase are the Vertical Files.
  • This is a special collection of pamphlets arranged by 900 subjects.
  • Browse in the file cabinets for your topic and borrow three items per subject for a week.
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Woodbridge Library Map
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Current Magazine Racks
  • Woodbridge subscribes to about 100 magazines and newspapers.


  • The latest magazines are kept in binders on the slanted shelves at the front, and cannot be taken out of the library.
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Magazine Storage Area
  • Older issues are stored in alphabetical order in boxes on the back shelves.
  • Magazines are generally kept here several years.
  • Back issues are usually stored online; some are stored on microform.
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Newspaper Racks
  • At the back of the magazine storage areas are orange hanging folders for the newspapers.
  • Paper issues are kept for three to six months, and can be checked out.
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Microfilm and Microfiche Readers
  • Along the back wall are microfilm and microfiche readers for reading and printing microform.
  • Copies are 15 cents per page. Please pay at the Circulation Desk.
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Computer Area
  • To the left of the magazine shelves is the Computer Index area.


  • Computers are for research. You can find items in the online catalogs, magazine and newspaper indexes, and the Internet.
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Library Computer Printing
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Woodbridge Library Webpage
  • The Woodbridge library has its own website.
  • Links connect to the online book catalog, magazine and newspaper subscription databases, and other useful information.
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Woodbridge Website Address and Remote Access
  • The Woodbridge website is Internet accessible and can be loaded into home computers for free use except for subscription sites.
  • Currently enrolled students can obtain  passwords to get into subscription sites from off campus following these Remote Access directions.
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Library Staff
  • The Woodbridge Library staff welcomes you to our facility.
  • The library is open from 8 AM to 10 PM Monday through Thursday, Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM, and during Fall and Spring semesters, is also open on Saturdays, 9 AM to 3 PM.
  • Telephone reference service and intercampus book loans for NVCC libraries are also available.
  • Thank you for viewing.


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