Distance Education Borrowing Services - Harriet K. and Philip Pumerantz Library

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Distance Education Borrowing Services

Overdue Information | Requesting Material | IEALC | Online Renewal

Borrowing Periods

2nd year PA students	1 month checkout, no renewals
DPT students	6 week checkout, 1 renewal
3rd year DO	6 week checkout, no renewals
4th year DO	1 month checkout, no renewals
3rd year pharmacy students	6 week checkout, no renewals
4th year pharmacy students	6 week checkout, 1 renewal
3rd/4th year VetMed students	6 week checkout, no renewal
Nursing	6 week checkout, 1 renewal

Students enrolled in distance education programs or who are on rotations may request books and journal articles that are available at the Harriet K. & Philip Pumerantz Library. There is no charge for this service.

Students are responsible for the cost of return postage.
Photocopies of articles do not have to be returned.
If available, Western University-owned materials are sent out within 48 hours; articles are e-mailed, while books are sent via UPS and are limited to two items.
Notification will be sent for materials that are not available.

Overdue Information

If items checked out on your library card are not turned in on or before the scheduled due date, they are considered to be overdue and charges will be accrued on you library account.

Charges on overdue items are $ .25 per day.
Reserve material is $1.00 for each hour item is overdue.
Patrons will have their borrowing privileges suspended when their fines exceed a stipulated block amount..
Notices on overdue materials will be sent out on Friday, every week for 3 weeks as a reminder to return material.
After the third overdue notice the item will be marked lost, and a bill will be sent to the current address in the University system for the price of the item plus a $30.00 processing fee.

Requesting Material

Before requesting material, please check the Online Catalog and the Electronic Resources page to make sure the item you are requesting is available.

Books

Requests for books or specific book information (i.e. a chapter or section, when the entire book is not needed) may be submitted using the library's Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery software ILLiad. Under "New Request" select "Request a Book Chapter".

The citation for books must include the author, title, edition, call number and page numbers when applicable.

Articles

Article citations may be submitted by filling out the Request an Article form.

IEALC

Library users from affiliated institutions of Western University must show proper identification for borrowing privileges. Under an agreement with IEALC (Inland Empire Academic Library Cooperative), students from those schools may have borrowing privileges with a valid interlibrary use card. Upon payment of the appropriate annual membership fees, borrowing privileges are also available to Pomona area health professionals and others who have a legitimate professional need for library materials.

Online Renewal

The Pumerantz Library offers the ability to renew your books outside of the library using the online catalog. To renew your material you will need your user ID number (found on your university ID card) and your library PIN number. To obtain your PIN number please request one by sending an email to circ@westernu.edu or by calling the library during open hours at (909) 469-5323.

Visit the library's online catalog and click on "User Services".
Click "Renew Materials".
Enter your user ID number and PIN, click "List Charged Items".
If you want to renew all material on your account select the radio button "Renew all".
If you want to renew selected material click the radio button "Renew selected items" then click check marks next to the material you would like to renew.
Click "Renew selected items". A summary page will let you know if your renewals were successful.
If your items do not renew successfully please call the circulation desk during library open hours.

Last Updated:03/19/2008

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