Services
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Course reserves
Faculty may provide equal access to highly-used
materials by putting them on reserve. The library staff
provide both physical and
electronic reserve support.
Students can ask for reserves by faculty name or class
number at the circulation desk. They may see what a
professor has reserved by checking the Griffin catalog
under “course
reserves.”
Reserves usually have brief loan periods. The minimum
is one hour; the maximum is one week.
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Exam proctoring
The library no longer proctors WSU distance degree program (DDP) exams. Contact DDP at 509.335.3557 to make arrangements for exam proctoring.
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General services
Please ask our librarians and staff for help.
- Access to the library's book catalog, Griffin
- Access to multiple indexing and journal articles databases on many subjects
- Course reserves
- Electronic and courier document delivery from WSU, EWU Cheney, and SUMMIT libraries
- Equipment to view coursework-related videos and DDP tapes
- Use one of several group or quiet study rooms; request to schedule seminar/study room SAC 313
- Interlibrary loan
- Internet access for faculty, students, and staff
- Photocopying (ten cents per page) see Paying for Printing and Copying
- Professional instructional and reference services. Call for instructions or to schedule appointments.
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Requesting materials
Process
- Click here to search for items and make online requests.
- Begin the process of having a Griffin catalog book sent to Riverpoint (which generally takes two days) by selecting the “request item” button at the top of the screen.
- If the book does not appear within the Griffin system, select “search Summit.” If a library within the Summit system has the book, select “request this item.” The book should arrive at Riverpoint within four days.
- WSU Users and EWU users can request both journal articles not available at Riverpoint and books not found within either Griffin or Summit.
- Include only one item per request form, regardless of the submission method.
- Patrons are responsible for photocopying items available at the Riverpoint Campus Library.
- The Riverpoint Campus Library does not accept phone requests.
Information to include
Include the following information on request forms (item information usually transferred automatically from electronic indexes)
- Personal information (e.g., your complete name, phone number, and whether you are EWU or WSU patron).
- WSU or EWU identification number
- Title
- Author (if available)
- Type of material requested (e.g., journal, book, microfiche).
- Date of publication, pages, volume, issue, etc.
- Date when you will no longer need the item.
- Item’s call number. Journals also have call numbers.
- Item location (e.g., Holland, JFK).
- Name of the catalog or index where you found the item (e.g., Griffin, Medline, PsycInfo). “First Search” is not an index name. If you found the citation in PubMed or Medline, include the PMID number.
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Technology
Reference area PCs
Reference area PCs provide students, faculty, and staff
of EWU and WSU with access to online library
resources.
Two computers are available for use by others if they
are not being used by WSU and EWU affiliates and if the
visitor signs in at the service desk, which constitutes
an agreement to abide by the conditions of use spelled
out on the cover of the registration notebook.
Microsoft Office programs are available on the
reference area PCs in the library. Use many
media-creation programs on our multi-media machine,
which has a scanner.
IT at WSU
Spokane.
Laptops
Students may also check out one of five laptops for a day, or one of ten laptop computers for up to four hours. Faculty may check out a laptop for use in classoom presentations for up to four hours. Read the instructions for use , the user agreement , and policies here.
Modified 7/27/09 rmp
Quick links
Course
reserves
Exam
proctoring
General
services
Requesting
materials
Technology
Regular hours
Mon–Thurs: 8 a.m.–9
p.m.
Fri: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sat: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.
Sun: 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
November Changes
CLOSED Wed Nov 11 Veteran's Day
Open 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Wed Nov
25
CLOSED Thurs-Fri Nov 26-27
