Where’s the Library?
No matter what you’re studying, at some point in your student life, you will have to go to the library. It’s an inevitable step in university, for better and (often) for worse.
Concordia has two libraries—Webster on the Sir George Williams Campus, and Vanier on the Loyola Campus, both of which are open 24/7 and provide many resources.
The library lets you borrow up to 30 documents for three weeks, which are renewable three times if no other student requests them. If the document you are looking for is not available at Concordia, get a CREPUQ card at the circulation desk, which will allow you to borrow documents from any Quebec university. You can also request that the documents be shipped from other universities to Concordia, free of charge, just as you can request documents to be transferred from Vanier to Webster.
If you require more resources, there’s Colombo, which allows you to search the libraries of other Canadian universities. You will then either receive a digital copy of the document, or a printed copy will be shipped to Concordia for you, usually at no charge. The interlibrary loans can also search for resources worldwide. “We have requested items in the past from as far as Australia, China, South America and Africa” says Andréa Harland, head of Interlibrary Loans & Media Services.
Ask A Librarian
The wide span of available resources (such as the academic journals the library subscribes to, of which there are more than 1,000) may seem overwhelming, which is where a librarian can come in handy. Many librarians are specialized in a specific program (such as sociology or political science), and can give you advice about anything from writing papers to information about plagiarism.
All Equipped
There are 210 laptops and 300 workstations available at the libraries, as well as 19 rooms for group study. Booking these rooms can be done online and rooms may be reserved for up to 3 hours. Printing services are offered any time, day or night. Additionally, most textbooks and course packs are on reserve for students. The library also subscribes to various daily newspapers, and after a couple of weeks, they are archived in microfilms, which can be viewed with the library reader, or scanned and sent to you.
Did I say iPad ?
The Concordia Library will be the first in Quebec to offer an iPad-borrowing service. The service, set to begin at the end of September, will allow students to borrow iPads and download whichever application they need. To begin, the library will be stocked with 25, second-generation iPads.
_For more information, explanations, and awesome features, visit library.concordia.ca.
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