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Library Resources for School of Education: Off-campus Information

This guide supports the School of Education. It contains resources available at and through the James White Library

Using the Library from Off Campus

To access library databases, articles and make requests for interlibrary loan, you must sign in at the library webpage.  This authenticates you as a registered student of Andrews.  To do following:

  • At the library web page, search for an item at the search bar. Click the Search button
  • A new page opens, and at the upper right side, there's a sign-in button.  Click the button and sign in.
  • You're now recognized as a legitimate Andrews University student.

 

For detail information about library services to distance education students, visit: https://www.andrews.edu/services/library/1_services/distance.html

Requesting an Article

Off-campus students may request copies of articles not found in the Library’s online databases through the Article Request Link.

Students are entitled to a maximum of 20 articles per week.  Refer to Distance Learner policy page on the website for full detail of policies for distance education students.

 

Request a Book

If you're 100 miles away from the campus and with a U.S. or Canadian address, you make request to borrow circulating books that are "available" in the catalog and in-house. You may request up to 50 items per week for a period of four months with one renewal.

Procedure

  • Log in to the Document Delivery Loan Request page
  • On the menu bar, select Request
  • Click the downward arrow to select New DE Loan Request
  • Fill the form and submit

Your books will be mailed to your contact address on file using a secured mailing system.

if you have any problems, send an email to: ill@andrews.edu

Document Delivery to Off-campus Students

Distance: Document delivery to off-campus students who live more than100 miles away from campus and with U. S, or Canadian address

Eligibility: Currently validated Andrews ID card and an Andrews username and password

Document Delivery:  Books are delivered via UPS which usually take about 3-4 days to the address on file. Journal articles are delivered electronically to your Andrews email account.

What you can Request: You may request to borrow circulating books that are ‘available’ in the catalog and in-house

Journal Articles: Print journal articles can be scanned and delivered to you via e-mail.

Loan Period: Books are loaned for four months with one renewal. Date due is when the book must be back in the library. Allow sufficient time for travel.

No. of Requests:  Up to 50 items and 20 journal articles per week.

Returning Materials: Request the library to send you a prepaid return label via email a week before the due date (on the book strap).

Recall: after three weeks. When a book is recalled, the new due date is three days after the recall invalidating the date on the book strap

Cancellations: Send a notice to ill@andrews.edu

Document Delivery Outside the 100 Miles Geographical Boundary

1. Print journal articles held at the library can be scanned and sent to you via email
2. You may request journal articles not held at the James White Library via Interlibrary loan service
3. You may request portions of books in accordance with copyright regulations. Such will be sent as Pdf. flies via email.
4. Rely on the electronics resources held at the library – wealth of materials

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James White Library
  • Phone: 269-471-3158