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Welcome to The Libraries
Davis Library Circulation
www.lib.unc.edu/circ/
Davis Library Circulation Desk is command central for fre
quently asked questions about the Library and its services. See
Circulation staff if you have any questions, or phone 962-1053.
The following policies apply to materials available through
Davis Library. Policies may differ in other campus libraries.
Laptops and Wireless Network Cards: The
Circulation Desk loans laptops and wireless network cards for
three-hour use. Laptops are for building use only.
Library Cards: UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, students, and staff
use their UNC One Cards. North Carolina residents may pur
chase a Non-Affiliated Borrowers Card for 1 10.00 at Davis
Library, the Health Sciences Library, or the Law Library.
Loan Periods: 30 days for undergraduates, staff and most
other borrower categories; 90 days for graduate students; and
180 days for UNC-Chapel Hill faculty.
Recalls and Holds: All books are subject to recall for other
users and Reserves. Due date changes are printed on notices
and supersede the date stamped in the item.
Renewals: Books may be renewed if not on hold for
another patron or for Reserves. Renew books in person, or,
if they are not overdue, by phone (962-LIBS), or online at
www.lib.unc.edu/circ/renew.htm (select "Borrower Self
Service").
Returning Books: Return Davis books to the Circulation
Desk. When the Library is closed, use the book drops near the
exit and behind Davis Library near the ATMs.
Geographic Information Systems (CIS)
The GIS section of the Davis Library Reference
Department collects spatial and statistical data for use
in Geographic Information Systems. Geographic
Information Systems are used for creating maps and
performing spatial analysis. Two dedicated computers
with GIS software are in Davis Reference.
www.llb.unc.tdu/rtferenei/git/
Periodicals
Reading Room
Need to read a French newspaper?
How about a journal article in
Portuguese, Russian, Italian, Arabic,
or Chinese? We can help. The
Periodicals Reading Room, located to
the right as you enter Davis Library,
contains journals and newspapers
from all over the world. In fact, our
collection of East Asian materials is
so large an entire wall is devoted to
it. A wide range of subjects is repre
sented by tides such as American
Cinematographer, Black Scholar,
Farm Bureau News, and Business
North Carolina.
We subscribe to nearly 20,000 serials,
with over 4,500 shelved in the
Reading Room. The rest are sent to
other campus libraries.
Assistance is available during
library hours. For serials informa
tion call 962-1067 (Monday-Friday,
9 a.m - 5 p.m.) or Davis Reference,
962-1151.
Work continues to expand our collection of spatial
datasets from commercial sources and governmental
sources at the Federal, state, and local leyels. Spatial
data holdings are listed and briefly described on the
Web atwww.lib.unc.edu/reference/gis/spatialdata.html •
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www.lib.unc.edu/services/ils.html
UNC-Chapel Hill faculty, staff, and students needing a book or a journal article that is not held in the Libraries may
use Interlibrary Borrowing to obtain these materials. Submit requests online (www.libunc.edu/servicesils.html)-
Requests that can be filled at Duke, NC Central, and NC State universities usually take two to four working days. It
usually takes two to three weeks for materials to arrive from other libraries. Allow more time for unusual or spe
cialized materials. There is usually no charge, but if there is one you will be contacted for authorization. For further
information about requesting materials from other libraries, call 962-1326 or send email to uncilb@unc.edu. For
very fast delivery of journal articles, try one of the Libraries’ full-text databases such as Expanded Academic ASAP.
First Search and UnCover-Web will provide rapid access to many articles for a fee.
Sorrowing! from Local ami UNC librarier.
www.lib.unc.edu/services/ils.html
UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff may borrow library materials directly from Duke University and from
any campus of the UNC System, including NC Central and NC State universities. Use your UNC One Card as your
library card at these institutions. Ask about the policies of the lending library before you check out its materials.
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Government Documents
The Documents Section of the Davis Library
Reference Department holds print, micro
form, and electronic documents from the
U.S. government and from international orga
nizations such as the United Nations and the
International Monetary Fund. The collection
also holds selected materials from the 50
states of the U.S.
The Electronic Documents area near the Reference
Desk contains public computers for searching U.S.,
international, and state documents on CD-ROM
and disk. Internet sites for state, international, and
U.S. government documents are easily accessible
www. lib. u n c . edu/reference/gov info/
www.lib.unc.edu 2002-2003
through the Documents home page. Records for
U.S. government documents from 1976 on can be
found in the Libraries’ Online Catalog. Major
indexes to government publications, including
GPO Monthly Catalog, Congressional Universe,
and Statistical Universe, are available from the
Libraries’ Electronic Indexes and Databases page
(eresources.lib.unc.edu/eid/)-
Help is available for any of these resources at
the Davis Reference Desk, by phone (962-
1151), or by email (refcrence@unc.edu)-