Library Home Page

http://www.library.georgetown.edu/

NOTE: The new Georgetown campus in Qatar opened on August 15, 2005. The library in Qatar has a separate homepage, which is structured the same as the current home page and will use the same IP range as the Washington DC campus. These students have the same access as any other Georgetown student studying abroad. More information will be added to this page as it becomes available.

Phone/Email

Reference email/webform for referrals: reference@georgetown.edu
Reference: 202-687-7452
Circulation: 202-687-7607
Reserves: 202-687-7644
All service points: http://www.library.georgetown.edu/resource/ref.htm

Catalogs

George (Main Campus Libraries):
George contains records for Dahlgren Memorial Medical Library, however the medical library is not participating in the VR consortium. On order and in processing records are visible in the public catalog.
http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/

Aladin (Washington Research Library Consortium Catalog - Used for Consortium Loan Service (CLS) searches):
GOCard # is used for authentication. There are two numbers on the card. Use the 9 digit number which begins with the number 8 when requesting material from CLS.
http://catalog.wrlc.org/

Databases

Subject List of Databases
http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/

Alphabetical List of Databases
http://resources.library.georgetown.edu/libdata/

Databases are available for searching by any patron when on campus. Off campus access is limited to Georgetown University faculty, students and staff with one exception: Alumni have remote access to Academic Search Premier through LibraryLink.

Off Campus Access

General Instructions:
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/indexes/instructions/offcampus
For Off Campus Access to the Journal Finder, see note below.

Journal Holdings

http://discover.library.georgetown.edu/iii/encore/app

Location

37th and N Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C., 20057

Research Guides

http://www.library.georgetown.edu/guides/index.htm

Hours

http://www.library.georgetown.edu/geninfo/hours.htm
Self checkout machine available in the entrance lobby after circulation desk has closed.

Borrowing Policies

http://www.library.georgetown.edu/service/borrowing.htm
GU patrons can now page available books from the stacks by clicking on "Request" and entering the requested information.

View Circulation Records

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/screens/myaccount.html

Renew Books

http://catalog.library.georgetown.edu/screens/myaccount.html

Late Fees

Bound periodicals: $4.00 /first day, $2.00 each additional day, replacement charge after 4 days overdue
Circulating items: $0.25 / per day
Interlibrary Loan items: $0.25 / per day
Media: $1.00 / first hour; $0.50 each additional hour
Recalled items: $5.00 / per day
Reserve items, 2, 4 or 24 hour loan period: $1.00 / first hour, $0.50 each additional hour
Reserve items, 3 day loan period: $2.00 / first day, $1.00 each additional day

A block is placed on circulation record if patron owes $100.00 or more in fines.

Course Reserves

https://www.library.georgetown.edu/ereserves/login.htm
The library's e-reserves are now authenticated. For example, when clicking on course reserves in GEORGE (and elsewhere), you will be immediately prompted for NetID and password prior to searching by professor or course for the list of reserve books and e-reserves. Students will only be able to access e-reserves for the courses in which they are registered.

Inter-Library Loan

CLS — For Books
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/wrlc/cls.htm
Georgetown patrons should check for availability using CLS (WRLC Consortium Loan Service) before requesting an ILL.

ILL — For Books
http://www.library.georgetown.edu/forms/ill/

ArticleReach — For Articles
http://arlir.iii.com/

Last Updated: 3 November 2008