College Library

UCLA College Library Information Guide for AP High School Students

Welcome to the UCLA College Library, in the Powell Library Building!

The services and collections of the College Library support the basic research needs of UCLA undergraduates. The library has approximately 200,000 books and 700 periodical subscriptions, in a wide range of subjects.

SAVE TIME AND AVOID FRUSTRATION!

Before visiting UCLA

• Set up a researching schedule by using the Assignment Calculator
• Learn how to use the freely available UCLA Library Catalog to find call numbers and library locations for books and subscriptions to periodicals (magazines, journals and newspapers)--no articles are listed here.
• Learn how to pick a useful periodical index to magazine and journal articles.
• Learn how to use online periodical indexes to locate magazine and journal articles by topic.
• Check the getting started with research table to find magazine, journal, newspaper and other online research materials available through Los Angeles Unified School District, as well as local public libraries.
• Visit the College Library How-to Guides for information on how to search various databases and how to evaluate information.

HOW TO GET A FREE APHS LIBRARY CARD (College Library only)

• Your high school librarian or AP coordinator needs to send us an alphabetical list of all eligible students, on school letterhead. (No Social Security Numbers.)
• Please email or fax the list to: Roy Kartman, Circulation Supervisor,  OR Fax: 310.206.9312. 
• In order to get a library card, APHS students must bring a current photo ID (driver's license, school ID, passport, etc.) to the College Library Circulation Desk after we have received a list from their school.Cards are issued for 1-year, September to September.

Any student not on the list or lacking a valid ID will not receive a library card - no exceptions.

College Library hours

We suggest that students visit College Library when the reference desk is open. During each 10-week Quarter, reference desk hours are: Monday - Thursday 9 am - 8 pm, Friday 9 am - 6 pm, Saturday and Sunday, 1 pm - 5 pm. Hours are shorter during intersessions, summer and holidays. Call 310.825.1323 to verify reference desk hours.

HOW TO CHECK OUT BOOKS

College Library books can be checked out for 2 weeks and are renewable online if there are no holds on them. Go to the UCLA Library Catalog, click on My Account and log in with your library card number. Remember to return books through the book return at the Circulation Desk, or when the library is closed, through the outside book return on the west side of Powell Library Building.

HOW TO MAKE PHOTOCOPIES

Periodicals (magazines and journals) cannot be checked out, but you may photocopy for 16 cents per page, using a visitor BruinCard . Visitor BruinCard vending machines ONLY accept bills: $1, $5, $10 or $20 and do not provide change.

QUESTIONS?

Please inquire at the Circulation Desk if you cannot find a book on the shelf, or if you want information about fees for overdue or lost books. Also, you can email Esther Grassian or phone her at 310.206.4410