Late night finals hours are here!

We've heard your requests and now we're taking action. From November 30 - December 11 Atherton Library will be adding more more hours to our schedule to give you a place to study as you prepare for finals.


November 30 - December 11
Sun: Noon - 9 pm
Mon-Thu: 8 am - 10:30 pm
Fri: 8 am - 7 pm
Sat: 9 am - 5 pm

Normal library services will be provided until 9 pm. After 9 pm you will not be able to borrow materials or pay fines. Printing and photocopying will be available until 15 minutes prior to closing.

*As usual, only bottled water is permitted in the library.

Thanksgiving holiday

Atherton Library will be closed on November 27-28 (Thursday-Friday) in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. The library will reopen at 9 am on November 29.

Gobble, gobble...Happy Thanksgiving!

Credo Reference is here!

This is an award-winning collection of over 300 online reference books. The database contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, and books of quotations, as well as a variety of subject-specific titles covering everything from the arts to accountancy and law to literature. It also has an image collection, maps, customizable data, and audio pronunciation files.

Medicine:

On campus - Click a title below for direct access.
Off campus - Click here to access our catalog and search by title.

The American Heritage Medical Dictionary Baillière's Midwives' Dictionary Black's Medical Dictionary, 41st Edition Black's Veterinary Dictionary The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing Collins Dictionary of Medicine Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations Dictionary of Medicine, Peter Collin Publishing Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary International Dictionary of Homeopathy Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition Mosby's Dental Dictionary Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions Mosby's Emergency Dictionary Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, The Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary

HPU Common Book - The Omnivore's Dilemma

This year's Common Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan is an exploration of the different methods of food production found in the United States today. The author takes us behind the scenes of today's industrial monoculture and shows us how the crops and animals raised by today's farmers and agricultural corporations ends up as food on our dinner tables. Especially enlightening is his description of the consequences of the agricultural subsidies promoting the growing of corn. This corn is found in the majority of the food products we consume each day. It turns out that Americans, not Mexicans, are the true "people of the corn."

Copies of the Common Book are available for 3 day loan at Atherton and Meader Libraries. Go to the Circulation Desk to check it out.

Click here for more information about HPU's Common Book program.

HPU Common Book: The Omnivore's Dilemma

This year's Common Book, The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan is an exploration of the different methods of food production found in the United States today. The author takes us behind the scenes of today's industrial monoculture and shows us how the crops and animals raised by today's farmers and agricultural corporations ends up as food on our dinner tables. Especially enlightening is his description of the consequences of the agricultural subsidies promoting the growing of corn. This corn is found in the majority of the food products we consume each day. It turns out that Americans, not Mexicans, are the true "people of the corn."

Copies of the Common Book are available for 3 day loan at Atherton and Meader Libraries. Go to the Circulation Desk to check it out.

Click here for more information about HPU's Common Book program.

How do I borrow books?

All that is required for you to borrow library books is a valid HPU ID card. Bring your card along with the books you want to borrow to the library's front desk. If you are a first time borrower staff will ask you to complete a form to set up your library account. If you've borrowed books before but doing so for the first time this semester staff will verify that your contact information is current before proceeding with the transaction. It's that quick and easy.

Here are a few more things you should know if you plan to borrow books:

• Loan Period = 28 days
• Renewal Periods = 14 days (undergradate) or 28 days (graduate)
• Late Fees = $0.25 per item, per day

Click here for our more information.

You can also request books from Meader Library, downtown campus. Delivery takes 2-3 days. Inquire about our Book Delivery Service at the front desk.

Please come see us if you have any other questions about our services. Or call 236-3505 during library hours.

Does the library have textbooks?

Have you ever been told to check the library first before buying one of the textbooks for class? We all know that buying books is one of the major expenses for students like yourself. Textbook prices are skyrocketing and in today's economy everyone's looking for a way to save some money. So why pay for something you can get for free, right?

Well, the truth is the library generally will not purchase any of your textbooks for our collections. We purchase textbooks only if there is a lack of any other substantive literature in that field. Since there are thousands of books published every year and our budget is limited, we choose to use our resources to purchase books that support what you learn in class rather than books that are used directly in your instruction, i.e. textbooks. There is always a slim chance that we might have a copy of your textbook. To find out go to our library catalog and search for it by title. One caveat is that even if we do have your textbook it will often be one or two editions old.

The exception to this rule is our Course Reserves collection. This collection is comprised of books faculty place in the library for their students to use. Your instructor will tell you if they've placed any books in the library on "Reserve." Check with them if you don't know. When you're ready to use a reserve book come to the library and give your Instructor's Name and Course Number to the person at the front desk. We will hold your Student ID Card while you use the book in the library. Reserve books cannot be taken outside the library.

So if you want to see if we have one of your textbooks in the library:

• Check with your instructor to see if it's on reserve. If it's on reserve, go to the front desk with your ID card and request it by Instructor Name or Course Number.
  
• If they haven't placed it on reserve, go to our library catalog and search for it there. If we have it in our collection, and it's not on reserve, you'll be able to borrow it for up to 28 days.