Library Guide for New Philosophy Graduate Students

Hello, my name is Geoff Ross, and I am the Library's liaison to the Philosophy Department. Our goal is to make your research as productive and pleasant as possible. Please never hesitate to contact me with any questions about the library. Also, if there's a book or other resource that you think the library should acquire, please ask.

My email address is gtross@illinois.edu

My phone number is 217-333-9558. 

I'm located in the History, Philosophy, and Newspaper Library, in room 246 of the Main Library.

Graduate students may borrow UIUC books for 16 weeks, and renew them up to 10 times. Although an ever-increasing number of journals are available online, we do still maintain a collection of journals available only in print. Loan period for print periodicals varies: typically unbound issues cannot be checked out, and bound journals circulate for 1-2 weeks. You can renew all library materials (except reserves) by logging into your Library Catalog Account (you must create a password the first time you log in).

Books borrowed from I-Share Libraries circulate for 4 weeks, and may be renewed up to 3 times, for a maximum loan period of 16 weeks.

• For more information on borrowing privileges: http://www.library.illinois.edu/borrowing/students-faculty-and-staff/

Graduate Students who have a Campus Mail address may request books online and have those books sent to their Campus Mail address.

• For more information on Campus Mail book delivery: library.illinois.edu/circ/services/campus_mail.html .

Books - No daily overdue charge on books, but a non-refundable $10 processing fee is assessed at 34 days and the book is “assumed lost.” At this stage a bill to cover the cost of replacement (minimum of $125) is assessed via the University Bursar's Office. Overdue notices are sent by e-mail. Periodicals: $2 for the first hour and $1 for each additional hour, up to a maximum of $50. Replacement cost starts at $300, automatically assessed after 34 days

• Building Use Only material: $10 / day
• Loanable Technology: $15 / day
• Recalled items: $5 / day
• Reserves: Varies by loan type.  Hourly reserves are fined $5.00 for each hour, or any portion of an hour, overdue.
• Video, DVD/CD, audiobook, and other media items from the Undergraduate Library:  approx. $1.00/day

N.B.: If you are going to be out of town for an extended period, you should return your library books to avoid incurring fines in case one of the books is recalled in your absence.

• For more information on fines: http://www.library.illinois.edu/borrowing/overdue-and-lost-items/

For a good overview of this process, see the Library's guide to Requesting a Book not at UIUC.

(Note that we can obtain material from many other academic libraries in the state through the regular online catalog, I-Share, without going through ILL. When you obtain a book or journal through I-Share, it is not considered "interlibrary loan," since the transaction takes place within our own online catalog, even though the material may be coming to you from Northern Illinois University, Illinois State, or one of the other 130+ participating libraries.)

Need an article from a journal that the Library only has available in print, but don't have time to come in? We will deliver the article to your email inbox! Use the DocExpress service to initiate a request.

You can also place ILL requests directly through WorldCat. This is a "union" or combined catalog for thousands of libraries that share cataloging records. Note that you can search the title of a journal in this database to find out which libraries own the journal, but to identify articles in a journal, you need to use one of the article databases.

To find dissertations and theses (including many that are available online), use the following:

Graduate students may request a Library Carrel in the Main Stacks. Library Carrels provide quiet, private study space that is near the Main Library research collection. For more information on getting a Library Carrel: library.illinois.edu/circ/services/carrels.html

Frequently Asked Questions about the Library: library.illinois.edu/learn/intro/faq.html.