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Locating books and articles for your paper

  • Remember that not everything that is listed in the Library databases is in the Library or available online…to find out what the Library has, check the Connelly Library Catalog
  • Give yourself plenty of time for ordering books and journal articles. Here is a general idea of delivery times from fastest to slowest:
      • ONLINE PERIODICAL OR JOURNAL ARTICLES can be printed immediately at home or at the Bucks Campus. Follow this link then select Fulltext Periodicals available thru this catalog.
      • BOOKS AND PHOTOCOPIES OF ARTICLES IN JOURNALS OWNED BY CONNELLY LIBRARY will arrive at the security desk at Bucks in about a week.
      • BOOKS NOT OWNED BY CONNELLY ordered through PALCI will arrive in one to two weeks.
      • BOOKS AND PHOTOCOPIES OF ARTICLES IN JOURNALS NOT OWNED BY CONNELLY or NOT AVAILABLE THROUGH PALCI, must be ordered through INTERLIBRARY LOAN or ordered through a FirstSearch database. Documents ordered through ILL will take two to three weeks or more.
  • If you are using the ILL (Interlibrary Loan) order form in a FirstSearch database, remember to type "PLEASE SEND TO BUCKS" in the "Comments" section.
  • The charge for photocopying articles at Connelly is 10 cents per page. When you pick up your articles from the Bucks Front Desk, please pay the Librarian or the Security Guards, if she is not available. There is no charge for photocopies ordered from Interlibrary Loan.
  • There is no charge for books ordered from Connelly or Interlibrary Loan. Books from Connelly are checked out for three weeks and may be RENEWED ONLINE twice. PALCI books (blue book band) are checked out for four weeks and may be RENEWED ONLINE once. To renew Interlibrary Loan books (yellow book band), you must contact the Interlibrary Loan Service (215-951-1862). Renewals must be requested prior to the due date indicated.
  • All books, even those checked out at Connelly, may be returned to the Bucks Center.
  • You may check your LIBRARY BORROWING RECORD, including overdue fines, online. Pay the Librarian at Bucks for your fines or send a check (made out to "La Salle University") to the Access Services Department at Connelly Library

Connelly Library: Bucks Center: Locating Books and Articles