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The IU South Bend Franklin D. Schurz Library is an academic library with the mission to prepare and to support the members of the Indiana University South Bend community in successfully meeting their teaching, learning, and research goals, to foster intellectual discovery, and to encourage lifelong learning.
For more about our mission, please visit our Mission Statement and Core Values page.
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If you are an IU South Bend student, faculty, or staff, your ID card should have a library barcode on the back.
In addition, Library Cards are issued to patrons with a valid:
- Indiana drivers license
- Indiana ID
- Faculty, staff, or student ID from Indiana University
- Picture ID from an Indiana high school
Note: Minors without a valid high school picture ID must have a parent or guardian apply, in person and with their own ID, for a borrower's card. Applications, found at the IU Franklin D. Schurz Circulation Desk or the Learning Resource Center, state:
As a resident of Indiana, I hearby submit my child's application for the right to borrow materials from the IU South Bend Libraries. I agree that my child will comply with all its rules and regulations. I agree to pay all fines, to make good any loss or damages (at current replacement cost) to materials, and to give immediate notice of any changes of address. I understand my child's borrower's card give him/her the ability to request an account to have unfiltered access to the Internet.
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Yes.For smooth service, we encourage you to always use your library card. However, in the absence of your card, you may provide a picture ID to our staff.
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The IU South Bend Franklin D. Schurz Library uses the Library of Congress classification/call number scheme to organize the book and periodicals collections. A Library of Congress call number consists of a combination of letters and numbers to designate specific subject areas. The first letter(s) in a call number correspond(s) to broad subject areas. For a more detailed outline of the LC classification / call number system, see the Library's Library of Congress Classification Outline.
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Photocopiers available for public use on the ground floor, first floor (in the Reference room), and the second floor (in the southeast corner).
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There is no limit to the number of books you can check out. The loan periods are as follows:
Books and Government Publications:
30 days (Indiana residents)
45 days (undergraduates)
120 days (graduates/faculty/staff)
Music Scores:
4 days
Reserve Materials:
As specified per item
Audio CDs, Audio Tapes:
7 days
Videos and Laserdiscs:
4 days
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Renewals may be done at the circulation desk or by calling (574) 520-4440. IU faculty, staff, and students may renew online using the MY ACCOUNT feature of IUCAT. As long as no one else needs the material, you can renew the item as many times as you need to.
Reserve materials cannot be renewed. All items are subject to recall if needed for the reserve collection. When necessary, the library may recall material at any time regardless of whether the item is overdue, has been renewed, or has been checked out to a faculty or staff member. If not returned by the recall due date, a fine of $25 will be charged.
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Yes. For more information, please contact Susan Thomas, Head of Collection Development at (574) 520-5500.
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As a Federal Depository Library, the IU South Bend Library receives many publications issued by agencies of the U.S. Government. These publications, which may include books, maps, posters, pamphlets, and periodicals, contain information on education, population and housing, business trends, space exploration, health and nutrition, energy, and many other subjects.
The main collection of government publications is located on the ground floor of the library, and is arranged by the Superintendent of Documents (SuDoc) classification number system. In this system, publications are grouped together by the issuing agency or department. More information about the SuDoc system can be found on our government publications at the library handout.
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Many materials not available at the IU South Bend Libraries (books, periodical articles, etc.) can be obtained through the library's interlibrary loan service. Videos may be requested from other IU libraries, but some cannot be lent. We will try to borrow videos from libraries outside of the IU system, but the success rate is small. Our interlibrary loan service is free of charge to IU South Bend students, faculty and staff.
Patrons not affiliated with IU South Bend may use the library's interlibrary loan services at no charge, but requests are restricted to materials available in the state of Indiana. Those attending another university should use the ILL services of that institution, even for materials from other IU campuses.
Request forms are available online. For assistance, please ask a Reference librarian.
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The IU South Bend Libraries offer online access to numerous subscription scholarly databases through the drop down menus on the Reference and Research page. IU South Bend students, faculty, and staff can access these databases anywhere they have access to a computer by logging in with their user ID and password. The subsctiption databases offer much more than what is available on the Internet, including full-text articles from peer-reviewed journals and electronic books.
Due to continuous updates to our subscription databases, please check our Reference and Research page or ask a Reference Librarian about what we have available.
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If you have access to the Internet on your home computer, and you are an IU South Bend student, faculty, or staff, you can access Library subscription databases such as Ebscohost and Lexis-Nexis. For detail instruction on how to access databases from off-campus location, please visit http://www.iusb.edu/~libg/services/remoteaccess.shtml.
If you have questions about connectivity, please call the Information Technologies help desk at 520-5555. If you have questions about the content of a database, or a question about formulating searches using the library databases, please contact a Reference Librarian at (574) 520-4441.
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If you are looking for a specific journal or magazine title, such as Journal of Military History or Sports Illustrated, this link will explain the process.
If you are looking for articles in journals and magazines, you will want to use one of our online indexes which are available from our Reference & Research page. To learn which index is most helpful for your topic, contact a Reference librarian. If it is 3 a.m. and your paper is due at 8 a.m. you should visit our selecting a journal database page, which will help to guide you through the process.
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The IU South Bend Franklin D. Schurz Library is located on the south side of the IU South Bend campus on Northside Boulevard across from the St. Joseph River. The Library has no street address, but is west of Ironwood and 20th Street, and is a six-story limestone building with green-tinted windows. For driving directions and parking information, please visit our driving directions page.
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Yes. For more information, on the Library's guest policies, please click here.
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The IU South Bend Franklin D. Schurz Library's hours of operation and closing times vary depending on the semester or whether school is in session. Our current hours of operation are available here.
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The library owns CDs, Videos, and DVDs which are available for checkout. Search the online catalog (IUCAT) to locate specific titles or ask a Reference Librarian for further assistance.
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For more information, on intellectual freedom, please click here.
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For more information, please click here.
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