The Barry Memorial Library Collection
Off-campus students have access to
all of the resources of the Library. The Monsignor William Barry Library
includes approximately 700,000 items, including more than 1,630 periodical
titles, 5,000 audiovisual titles, and over 100 electronic databases.
A significant strength is our outstanding Catholic Americana collection.
Some databases contain the full-text of articles.
Access to electronic databases, journals and other
resources:
Patrons can use a variety of subject specific databases to find journal articles
that have been written on their research topics. To access these databases, select
the Electronic Databases links. To find which of the cited articles are owned
by the Barry Library, choose the Electronic Periodical Directory link. To access
all of these resources on the Library’s web site, visit access.barry.edu,
and login with your username and password. Then, select the link “Library
Web.” For more information about the Library collection and policies, visit
the About the Library section of our web site: http://library.barry.edu
Need help and tips on how to
search electronic databases?
Go to the Getting Help section of the Library web page and click on Database
Search Tutorials or Database Search Tips.
Library Catalog:
bulib.barry.edu/search (Barry Library
Information Services System Web) is the computerized online catalog of the library's
holdings. BLISSWeb can be searched from terminals and computers in the
library, computer labs, dorms and offices across campus, as well at home and
other off campus sites with Internet access. Remember - you MUST have an active BarryNet account to access BLISSWeb
and other Barry Library resources.
Borrowing books as a Distance Student: Intralibrary
Loan
Borrowing materials from the Barry University
Library
IntraLibrary Loan (ILL) is the service by which books and journal
articles owned by the Barry Library are sent to your off-campus site directly
from our Library. You can make ILL requests by completing an online form located
in the Library homepage under the link “Request an Interlibrary Loan.” Please
remember that in order to enter this page, you must login to your BarryNet
account.
If you want to request journal articles (not books), scroll down to the bottom
of the ILL web page. You have the following options for requesting articles:
- E-mail delivery to your Barry
E-mail account using Adobe Acrobat Reader (faster turn around
delivery). Don’t forget that you have a BarryNet
account that already includes an e-mail address.
- Pick up your article at the off-campus
site indicated in the form.
- Send article by U.S. Postal
mail to your house or office (Please include home/office address).
For options 2 and 3, you will receive photocopies that you can
keep.
MICROFICHE/MICROFILM: If you need a document that is in microfiche
or microfilm, Barry Library will make a copy of this document,
and send it directly to you by U.S. Postal Service.
When the book arrives at the off-campus site, patrons must pick
them up there. You must present a valid Barry student or faculty/staff
ID card to borrow materials. Under no circumstances will books
be sent to patrons’ homes. If you borrow
a book from the Barry Library, you can keep it for 3 weeks, and you may renew
it only once more. All books must be returned to the off-campus site by the
due date. The Barry Library does not loan audiovisual materials, reference
books, and whole journal issues (except for journal articles).
When you can't get the item you need: Borrowing materials from other libraries
When the Barry Library does not own a particular book
or journal article, you can request it through an InterLibrary
Loan to be made to another library. In this instance, the Barry
Library will borrow it from other libraries using cooperative arrangements.
You can make ILL requests at your off campus site office by completing
a paper form, or an online form from any computer by filling out
the form at the ILL web page.When our Library borrows materials
from other libraries, it is important to bear in mind that the
lender library determines delivery date. The loan period for books
borrowed from other libraries is determined by the lending library.
Submit your request as early as possible as it takes 2 4 weeks
for delivery.Please read about requesting journal articles in the
section above called "Borrowing materials from Barry University Library."When
the book arrives at the off campus site, patrons must pick them
up at the administrative office for the appropriate offcampus site.
You must present a valid Barry student or faculty/staff ID card
to borrow materials. Under no circumstances will books be sent
to patrons' homes. All books must be returned to the off campus
site by the due date.
For assistance, please contact Kenneth Venet at kvenet@mail.barry.edu
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