Using the Mildred F. Sawyer Library

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Using the Mildred F. Sawyer Library

• For Members of the Fenway Library Consortium and
  Affiliated Institutions of the Mildred F. Sawyer
  Library

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Entering the Library

• Back of 73 Tremont

• The entrance to the Mildred F. Sawyer Library at
  Suffolk University is located at the rear of the
  building at 73 Tremont Street.
• The building is located at the corner of Tremont
  and Beacon streets on Bostons Beacon Hill. The
  closest MBTA stops are Park Street (Red and Green
  lines) and State Street (Blue and Orange lines).
• Enter the building in the back from Tremont Place.

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The Foyer

• The Foyer and Card Swipes

• Past the first set of double doors from Tremont
  Place is the entrance foyer.
• Card swipes (left side of photo) are used.
  Please wait in the foyer and enter the building
  when someone with a security card enters, or
  someone leaves.

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The Corridor

• The Mural

• At the mural facing you from the foyer, turn
  right and then left into the corridor.

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The Librarys Front Door

• Front Door

• The corridor leads to the Librarys main
  entrance. This is the only entrance to and exit
  from the Sawyer Library.
• Once inside the library, the Circulation Desk is
  on the left.

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Finding Books

• Online Catalogs

• Members of the Fenway Library Consortium and
  affiliated institutions of the Mildred F. Sawyer
  Library may borrow books.
• Workstations supporting access to the librarys
  online catalog are located on all three floors.

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Where are the Books?

• Use the location information from the online
  catalog to find the book. Referring to the image
  on the right
• Location (red box) must be Sawyer. You do not
  have access to other Suffolk University
  libraries.
• Call (green box) is the Library of Congress
  classification scheme. Follow the LC information
  on the wooden end panel at the end of each row.
• Status (blue box) informs you if the book is
  expected to be on the shelf or not. Check
  Shelf means that the book is expected to be on
  the shelf.

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Moving Vertically -- Stairs

• Stairs, Floor 2 to 3

• Stairs, Floor 3 to 4

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Moving Vertically -- Elevator

• The librarys elevator is located in the
  reference stacks and adjacent to the online
  catalog workstations on Floor 2.

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Book Stacks on Floor 4

• Floor 4 Stacks

• The general collection (those books that can be
  borrowed) are located in the stacks on Floor 4.
• Books are arranged on the shelves and in the
  stacks using the Library of Congress (LC)
  classification scheme.

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What To Expect

• Photocopiers (all floors)
• Floor 3 Change machine

• You may
• borrow up to 10 books for 28 days
• use the print periodicals collection on Floor 3
• photocopy pages from print sources
• there are photocopiers on each floor
• you may use cash (there is a change machine on
  Floor 3) or purchase a copy card (next to the
  change machine on Floor 3)

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What To Expect

• Floor 3 Periodicals

• You may not
• borrow a laptop from the Circulation Desk
• use the items on Reserve
• use or check out the Group Study Rooms
• check out those materials that do not circulate,
  e.g., reference books, print journals, items in
  Special Collections, etc.
• access the wireless network or the networked
  printers

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Check Out a Book

• Circulation Desk
• Library
• Card

• If you find a book from the general collection
  that you would like to borrow (check out), take
  the book(s) to the Circulation Desk by the
  entrance/exit on Floor 2.
• You may borrow up to 10 books for 28 days.
• To borrow a book
• go to the Circulation Desk. If this is your
  first time borrowing from the Sawyer Library, you
  will need to be issued a library card
• provide a staff person at the desk with your
  current ID card from your institution
• provide information as requested including a
  local mailing address
• a card is issued that you may use the next time
  to want to borrow books from the Sawyer Library.

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Exit / Returning Books

• Exit through the doors adjacent to the
  Circulation Desk, and then exit the building in
  the back through the foyer in which you entered.
• Return borrowed books to the Sawyer Library by
  using the book drop in the corridor, or inside
  the Sawyer Library at the Circulation Desk.
• Most questions may be answered by reviewing the
  information found on the librarys Web site at
• http//www.suffolk.edu/sawlib/sawyer.htm