Welcome to the Paul Horgan Library

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Welcome to thePaul Horgan Library

• Orientation

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The Paul Horgan Library is housed in the Toles
Learning Center along with

• Writing Center
• Student Assistance Center (SAC)
• Mabee Lecture Hall
• Information Services

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Main Floor of LRC
Career Center
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Stack Level of Library
Dictionaries
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Types of Resources

• Reference material
• Books and magazines
• Microforms
• Audiovisuals (including DVDs, CDs, audio books)
• Electronic subscription services
• Interlibrary loan services
• Special collection
• Library STAFF!

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Print Resources
Nearly 71,000 print sources

• Reference
• Periodicals
• Literature and literary criticism
• U.S. military history
• Social sciences
• Mysteries and science fiction
• And many more

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Electronic Resources

• Available from our web page www.nmmi.edu/library
  
• Air University Library Index to Military
  Periodicals
• EBSCO (Academic Search Premier CINAHL Plus)
• eLibrary (incl. New York Times)
• FirstSearch (incl. WorldCat)
• InfoTrac
• LexisNexis
• MEDLINE Plus
• Oxford English Dictionary
• ProQuest Platinum
• Readers Guide Full-Text

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Interlibrary Loan Resources

• Access to resources in other libraries
• Majority of academic and public libraries
  collections in the United States listed in
  WorldCat on FirstSearch
• Local libraries preferred
• Usually free of charge
• Possible two weeks to complete
• User notification when materials arrive

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Special Collection
Paul Horgan collection Napoleonic collection NMMI
publications
Rare and unique scholarly materials Southwestern
military items
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Library Catalog

• On the Internet at http//catalog.nmmi.edu/polaris
  
• Windows-based software used to access the catalog
• Do-it-yourself renewals and holds
• Enhanced features provide for book covers, with
  some summaries, reviews, and tables of contents
  on newer library material.

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Circulation

• Most items checkout for 2 weeks.
• Faculty reserves are kept at circulation desk.
• Holds reserves an item for the next user.
• Renewals allow items to be checked out again
  twice.

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Usage

• Please study quietly and independently
• Conference rooms available for group study
• Cadet ID Card (also serves as library card)
• Replacement fee 5.00
• Needed for check-out and Night Study Hall

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Equipment

• Digital still and movie cameras, tripods
• Desktop computers
• Printers
• DVD and VHS players and TVs
• Audio CD players
• Cassette players
• Microform reader/printers
• Headphones
• Portable PA system
• Overhead projectors
• Typewriter

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Media Production

• Photocopying (10)
• Faxing (fees for personal use)
• Overhead transparencies
• Laminating (up to 45 per foot)
• Digital imaging
• Computer-assisted services
• Materials produced for presentations

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Night Study Hall

• Arrive by 1900 for 1st half or 2025 for 2nd half!
• Bring your ID card
• Bring more than enough work for 75 min., but no
  walkmans or headphones
• Work quietly and independently
• Conference rooms reserved for college group study
  
• Group study tables available for all cadets
• Sign-up sheet for group study at Library circ.
  desk

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Getting the Most From the Paul Horgan Library

• Come to research, study, or use materials
• Ask questions
• The only dumb question, is the one not asked.
  Unknown
• Type papers on one of the many computers
• Check out books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, etc.

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Thank you,From the Library Staff!
COL Klopfer
CPT Aubrey
MAJ Bacon
Ms. Bolin
Ms. Jump
Ms. Jaramillo
Ms. Inman
Mr. Aguilar
Mrs. Copeland