LIBRARY

The library at NJIT is online at ( http://www.library.njit.edu ).

The Robert W. Van Houten Library facility is located in the Central Avenue Building . Erected in 1992, the Van Houten Library provides a modern facility for individual and group study, research, and browsing. The library maintains a collection of 150,000 books, bound journals, and NJIT theses. The library provides online access to articles in over 16,000 journal titles. In addition, the library's web services include other abstract and index databases, a comprehensive catalog of library holdings, a web-based interlibrary loan form, and a growing body of NJIT electronic theses and dissertations (ETD's).

The Architecture Library is online at http://www.library.njit.edu/archlib. A branch of the Van Houten Library, the Littman Architecture Library is located on the fourth floor of Weston Hall, part of the Architecture and Building Sciences Complex. The collection includes more than 14,000 books and journals, nearly 80,000 slides, more than 1,000 maps, product catalogs, videotapes, models, and portfolios. All online sources available in the main library are also available in the Architecture Library.

Remote Access

 Using your UCID (University Computing ID), you have remote access to the library databases. For more information, see the “Database” link on the library homepage.

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Information Commons / Library Computing Services

 The library's Information Commons, located on the first floor of the main library, houses 120 computer workstations, plus printing and scanning stations.

The library loans wireless LAN cards for student laptops, has complete wireless coverage, and loans NJIT software packages for students to install (including the freshman software package).

Study Rooms

 There are eleven group study rooms in the library. Two or more students may reserve a group study room for up to 3 hours by leaving 2 NJIT Ids at the circulation desk.

Borrowing

The circulating collection is on the lower level. Students may borrow materials for 28 days. Some materials such as books on reserve may be use-in-library only or have limited loan periods. Students must stop at the library's circulation desk to apply for borrowing privileges. Students may check their library account information online. There are fines for late return of library materials. All NJIT users are limited to borrowing 10 books simultaneously.

Reference and Instructional Services

Assistance in locating information is available in person, by phone, email, or online by contacting our experienced professional research staff. Along with an excellent knowledge of research techniques, they have subject expertise in the Sciences, Computing, and Engineering, Art and Architecture, Business, and Liberal Arts. They provide quick guidance as well as in-depth research consultations and classroom instruction designed to provide members of the NJIT community with the tools and techniques for conducting research in the information age. Locate your personal point of contact by subject for NJIT information resources at http://www.library.njit.edu/aboutus/ref-librarians.cfm .

 Journals

Recently received journals are shelved on the 2 nd floor around the Atrium. Back issues of journals, bound into annual volumes, are shelved on the 2 nd and 3 rd floors. Journals are not loaned.

Journals on architecture and design, current and past issues, are located in the Architecture Library.

Interlibrary Loan/ Document Delivery

 Books or articles in journals not held at the NJIT library may be requested through Interlibrary Loan/ Document Delivery services.

A web based interlibrary loan form is available via the library homepage ( http://www.library.njit.edu ). Paper interlibrary loan request forms are available in the library.

Photocopy Services

 Both the main library and the Architecture library provide self-service photocopiers for student use.

Library Telephone Numbers

 Main Library

(973) 596-3206-Main number (menu system and hours)

(973) 596-3210- Reference and Instructional Services

(973) 596-6371-Circulation desk

(973) 596-3204-Interlibrary loan/ document delivery office

(973) 596-3207-Library Administration

Architecture Library

Reference and Instructional Services

(973) 642-4390

(973) 596-5755

(973) 596-3083-Circulation desk

Library Hours- Fall and Spring Semesters

 Main Library

7:30 A.M. – 10:45 P.M. Monday-Thursday

7:30 A.M. – 7:45 P.M. Friday

10:00 A.M. – 5:45 P.M. Saturday

1:00 P.M. – 8:45 P.M. Sunday

Changes in hours are posted in the lobby and on the Library homepage.

Please visit http://library.njit.edu for further information.

Architecture Library

8:00 A.M. – 8:15 P.M. Monday-Thursday

8:00 A.M. – 5:45 P.M. Friday

1:00 P.M. – 4:45 P.M. Saturday and Sunday

Visit the Architecture Library website (http://www.library.njit.edu/archlib) for further information.

The libraries offer extended hours prior to fall and spring semester final exams.