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Briggs Library - Main Level

Welcome

Frequently Asked Questions

Main Level

Circulation/Reserve Desk

Classrooms

Computer Lab

Computer Workstations/Lobby

Computer Workstations/Reference

Current Periodicals

Graduate Computer Lab

Information Desk

Interlibrary Loan 

Printers

Recent Fiction Area

Reference Room

Reference Collection

Upper Level

Blue Couches

Circulating Books

Computer Workstations

Quiet Study Areas

Special Collections

Lower Level

Bound Periodicals

Curriculum Collection

Documents

Microforms

 

Group Study Rooms

Library Hours

Photocopiers

Printers

Restrooms

 

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Circulation/Reserve Desk

The Circulation/Reserve Desk is to your left as you enter the building.  Here you may check out and return library materials, initiate a search for materials not found on the shelf, and place a hold on items that have been checked out. For specific information about borrowing, fines, and other services this staff provides, please go to Circulation Services

 

In addition, the Circulation/Reserve Desk is where selected materials for courses have been placed to make them available to students. For more information on reserve services available to students and faculty, go to Reserve Services.

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Printers

At the end of the lobby next to the Circulation/Reserve Desk are the black and white printers. All computer workstations in the library are networked and print directly to these printers. Printing costs 5¢ per page, and requires a student ID or copy card. Patrons may load money/hobo dough onto their cards using the loading machine next to the printers. A color printer is located in the same area as the black and white printers. Color printing costs 15¢ per page. 

There is a change machine located next to the printers for your convenience.

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Computer Workstations

Directly across from the Circulation/Reserve Desk are several computer workstations. The library has over 50 public workstations throughout the library connected to the Internet. These workstations can be used to locate information using the library's online catalog, surf the Web for information, or to access a host of other electronic information resources. These computers also contain Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.


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Computer Lab

The Computer Lab is down the hallway to your right when you come in the building, next to the stairwell. The lab offers 22 computer workstations, with network connections and a variety of software programs that students need to use, as well as a scanner. Computers in the lab print can either print directly to printers located in the lab or to the networked printers in the lobby.

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Graduate Computer Lab

The library has a computer lab restricted to graduate students. This lab contains 8 computers and unique software and is located in the reference room along the west wall.  There is also a scanner connected to one of the computers. A graduate ID is required for access to this lab.  



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Contact Information: Hilton M. Briggs Library, SBL 2115, SDSU, Brookings, SD 57007-1098, Phone: 605-688-5570, Fax: 605-688-6133, Email Us
Updated: 29 May 2009 by ss