SRLF Items - Finding, Retrieving & Using

Finding Items at the SRLF

Records for UC materials shelved in the SRLF are entered into the MELVYL Union catalog. The MELVYL records display the location of an item listed as SRLF. An inventory number, which replaces the call number, is used to locate the material. Records for materials shelved in the SRLF are also entered into UCLA Library Catalog, the UCLA on-line Information System. As in MELVYL, the location of an item in the UCLA Library Catalog is listed as SRLF and followed by the inventory number.

Retrieving Items at the SRLF

UC faculty, staff, and students may request and subsequently pick up items in any campus library. Materials designated as non-circulating (Special Collections and rare or fragile materials) may be used only in the library that originally deposited them. Inquire at your library to determine how to obtain access to such material.

Requests are processed Monday through Friday for delivery by overnight courier to the requesting campus library. When you place your request, you will be informed when and where to pick up the material. Requests placed at UCLA before 11:00 AM are available the same day after 4:00 PM.

Members of the general public may request materials through their local public, college, or corporate library. Fees and services vary from library to library.

SRLF will fax, photocopy or scan documents and articles for delivery to users from most books, journals, and other materials for a fee. For further details, telephone 310/206-2010, and ask to speak to a Document Delivery Service representative.

Using Items at the SRLF

You may consult materials at the SRLF and you may check them out, with the exception of items designated as non-circulating or building-use only. The SRLF is open from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday.

• University of California Users
  A valid UC student, staff or faculty library card from any UC campus and photographic identification are required to use materials.
   
• Non-University of California Users
  Potential users who are not UC students, staff or faculty, should inquire at the Circulation Desk of the Young Research Library at UCLA (310-825-4732) for further information on library cards.

Loan Policies

With few exceptions, most materials are checked out to UC faculty, students and staff for an academic quarter. Non-UC borrowers (alumni, courtesy and fee library cards) receive a loan period of two weeks. All books are renewable by mail, telephone, or directly over the UCLA Library Catalog system, unless another user has requested them. A few items (especially journals) may have a limited loan period of one week to all borrowers. Items designated "building use" may be used in the SRLF but may not be checked out. Items designated "non-circulating" may not be used in the SRLF but only in the library unit that originally deposited them.