This page represents the new Student Resources page. All of the content on this page has been revised (compared to the current Student Resources page).
The Course Reserves subpage that is currently on the Libraries website will be obsolete and will need to be deleted.
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Some professors place course materials, including textbooks, on reserve at campus libraries for students to use. These course reserve items are usually for specific courses and are generally only available at the library on the campus where the course is being taught.
Professors determine how students can use course reserve items; most items must stay in the library, and some have time limits. Course reserve items that can leave the library have restricted loan periods. To check out course reserve items, students are required to have their NOVACard. Course reserve items cannot be renewed.
Students can search for course reserves using the library catalog. For instructions, see How to Search for Course Reserves Online. For more information about course reserves, please contact a campus library.
Every campus library (except Manassas) has group study rooms that students can reserve. To reserve a group study room, visit: Group Study Rooms.
NOVA Libraries offer a variety of study spaces. For more information, see Study Spaces.
NOVA Libraries offer a variety of equipment and technology resources, including hardware, software, and other accessories. For more information, see Equipment & Technology.
Required Card: NOVACard
Loan Period: 3 weeks (except course reserves and equipment)
Borrowing Limit: 30 items total
Library items (except course reserves) can be renewed once, unless they are overdue or have been requested by other patrons. Items can be renewed:
online. For instructions, see How to Renew Items Online
in person at a campus library. For locations, see Contact Us.
by contacting a campus library. For contact information, see Contact Us.
Library items may be returned at any NOVA campus library. For locations, see Contact Us.
Please return breakable items such as laptops, headphones, and cameras directly to library staff rather than placed in an unattended location or in a bookdrop.
Students can request to have library items:
sent from one campus library to another
placed on hold at the campus library where the item is located
Students can submit requests:
online. For instructions, see How to Request Items Online
in person at a campus library. For locations, see Contact Us
by contacting a campus library. For contact information, see Contact Us
Students will receive an email when an item that they requested is ready for pick-up. Emails to faculty and staff will be sent to their NVCC email account.
NOVA Libraries do not charge fines for items that are overdue.
Library items are the property of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Library users are responsible for the care and return of these items.
Students must pay the replacement cost of library items on loan to them that are lost or damaged. For more information, please contact a campus library.
To access electronic resources from off-campus, use your MyNOVA username and password when prompted to sign in.
The purpose of interlibrary loan is to obtain materials that are needed for college-related research that are not available in the NOVA Libraries collection. Students can submit requests for interlibrary loans by using the Interlibrary Loan Request forms.
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education Campus
Woodbridge
NOVA Online
Students can suggest a resource by submitting a Suggest a Resource form or by contacting a campus library.
Alexandria
Annandale
Loudoun
Manassas
Medical Education Campus
Woodbridge
NOVA Online
NOVA students and faculty are eligible for limited borrowing privileges at George Mason University Libraries at no cost. This arrangement is in virtue of the fact that GMU is a member of Virginia's Academic Library Consortium (VIVA). For more information, see the VIVA Cooperative Borrowing Program section on the Special Groups webpage.
NOVA is a member of Virginia's Academic Library Consortium (VIVA). As such, NOVA Libraries participate in VIVA's Cooperative Borrowing Program. This program "allows students, faculty, and staff at VIVA institutions to request to borrow materials on-site from any participating library." For more information, see the Cooperative Borrowing Program webpage.