The Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) is open to the public. A photo id is required to enter. Anyone who enters may use the library's resources in-house. If you would like to borrow a book, you are invited to become an Individual Member or Corporate Member of the HS/HSL.

To determine if the library owns a book you need, search CatalogUSMAI.

Books may be borrowed from the library if you become a Member of the Library. Circulation Policies are presented and explained to each borrower as she or he is entered into the Library's circulation system. A barcode is placed on the Individual Member Library card issued to the new member. This card and a picture ID must be presented before a transaction may take place. Circulation Policy.

Patron Responsibilities

• Patrons who owe $50.00 or more in library fines and/or fees will be denied borrowing privileges until the debt is reduced to less than $50.00. A message will automatically appear in the Library's on site Circulation system to this effect.
  
  
• Patrons are responsible for reporting to Circulation any changes in their names, addresses, telephone numbers, or borrowing status. Failure to do so does not alter obligations.
  
  
• Borrowers are responsible for items borrowed from HS/HSL until the items have been discharged at HS/HSL.
  
  
• Patrons should report lost or stolen Individual Member Library cards to Circulation immediately, so that the Library may block use of the card.
  
  
• Patrons should keep track of due dates for items they have checked out. The Library sends out overdue notices, but this practice is a courtesy; the Library is not responsible for notifying patrons that their items are overdue.
  
  
• Borrowers should return material promptly by the due date or the renewal date. HS/HSL fines users who do not return items by the due date. There is no grace period for overdue material.
  
  
• Borrowers should respond promptly to all notices to help minimize the occurrence of overdue fines.
  
  
• Borrowers must clear all obligations with the Library before leaving the UM, B campus.
  

HS/HSL Circulation staff will pull books from the Library's stacks for borrowers and hold them at the Circulation Desk. Call ahead to have a book held at the front desk for check out. The cost is $6.00/book.

Self-Service Copiers

HS/HSL contains 7 patron-use copiers.

Location

Two are located on the first floor, two on the second floor, two on the third floor, and one on the fifth floor. Copy rooms located on the first through third floors are under the staircase. The fifth floor copy room is located along the east wall, near the southeast corner of the building.

Costs

• All 7 copiers accept debit cards; 1 copier on the first floor also accepts coins.
• Debit cards may be purchased during all normal hours of HS/HSL operation. Dispensers are located near the first floor elevators in the HS/HSL. Debit cards cost $1.00 to purchase and are reusable.
• The coin-operated machines accept nickels, dimes and quarters. Coin-operated copies cost 15 cents per page.
• Change for $10 and lower denominations is often available at the HS/HSL Circulation Desk. A bill changer that accepts both $1 and $5 bills is near the first floor elevators. However, the bill changer and the Circulation Desk may run out of change during high-use days; therefore, it is recommended that anyone planning to make photocopies should bring the appropriate change/bills needed to complete the task.

Special Features

• Two copiers on the first floor support automatic duplex copying and copying onto transparencies. These machines can also produce 81/2 X 14 copies.
• Transparency sheets are available for purchase at the Circulation Desk on the first floor.
  
  All photocopiers in the Library are owned and managed by University of Maryland, Baltimore Auxiliary Services.

Copyright restrictions apply to all photocopy services.

Photocopy Requests
Photocopies of journal articles owned by the HS/HSL are made upon request.

Guidelines

• Requests for service are made via an electronic request form.
• Paper and phone requests are not accepted.
• Regular requests are processed within two business days.
• Rush requests are processed within one business day.
• HS/HSL adheres to copyright laws and guidelines.

Fees

• Photocopying Rate $35.00 per request, maximum length 50 pages
• Rush Service $45.00 per request, maximum length 50 pages

Hours

• The Library processes requests Monday through Friday afternoons. Library hours.

Submitting Your Requests

• Check CatalogUSMAI to determine if the Library has the article you need. For help using the online catalog, contact the HS/HSL Reference Desk at 410-706-7996.
  
  
• Complete an electronic request form. Please complete one request form for each item needed. To speed your request, make sure the information submitted is complete and accurate. Abbreviations or incomplete information may delay or stop your request.

Arrival/Delivery of Requests

• Select a delivery method on the electronic request form.
  
  
• If you select fax, email, campus or U.S. mail you will receive your request directly. These delivery methods require payment by account number or credit card, if there is a charge. Please - do not enter your credit card number on the electronic request form.
  
  
• If you choose to pick up your request at the Library, it will be available at the Circulation Desk and can be paid for at that time. Library hours.
  

Loansome Doc enables PubMed users to order journal articles found in MEDLINE. An individual can order articles from a list of citations retrieved from PubMed by sending requests to a Loansome Doc provider library, such as Health Sciences and Human Services Library.

To learn more about the Loansome Doc service and how to select a provider library, see the Loansome Doc Fact Sheet from the National Library of Medicine. Contact the NN/LM SEA office at 1-800-338-7657 for the names of provider libraries in your geographic area. To learn more about the HS/HSL Loansome Doc Service and to register, see the Loansome Doc Provider Information Fact Sheet.

Fees

• HS/HSL Documents $25.00 per request, maximum length 50 pages
• Non-HS/HSL Documents $35.00 per request, maximum length 50 pages

Information Specialists will perform computer literature searches for a fee. Please call the Reference Desk at 410-706-7996 for more information.

Fees

• HS/HSL Databases(Medline, CINAHL, etc.): $50.00
• Online Database Vendors(Dialog, STN, etc.): $50.00 plus cost of search

The Historical and Special Collections of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) are located on the fifth floor. Eight separate collections include significant works, chiefly pre-1900, in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, social work, and physical therapy. There are currently over 7,000 volumes throughout the collections.

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