Information and Services

Contact Information
NWACC Pauline Whitaker Library
One College Drive
Bentonville, AR 72712
479.619.4244 (phone)   
479.619.4115 (fax) 
library@nwacc.edu
Library Staff

Hours of Operation
Faculty: If your class would like to use the Library during unscheduled hours, please contact the Library to make special arrangements.

Please note:
The Library will be closed Monday, Sept. 6, in observation of the Labor Day holiday.
The Library will close early Friday, Sept. 17, at 11:50 a.m. for College Conversation Day.

Lending Policy
Library materials may be borrowed by NWACC students, faculty, administration, staff and alumni. To obtain a library card, it is necessary to have a College photo ID. The Library will place a barcode on the back of the ID to serve as your library card. For YOUR protection, please present your ID each time you have materials to check out.

Renew Library Materials
If you would like to renew an item, please contact the NWACC Library by phone (479-619-4244), email or in person. We will extend your checkout period, unless someone else is waiting for your item or your renewal limits have been exceeded. Due to technical difficulties, online renewal is temporarily disabled.

Interlibrary Loans
NWACC Library will borrow from other libraries books and journal articles that we do not own. This service is provided for anyone with a current NWACC Library card. Requests may be placed by using FirstSearch to find the books or articles needed and sending an electronic request. Or, if the information about the book or article is already known, the interlibrary loan request form may be completed and submitted. Typically, it takes about two or three weeks for requests to be processed. When the requested item is available for checkout at the NWACC Library, the borrower will be notified through NWACC email.

NWACC Library absorbs the costs of the first three requests per student per semester. There is a fee of $3.00 for each additional request. The individual borrower is responsible for any overdue fines and for the cost of lost or damaged items. To request a renewal, e-mail the Library. Renewals must be requested before the due date, and approval is at the discretion of the lending library.

ARKLink Cards
Would you like to use a local academic library such as Mullins Library at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville? ARKLink is a consortium of Arkansas academic libraries that have agreed to share resources. Through ARKLink, NWACC faculty, students and staff have limited borrowing privileges at many academic libraries across Arkansas.

To obtain an ARKLink card, present your NWACC college ID at the circulation desk. After a short registration process, you will receive an ARKLink card and a list of participating libraries. For more information stop by the library or visit the ARKLink website.

Please note: To reduce the risk of financial liability, ARKLink privileges are extended only to NWACC students, faculty and staff who have established a responsible borrowing history at NWACC Library.

Math Multimedia
For most math classes, the Library has videotapes, DVDs and/or CD-ROMs that accompany the textbook.Ask for them at the Circulation Desk.

Printing & Copying
Free limited-amount printing accounts are given on a per-semester basis to each student at NWACC. After this initial amount has been exhausted, additional discounted "pay-in-advance" payments of $2 or more may be made to extend your account.

Two self-service coin-operated copy machines are located along the north wall by the ID office on the main floor of the library. Copies are $.10 per page.

Transparency sheets are available at the reference desk for both printing and copying for an additional charge if necessary.

Purchase Request Form
Use this form to recommend books, videos, etc., for the Library to purchase.

Off-Campus Database Access
To access online databases, log into My NWACC Connection, select the Library tab and click the database you need. The "Online Journals" option provides instructions for viewing online versions of some of our print subscription journals.

Library Staff

Gift Policy
The library welcomes gifts of books and other library materials, but reserves the right to use and dispose of gift materials as seems appropriate for current needs.

Donated items will be added to the collection in accordance with the Collection Development policy.

The library will acknowledge receipt of donated items but is unable to set a fair market or appraisal value on the material.

The library reserves the right to refuse donations determined to be inappropriate for the collection. Because processing and/or disposing of donations takes valuable staff time and resources, we ask that donors limit gifts to items that are in good to excellent condition, clean, suitable for the academic environment and current. (For example, materials covering information in the health, science and technology fields should typically be no more than three years old.)

The library reserves the right to refuse donations if the donor stipulates special conditions.

If you have questions or comments about the Library web pages,
 please e-mail the Library.

This page was last updated on:  August 20, 2010 @ 9:44 pm