Graduate Catalog - New Jersey City University

24 GRADUATE CATALOG 2013-2016 NEW JERSEY CITY UNIVERSITY
THE CAMPUS
CONGRESSMAN FRANK J. GUARINI
LIBRARY
201-200-3033
http://www.njcu.edu/guarini/
Fall/Spring Semester
Monday - Thursday 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Intersession Hours (varies)
Monday - Thursday 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Friday 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Summer Sessions
Monday -Thursday 7:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The Library is closed on all major holidays.
Extensively renovated for two years
and costing 13 million, the Congressman
Frank J. Guarini Library re-opened in September
1999. The Library’s collections and
services have been developed to promote
classroom teaching and to enable students
to meet course requirements successfully.
In addition, learning to locate, evaluate,
and use information called Information
Literacy, provides students with the skills
necessary for lifelong learning.
The library resources number approximately
293,000 volumes, 1.8 million
microforms, over 3,000 videos and other
materials. There are over 200 reference
e-books and over 3,000 other e-books.
Over 104,000 complete, online or fulltext
government documents may also be
read though the OSCAR online catalog.
To check out library materials, students
must present a New Jersey City University
(NJCU) GothicNet identification card for
the current academic semester to the staff
at the Circulation Department. Faculty
reserved books and articles, as well as copies
of New Jersey City University master”s
theses, can also be requested at the Circulation
Desk. Inquiries should be directed
to 201-200-3030.
The Reference Department offers
numerous encyclopedias, dictionaries,
handbooks, bibliographies, directories,
periodical indexes, and abstracts, in print
or electronic format. Students are encouraged
to call the Reference Department at
201-200-3033 for advice on accessing the
online catalog OSCAR (Online System
Catalog for Academic Reference), and over
150 electronic databases, as well as for
compiling a bibliography, or instruction
on any research or other topic.
The library provides, through the Reference
Department, Information Literacy/
bibliographic instruction using library
resources in the state-of-the-art John Victor
Machuga Technology Center on the
first floor. An e-mail reference service is
available by using libraryref@njcu.edu, as
well as ASK A LIBRARIAN, In Person/
By Phone/By E-mail/Texting. On the
Homepage, please click on “Information
Literacy at NJCU,” and Google Voice Text
a Librarian.
The Periodicals and U.S. Government
Documents Department currently
subscribes to print and online journals.
Inquiries regarding periodicals should be
directed to 201-200-3518, and for U.S.
Government Documents, calls should be
directed to 201-200-3137.
Education Services, includes curriculum
materials on the fourth floor such as
courses of study, elementary and secondary
textbooks, juvenile encyclopedias, and
other teacher education materials as well as
juvenile fiction on the third floor. Inquiries
about Educational Services should be
directed to 201-200-3471.
The library Is technology-based, user
friendly, and aesthetically appealing. Each
floor has carrels wired for Internet access
via personal laptop computers. There is
wireless access on all floors for students.
Numerous computers are strategically
located on each floor and all have the same
menu access to the automated catalog,
periodical holdings, electronic indices,
full-text databases, Internet, etc. Databases
are accessible to students from outside the
library through the library home page,
actually from anywhere in the world.
Students can borrow from the library and
access databases off campus using their
GothicNet I.D. numbers. These databases
which are updated continuously are accessible
in campus and in the library without
using Gothic ID numbers. Printed, phone,
and online instructions are also available at
the library.
The Circulation and Reference desks
are located on the main floor, along with
the Library Information KIOSK and the
Machuga Technology Center. The second
floor has periodicals, government documents,
Education Services, and media
services. The third and fourth floors
contain the circulating collections and the
education services collections, library administration,
and technical services. Each
floor provides study carrels, study tables,
and comfortable reading areas.
CO-OP RESIDENCE HALL AND 2040
UNIVERSITY APARTMENTS
Co-Op Hall houses approximately 100
students. The most modern of the three
residence buildings, Co-Op Hall is a traditional
corridor-style student residence with
double-occupancy rooms, kitchens, laundry,
bathrooms, and study and social lounges
for freshmen and some transfers. The 2040
University Apartments accommodates approximately
57 upper level students 21 years
of age and above within apartment-style
suites. The building has adjacent parking, 24
hour security, social lounge, computer lab,
and a laundry facility.
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL
STUDIES BUILDING
Opened in 1994, the Education and Professional
Studies Building, houses the Office
of the Dean of the College of Professional
Studies, the Office of the Dean of
the Deborah Cannon Partridge Wolfe College
of Education, the Electronic Learning
Laboratory, and the Office for Teacher
Preparation and Partnerships. There are
also classrooms, as well as the departmental
and faculty offices for the Departments of
Business Administration, Criminal Justice,
Early Childhood Education, Elementary
and Secondary Education, Fire Science,
Health Sciences, Literacy Education, The
Multicultural Center, Office of Specialized
Services for Students with Disabilities, and
Special Education. The Department of
Educational Leadership and Counseling,
although a graduate academic department
that reports to the Dean of the College of
Education, is located separately in Rossey
Hall.
FRIES HALL
Fries Hall is home to NJCU’s Media Arts
Department, which occupies the 22,000