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SERVICES AND RESOURCESfor an additional fee. Payment by personal check, AmericanExpress, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa is accepted. Someemployer contracts may be accepted.University Book Center/Barnes & Noble in College Park alsocarries materials for UMUC classes held on the College Parkcampus. Walk-in customers should inquire at the customer servicedesk. Most major credit cards and some employer-providedassistance documents are accepted. Students should call 800-343-6621 for additional information and store hours.Career ServicesCareer Services provides resources and services to assist UMUCstudents and alumni worldwide with their career and job searchneeds. For additional information, call 800-888-UMUC,ext. 6785.CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNINGCareer Services professionals are available to provide personalizedattention to help students clarify their skills, interests, and workrelatedvalues; making career/life-related decisions; research careeroptions; plan for further study; and search for employment.JOB SEARCH SERVICESServices designed to assist the employment needs of UMUCstudents and alumni include job fairs; employability skillsworkshops, such as résumé writing and interview preparation;job search tutorials; and CareerQuest, UMUC’s online job andinternship database, which enables students to search job listingsand post résumés for prospective employers.RESOURCE LIBRARYCareer Services offers a variety of print and online materialsthat can be useful in the career planning and job search process.Resources include occupational information, employerand graduate school directories, job hunting guides, and careerresource literature.Services are available on a walk-in basis, by appointment, oronline via e-mail. For more information students should call301-985-6785 or e-mail queries to careerservices@umuc.edu.Computer Labs and ServicesComputer labs are available at many UMUC sites (includingDorsey Station, Largo, Shady Grove, and Waldorf). These labsare available primarily for the use of students completing coursework,but are also open to faculty members, staff, and alumnion a first-come, first-served basis on presentation of a validlibrary bar code. Students must bring a disk or flash drive tosave data or documents.Lab assistants are available during scheduled hours to help userswith resident software programs, but cannot provide tutoring.Students may also access host computers at UMUC via theInternet using Telnet. Two host systems are accessible: Nova andPolaris. Students must have an account for the particular systemthey wish to use. For most students taking courses in computing,accounts are set up automatically as part of the coursework andare valid for the duration of the class.Technical support for WebTycho, MyUMUC, and other learningapplications is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week,through UMUC 360 Support online at support.umuc.edu or byphone at 888-360-UMUC (8682).Information and Library ServicesUMUC’s Information and Library Services (www.umuc.edu/library) serves to educate students, faculty, and staff in the use oflibrary and information services, emphasizing the critical importanceof information literacy knowledge and skills for successin today’s information-rich world. The office also develops andmanages extensive online research resources and user-centeredservices for UMUC students, faculty, and staff worldwide.LIBRARY RESOURCESInformation and Library Services provides access to a rich collectionof research materials on a wide variety of topics (business,social science, science, arts and humanities, computer andinformation systems). Students can access an extensive array ofsubscription research databases containing tens of thousandsof full-text articles, as well as thousands of electronic books,through the Information and Library Services home page atwww.umuc.edu/library or through WebTycho. Information andLibrary Services has also created subject-specific resource guidesto serve as a jumping-off point for research. Each guide includessubject-relevant research databases, books, Web sites, and (whereapplicable) other Web 2.0 technologies.LIBRARY SERVICESCurrently enrolled students in the continental United Stateshave borrowing privileges at the 16 University System of Marylandand affiliated institutions (USMAI) libraries. The librarycollections can be searched and books can be requested throughthe USMAI online catalog, available via the library home page.All UMUC students may use the DocumentExpress service to144G R A D U A T E C A T A L O G | 2 0 1 0 – 2 0 1 1