Undergraduate Catalog (PDF) - Caldwell College

Jennings LibraryJennings Library, situated between the Student Center and the Residence Hall, is a wirelessfacility that contains over 144,133 books in print and access to 5,663 electronic books andchapters in books. The Library subscribes to 402 periodical titles in print and has access tomore than 32,625 journals through 41 online databases. The audio-visual collection numbersover 3,214 items and contains video tapes, compact discs, DVDs, etc. The curriculum Librarycontains textbooks, and a wide variety of teaching-related materials. There is also a largecollection of children’s literature for use in the Education program courses. There are anumber of databases for student use in doing research which cover the College’s majorcurricular offerings at both undergraduate and graduate levels. There is full Internet access.Online access to the book and media collections is available through CALCAT, available onand off campus via the Internet. All of the online databases are available on the Collegenetwork which also allows for access from both on and off campus sites. In order to access alldatabases a Caldwell College e-mail/network account is required. The collections aredeveloped continuously to support the curricular needs of students and faculty.The library staff provides orientations for all incoming students, as well as course-specificinstruction as requested by faculty. Services, hours, policies, and other useful information areavailable on the Library’s homepage, www.caldwell.edu/library/.ACADEMIC SERVICESAs a member of OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), the library provides access to over30 million titles in over 5,000 national and international libraries. Inter-library loans may betransmitted electronically for items not owned by the Jennings Library, using OCLC and/orJersey Cat, a state-wide database of books and media materials. The Jennings Library is acharter member of the New Jersey Library Network. The Library is also a member of the VALEreciprocal borrowing program for both graduate and undergraduate students.A current, barcoded ID card is necessary to borrow materials.Information Technology ResourcesCaldwell College’s Office of Information Technology (IT) provides various computing servicesand facilities for students, including e-mail, online learning systems, online registrationresources, computer labs equipped with specialized academic software, and wired andwireless Internet connections in the residence halls, Jennings library and a few select areas oncampus. Plans to expand the wireless network are underway.All registered Caldwell College students are supplied with a NetID (network identification). TheNetID is a personal and unique identifier that is used to access computing services.IT manages the main computer lab on campus which is found in the Visceglia ArtsCenter, room 205. It is open to all students on Mondays through Thursdays from 8:00 a.m. to9:30 p.m., Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.and Sundays from 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.IT provides students with network specific support, such as anti-virus software requirements andnetwork connection issues, through the Caldwell Connect program. They can be contacted at973-618-3000, extension 4444.Information about all our resources can be found by exploring the IT page on the CaldwellCollege Web site.49