Distance Education

Eligibility for Services:

These services are available to students who are currently enrolled in University of San Diego courses from off campus, and for those students who are currently enrolled for thesis and dissertation credit and are not residing in the Greater San Diego area.

Resources Provided

Copley Library Web Page (URL http:/marian.sandiego.edu)
This is the gateway to USD's online catalog (Sally), electronic databases, internet resources, and information about Copley Library and its services and resources.

SALLY(URL http://sally.sandiego.edu/)
SALLY is the online catalog of books, journal titles and nonprint media of all University of San Diego Libraries (Copley Library & Legal Research Center).  The catalog includes many links to electronic journals and databases.

Databases and Web Resources
Copley Library subscribes to about 70 electronic databases including journal abstracts and indexes; full text journals; and full text statistical, encyclopedic and biographical reference resources.  Off-campus access to the databases requires configuration of Internet browsers. Instructions for browser configuration can be found on our Remote Access web page.

Services Provided

Book Requests

Master's degree students may check out Copley Library books for 28 days.

Doctoral students may check out Copley Library books for 120 days.  Books with this extended due date (120 days) may be recalled after 28 days for use by another library patron.  If you receive a recall notice, please note the NEW due date.  Fines will accrue from the new due date.

Copley Library will check out and send books owned by Copley Library to you.  Please complete the Copley Library Book Request form.  When you return books to the library, send them in plenty of time so they arrive at the library by the due date.  You are responsible for return postage.
Because of contractual loan restrictions and time restraints, you may not borrow or have mailed to you, books owned by other libraries (e.g. SDCircuit and Interlibrary Loan).

Distance learners may not place holds on books, renew books, or recall books due to time restraints.  You must pay assessed fines for overdue books ($1.00 per day per book).  Borrowing privileges and access to databases may be blocked due to excessive fines.  For additional explanation, look within "Access Services: Circulation..." on the library's web page.

Journal Article and ERIC Document Requests
For articles not included in one of the library's full text databases, Copley Library will mail free photocopies of up to 25 journal articles and/or ERIC Documents to you each semester, copyright law permitting.

Articles from journals owned by Copley Library:  The library is able to photocopy and mail these articles to you.  Please complete the Copley Library Journal Article Request form.    

Articles from journals NOT owned by Copley Library:  The library will request photocopies of journal articles from other libraries and mail them to you.  Please complete the general Online Interlibrary Loan Request for a Journal Article form.  You may also access this form from the library's web page.

ERIC Documents are stored as microfiche and the full-text of some may also be linked to from the database. The library is able to print up to 25 pages of an ERIC Document and mail it to you.  The library cannot mail the microfiche.  Please complete the ERIC Document Request form.

You do not need to return photocopies of articles or ERIC Documents.
 

If you have any questions, please call 619-260-5973, contact Alex Moran in Access Services (moran1@sandiego.edu) or contact the librarian who is the department liaison: