Solano Community College Library: Virtual Library: Textbooks &amp; Calculators

Borrowing Books & Calculators

The library's reserve collection allows short-term checkouts for the following items:

Textbooks
Chromebooks & laptops (note: semester-long chromebook loans are through Academic Services)
Calculators
Bones and minerals kits (library use only)

You may borrow reserve items in two ways:

IN PERSON	ONLINE
Ask for your books at the front desk, M-Th 9 am - 5 pm (It's helpful if you bring your class schedule or know the following info: Course name and number, Full book title, Edition number) Textbooks check out for 2 hour loan periods. Calculators check out for 7 day loan periods. Chromebooks check out for 7 day loan periods.	Coming soon: request books online and pick up your textbooks at our secure lockers.

IN PERSON

ONLINE

Ask for your books at the front desk, M-Th 9 am - 5 pm

(It's helpful if you bring your class schedule or know the following info: Course name and number, Full book title, Edition number)

Textbooks check out for 2 hour loan periods.

Calculators check out for 7 day loan periods.

Chromebooks check out for 7 day loan periods.

Coming soon: request books online and pick up your textbooks at our secure lockers.

NOTE: all reserve checkouts require you to have a Solano College (or Napa Valley College) library card. If you don't have one yet, please fill out this form: https://napa.polarislibrary.com/polaris/patronaccount/selfregister.aspx?ctx=10.1033.0.0.5

See the Reserves Borrowing Rules section of this page for information on borrowing limits, fines, and more.

Reserves Borrowing Rules

Not all textbooks are available in the reserve collection.
Checkout periods for each item vary (some books are 2 hours, library use only and some are semester long checkouts).
Abuse of reserve collection check out periods may result in (up to a) non-refundable $300 fine and suspension of borrowing privileges.
Back-to-back checkout periods are not permitted for high use / single copy items.
Textbooks and Calculators can be loaned out for a 7-day period, but may be renewed based on availability.
Renewals cannot be guaranteed.
Textbooks and Calculators cannot be renewed over the phone.
If you have overdue library items from the Spring or Summer semesters, please return them to the library dropdox on the Fairfield campus. Items will be checked back in regularly; you will not incur late fines. Thank you!