OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY

WELCOME TO

LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER

(LRC)
 VALENZUELA CAMPUS
- 7 LRC UNITS

LRC HAS QUEZON CITY CAMPUS

16 BRANCH - 4 LRC UNITS

UNITS ANTIPOLO CAMPUS

ACROSS - 2 LRC UNITS

THE 5 OLFU PAMPANGA

- 2 LRC UNITS
CAMPUSES
CABANATUAN CAMPUS
- 1 LRC UNIT
 WE ARE OPEN FROM:
VALENZUELA CAMPUS SATURDAYS (ALL CAMPUS)
7:30AM-7:30PM (MONDAY-FRIDAY)
7:30AM-4:30PM
QUEZON CITY CAMPUS
7:30AM-7:00PM (MONDAY-FRIDAY) SUNDAY
ANTIPOLO CAMPUS
QUEZON CITY
7:30AM-6:00PM (MONDAY-FRIDAY) 9:00AM-4:00PM
PAMPANGA CAMPUS
ANTIPOLO CAMPUS
7:30AM-6:30PM (MONDAY-FRIDAY)
8:00AM-3:00PM
CABANATUAN CAMPUS
7:30AM-6:00PM (MONDAY-FRIDAY)
 SERVICES
 WE PROVIDE CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR
YOUR STUDIES.
 WE PROVIDE YOU THE RIGHT INFORMATION AT
THE RIGHT TIME AND AT THE RIGHT FORMAT.
 CIRCULATION SERVICES FOR PRINT MATERIALS
 MULTIMEDIA SERVICES
CURRENT AWARENESS
BULLETIN BOARD
USE YOUR OLFU ID TO BORROW BOOKS

*IN CASE YOU DON’T HAVE YET AN I.D., PRESENT

YOUR ORIGINAL COPY OF REGISTRATION CARD.

*IF DON’T HAVE THE BOOKS YOU NEED

REMEMBER WE CAN ALWAYS FIND MATERIALS
OR BORROW BOOKS FROM OTHER CAMPUS’
LRC UNITS
-just ask our friendly librarians 
WHAT BOOKS YOU CAN BORROW?
FILIPINIANA – PUBLISHED IN THE PHILIPPINES, ABOUT
THE PHIL., MATERIALS ABOUT US, ETC.

CIRCULATION - FOREIGN BOOKS, PUBLISHED ABROAD,

ETC.

REFERENCE - HANDBOOKS, MANUALS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS,

DICTIONARIES, ATLASES, ALMANACS… (ROOM USE ONLY)

RESERVE – TEXTBOOKS, SYLLABI REFERENCES, AND

SUGGESTED REFERENCES.
 IF I WANT BOOKS ABOUT POEMS, WHERE
SHELVES WILL I GO?
CLASS NO. SUBJECT SPECIFIC CONTENT
 WHAT IS RESERVE BOOK?

 RESERVES ARE MATERIALS THAT CAN BE ALSO

FOUND ON YOUR SYLLABUS; LIKE TEXTBOOKS,
SUGGESTED REFERENCES AND OTHER
MATERIALS SET ASIDE FOR STUDENT’S
OVERNIGHT USE.
 CAN I RESERVE A BOOK?
YES!

 FILL-UP THE BOOK RESERVATION FORM AT

AND SUBMIT IT AT THE CIRCULATION DESK.
 TAKE NOTE THE DATE OF RESERVATION.
UNCLAIMED RESERVATIONS ARE FORFEITED.
WHERE CAN I CHECK-OUT BOOKS?

 YOU CAN CHECK-OUT BOOKS AT THE LRC

CIRCULATION DESK, PICK-UP BOOK
RESERVATIONS, ETC. ALSO IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS WE’LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM.
 CAN I BORROW BOOKS FROM OTHER
CAMPUS OR UNITS?

YES!

 JUST ALWAYS BRING YOUR I.D. AND

REGISTRATION CARD TO BORROW BOOKS.

 YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK OUR FRIENDLY LRC STAFFS

FOR ASSISTANCE.
HOW MANY BOOKS CAN I BORROW AND FOR
HOW MANY DAYS?

 YOU CAN BORROW 4 CIRCULATION BOOKS

FOR 4 DAYS,
 1 RESERVE BOOK FOR OVERNIGHT USE ONLY
AND
 PLUS 3 BOOKS FOR ROOM USE ONLY.

TOTAL OF 8 BOOKS 
 IS THERE A PENALTY IF I RETURNED THE
BOOK/S LATE?

 YES, IF YOU EXCEEDED THE 50 PESOS

OVERDUE LIMIT
 REMEMBER YOU HAVE 50 PESOS
CONSUMABLE OVERDUE PER SEMESTER.
 ONCE YOU HAVE CONSUMED THE 50 PESOS
LIMIT, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE SUCCEEDING
PENALTIES.
 WHAT IF I LOST A BOOK?
 REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO THE CIRCULATION
STAFF AND WE WILL TRY TO FIND IT FOR YOU.
IT WILL SAVE YOU FROM HIGH OVERDUES.
 THE LRC WILL INFORM YOU IF THE BOOK IS
FOUND OR NOT.
 IF THE BOOK IS NOT FOUND, SEEK THE HELP OF
THE LIBRARIAN FOR BOOK REPLACEMENT.
 AVOID LENDING BORROWED BOOKS TO AVOID
PENALTY AND LOST BOOKS.
 WHAT OTHER SERVICES THE LRC HAVE?

 ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG (OPAC)

COMPUTERS FOR SEARCHING BOOKS IN THE LRC.

 DOST-STARBOOKS (SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY

RESORUCES)

 SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI)

 SCANNING SERVICES
 HOW CAN I ACCESS JOURNALS?
 YOU CAN FIND LATEST INFORMATION THROUGH
JOURNALS.

 HOW TO ACCESS?
THROUGH LITERATURE INDEX AT THE LRC COUNTER

 SCANNING
WE CAN SCAN PAGES OF JOURNAL ARTICLES AND
SEND IT TO YOUR EMAIL AS PER REQUEST.
 SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
THESE ARE:

 AUDIO-VISUAL (AV) MATERIALS

YOU CAN USE THIS MATERIALS AT THE DEDICATED
COMPUTER TERMINALS ONLY AT MULTIMEDIA SECTION.

 THESIS
THESE MATERIALS ARE FOR ROOM USE ONLY. ACCESS
THE THESIS THROUGH LITERATURE INDEX.
 MULTIMEDIA SECTION
LRC HAS MULTIMEDIA SECTIONS ON EACH CAMPUS

 ACCESS THE INTERNET

 CREATE PRESENTATIONS
 FINISH RESEARCH PAPERS, ETC.

AVAILABLE ON A RESERVE AND FIRST COME FIRST

SERVE BASIS
IS THERE ANY ONLINE DATABASES?
 EBSCO (CATERS ALL SUBJECTS)
E-JOURNALS
http://www.search.ebscohost.com
 CLINICAL KEY (ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES)
E-JOURNALS
E-BOOKS
http://www.clinicalkey.com

JUST ASK OUR FRIENDLY STAFFS FOR

USERNAME AND PASSWORD 
ARE THERE QUIET OR DISCUSSION ROOMS?

 YES! EACH CAMPUS HAS QUIET ROOMS WITH

SOME STUDY CARRELS AND TABLES FOR FIRST
COME FIRST SERVE BASIS.

 LRC HAS ALSO DISCUSSION AREA WHERE YOU

CAN STUDY AS A GROUP AND HAVE
DISCUSSION ON PROJECTS, GROUP WORKS AND
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITY.
TRIVIA
Reference: EBSCOhost
 Wikipedia is not accurate
DID YOU KNOW
THAT… and not reliable source of
information.
 REMINDERS
 WEAR YOUR OLFU ID AT ALL TIMES
 BE CONSIDERATE TO OTHERS
 NO LOUD INTERRACTIONS AND DISCUSSION
 EATING IS NOT ALLOWED
 PHONE CALLS MUST BE OUTSIDE OF THE LRC
 GADGETS IN SILENT MODE
 NO PUBLIC DISPLAY OF AFFECTION (PDA)
 AND OTHERS THAT ARE IN THE STUDENT
HANDBOOK
 FEEDBACKS
WE WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT YOUR
ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND YOUR FEEDBACK IS
VERY IMPORTANT TO US FOR THE
IMPROVEMENT OF OUR SERVICES.

THANK YOU