For your convenience, there is detailed maps inside.
Archives
Circulation
Research Help Desk
487-2505
487-2508
487-2507
copper@mtu.edu
circlib@mtu.edu
reflib-l@mtu.edu
Contacts
Library Café Hours
Mon-Fri: 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
24 hours per day/7 days per week
Sat-Sun: Closed
When the main library entrance is
closed, enter through the first floor Notes
west-side door or from Rekhi Hall Please refer to the library’s web
via the bridge.
site (http://www.mtu.edu/library/
A valid Michigan Tech I.D. card information/about/hours/) for exceptions to regular hours
is required for entry.
Extended Hours & Access
Mon-Fri:
10:00a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Sat:
Closed
Sat-Sun:
Closed
Sun:
6:00p.m.-10:00p.m.
Archives:
www.mtu.edu/library
Digital Studio
Study Rooms & Meditation Space
Opie Reading Room (24 Hour Access)
Library Café (Starbuck Coffee)
What’s new in the library:
GUIDE TO THE
VAN PELT & OPIE LIBRARY
2010-2011
1:00p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fri:
7:45 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
1:00p.m.-5:00p.m.
Sat:
Noon-6:00 p.m.
6:00p.m.-10:00p.m.
Sun:
Noon-Midnight
Thu-Fri:
10:00a.m.-Noon
Library Hours
Research Help Desk
Mon-Thu: 7:45 a.m.-Midnight
Mon-Wed: 10:00a.m.-Noon
Fall/Spring Hours
Places to go, Things to do
Borrow a book at the Circulation Desk
Scan a document, edit a presentation or print a poster in the
Digital Studio
Get help with your research project at the Research Help Desk
Meet your team in one of our Group Study Rooms
Hold a class session in our Instruction Rooms
Study all night in the 24-hour access Reading Room
Enjoy a Starbuck coffee at the Library Café
Relax in the 3rd floor Meditation Space
To Find more, refer to library’s website in Library services section (http://www.mtu.edu/library/library-services/spaces-places/)
Learn to do Online Library Research
Library Catalog to find out what books, journals, and other material the library has available
E-Journals to access individual periodical titles in electronic
format
Databases to search for articles from journals, conference proceedings, and other publications by subject. Click on "Search by
Subject Heading" to get started. Databases have online help.
Interlibrary Loan to request books and articles from other libraries
Ask a Librarian: Reference Librarians are available to meet
with you to help you get started and to assist you as your research progresses.
For more details, refer to the library’s website
Collections
Books: Shelved by Library of Congress (LC) call number in
the main collection located on the third floor.
Periodicals: Shelved by LC call number in the following locations– Electronic/ Microforms/ Research Help/ These and
dissertation/ U.S. Document/ Michigan Document
Popular Collections /new books/paperbacks are located
on the first floor.
Q&A
How to Find a Book?
Find out what's in the Library by searching the Library
Catalog on our library website.
How to Find an Article?
The Library's databases search thousands of journals to get
you the article you need. Select a database from our Databases page to research a topic. If you have a complete citation, use Article Finder to locate the full-text
How to Find a Journal?
Search by "Journal Title" in the Library Catalog. Also
search our Electronic Journals by journal title
How to Renew My Library Materials?
Check out My Library Accounts
How to reserve a study room?
Use the calendar in your Huskymail account to reserve a
room and invite group members. Click Group Study Rooms
on Library’s website for step by step instructions.
Extended hours entrance—west side, across
from the Memorial Union
Building,
Circulation and Research
Help Desks—first floor
Opie Reading Room—first
floor
Archives and Copper
Country Historical Collection—garden level
Digital Studio—second
floor
Points of Interest