Services

Available to all students, faculty, and staff, the Shelton Learning Commons provides access to more than 110 databases such as ProQuest Central and more than 210,000 electronic books. All digital resources can be accessed via the search bar on the Online Databases page. The electronic resource collection can be accessed both anywhere on campus and off with a student’s Lees-McRae credentials.

While students may check out materials for the entire semester, reference materials and periodicals unfortunately cannot be loaned to students. Faculty members may take these materials for short-term use in a specific class, but the materials must be returned immediately following the class.

Audiovisual material may be loaned to students and faculty on a short-term (usually overnight) basis.

Most "Reserve" materials may be used only within the learning commons, although some may be checked out for overnight use, depending on the course instructor.

Students, faculty, and staff must bring a valid Lees-McRae ID in order to check out materials.

Request book pick-up

Reference librarians are available either at the reference desk (located on the main floor of the Shelton Learning Commons) or on call during regular hours. If you need assistance with your research, visit the reference desk or the Shelton Learning Commons staff office (located at the back of the main floor). You may also submit your questions by phone at 828.898.8727 or by email.

Copiers are available to all students, faculty, and staff to use for official college copying, printing, and scanning. There is a high-speed black and white and color copiers. Your Lees-McRae ID card is used to copy, scan, and release print jobs. With questions on how to use the equipment, ask the learning commons staff. 

Instructions for Copying

• Scan card or login with valid user ID (ex: userID.lmc.edu) and password (same as email, Brightspace, etc.)
• Place document face up in the automatic document feeder
• Press Use Device Function
• Press Start
• Be sure to logout by pressing login/logout or wait 6 seconds
  
  

Instructions for Scanning

• Scan card or login with valid user ID (ex: userID.lmc.edu) and password (same as email, Brightspace, etc.)
• Place document face up in the automatic document feeder
• Press Use Device Function
• Press Scan
• Press Manual entry, enter email, press OK
• Press Start and OK
• Be sure to logout by pressing login/logout or wait 6 seconds
  
  

Instructions for printing

• Log into papercut.lmc.edu to print from web or print directly from local learning commons computers by selecting:
  – prtsrv\Library MP2554 HOLD (for black and white)
  – prtsrv\Library MPC3002 Color HOLD (for color)
  
  

Instructions for releasing print jobs

• Scan card or login with valid user ID (ex: userID.lmc.edu) and password (same as email, Brightspace, etc.)
• Press Print All
• Be sure to logout by pressing login/logout or wait 6 seconds

Laptops and cameras are available to borrow free of charge. The laptops are permitted for use only within the Shelton Learning Commons. Cameras are available for 24-hour checkout. Please visit the reference desk to borrow an item.

The Jones-Pritchett archives at Lees-McRae contain the collected papers, photographs, yearbooks, audio, and video recordings and other items spanning the history of the college. The archive is a closed collection and may only be accessed with the assistance of a Shelton Learning Commons staff member. Removal of archival materials from the archives is not permitted but some limited copying of documents and photographs are allowed.

Items from the archives may be used by permission of the director for publication or other commercial purposes. Any such use must display the ownership statement “Property of Lees-McRae College Archives” or the publication statement “Used with permission of the Lees-McRae College Archives.”

Lees-McRae students, faculty, and staff may use the Shelton Learning Commons InterLibrary Loan service to borrow materials from other libraries. Print materials generally arrive within a week to two weeks from the time requested, and periodical articles usually arrive within two to three days. Please submit requests to Ramona Hayes at hayesra@lmc.edu or 828.898.8727.