FAQs

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To access CC Library's licensed databases, students must be currently enrolled.
When you select an article or e-book, a popup window will prompt you to login.
Login with your first name (dot) last name. Password is birthday 6 digits.

• Login names are not case sensitive.
• Patrons with hyphens, apostrophes or other special characters in their name, please see the chart:

Login Troubleshooting
There are some things that can go wrong when you try to access databases off campus:

1. Are you currently registered for the current semester? For example, if you are not registered for summer classes, you will not have access to our databases during the summer.
2. If you still get the invalid message, contact the Help Desk (619-660-4395). The Help Desk will check your student login record. Generally this can be fixed immediately, but may take 1-2 working days in some cases.
3. If you can log into some databases, but not others it generally means the database is having a problem and you'll have to wait until the problem is resolved, generally by the next day.

We are sorry but the Library is closed during the COVID 19.

Access your My Library Account to find items you have checked out or fines you may owe. How to log into My Library Account

If the Library opens again, all Cuyamaca and Grossmont currently-enrolled students are eligible to check out library materials. A current student ID is required at the time of check-out. Student IDs are available free of charge in the Tech Mall E-121. Students must complete the college registration process before an ID card can be issued.

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You may check out up to ten items at one time. For reserve materials, you may check out one item per discipline at a time.

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Books..............................2 weeks
Periodicals........................1 week
Reserves..........................3 hours
*Graphing Calculators........1 day
**Semester Graphing Calculators—Math Department Lottery Program
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 *Students must present proof of math course enrollment at check out.

 ** Math Department Lottery Program:

 A. Students MUST be enrolled in a Math course at Cuyamaca AND be awarded a Board of Governors Fee Waiver.

 B. The first week of class students put their name on the list at the circulation desk.  The deadline to sign up is Wednesday by closing time.

 C. Lottery will be drawn and students check to see if they will get a calculator the following Monday at the circulation desk.

 D. After two weeks (third Monday), if there are still calculators left, the library will check out calculators to any student enrolled in a Math course at Cuyamaca College.

 E. After four weeks (fifth Monday), if there are still calculators left, the library will check out calculators to any student enrolled in a STEM course at Cuyamaca College.

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Circulating books and periodicals may be renewed once if there are no holds. Reserve items may not be renewed. To renew an item click on the “my account” button from the online library catalog. From there, follow the onscreen directions. You must renew your item before the due date.

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The library charges 25 cents a day for each item that is overdue (up to a $100 maximum per book and a $50 per magazine/journal). The fines for reserve materials are $1.00 per hour or $3.00 a day per item (up to $100 maximum per item). The fines for interlibrary loan materials are $3.00 per item per day. Students are blocked from administrative functions (registration, drop/add, transcripts, and grades by phone) if they have any overdue materials or fines in any amount.

If you have a fine, call the Circulation Desk (619-660-4416) or
visit the Circulation Desk in person.

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Library users may place a hold request for an item that is checked out to another patron. Requests are placed through the OPAC. When a requested item becomes available, it will be placed on hold at the circulation desk and the requestor notified to pick up the item within 3 days. Hold requests may not be placed on reserve items. Library users may also place holds by calling circulation during business hours (619-660-4416) or visiting the circulation desk in person.

Yes. The Cuyamaca College Library offers an interlibrary loan service to students and employees. Interlibrary loan is a national lending system through which library users may order books from other libraries in the United States. Items from the Grossmont Library  should arrive in approximately two business days. It takes longer to get materials from other libraries, so plan ahead. To order ILL items online, please visit: http://www.gcccd.edu/library/default.html

Note: overdue fines on interlibrary loan materials are $3.00 per item per day.

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No, you do not need to sign up or login to use the computers.

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Students are welcome to check this equipment out for use in a library study room. Students wanting to use this equipment outside the library need to ask their instructor to contact the library to fill out the proper form.