pacific college of oriental medicine logo - acupuncture school acupuncture school - homeacupuncture school - contact usacupuncture school - log in acupuncture school -

Whoever loves the world as his self may be entrusted to care for the world. - Lao-Tzu

acupuncture school - prospective students
acupuncture school - current students
acupuncture school - alumni
acupuncture school - campuses
acupuncture school - clinic
acupuncture school - pacific symposium
acupuncture school - news
Accupunture School - Publications
acupuncture school - library
 

Chicago
Community
Tour Campus
Meet Our Students
Meet Our Faculty
Internships
Library
Events
Open Houses
Housing
Map & Directions

Contact Us

International Schools

Search This Site

Site Map

Links

 

San Diego Campus Library

Pacific's newly remodeled library provides over 2,400 square feet conducive to study and research and is home to a portion of Dr. Ted Kaptchuk's private collection. A valuable resource for students and alumni of Pacific, the college's Library is also open to health professionals and interested lay people by special arrangement.

Click here to learn more about the Library's:

Holdings
Equipment & Resources
E-mail Services
Borrowing Privileges
Hours
Fines
Online Library Catalog
Online Links & Resources
Contact Us

Holdings
There are many resources available in Pacific's Library, including journals of Eastern & Western medicine, books, audio tapes and video tapes. The print collections currently contain over 2,500 books and journals and the non-print collection contains over 650 items. The Library also boasts a Special Collection of Chinese language monographs, a variety of articles and newsletters in the vertical files, and research papers written by Pacific students. Required and recommended texts for each semester are available in the Library at the Reference/Circulation Desk. Click here to search the San Diego campus's Online Library Catalog.

 

Equipment & Resources
There are currently 5 IBMs, 2 Macintosh computers, 2 VCR/TVs, two audio tape players, printer and Xerox machine available for use in the library. Computer use is on a first-come first-served basis. There are two computer work study assistants available at regular hours in the Library to help students with questions. Computer training is available to students, staff and faculty by appointment. Please see a librarian for details.

 

E-mail Services
Pacific College provides its students with free e-mail accounts and service. To obtain your password, please complete an application in the College's Administration Office.

 

Borrowing Privileges
A PCOM student ID is required to check out Library materials. Books (a maximum of 3 at a time) may be checked out for two weeks. Materials may be renewed once, either by stopping by or calling. Up to 2 audio and video tapes may be checked out at a time for one week. Materials may be returned to the Library or the book return located in the Student Lounge.

 

Hours:

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
9 am - 9 pm
9 am - 9 pm
9 am - 9 pm
9 am - 9 pm
9 am - 5 pm
9 am - 5 pm
1 pm - 5 pm

*Special hours during Holidays and Semester Breaks are available at the Library.

 

Fines for overdue materials:

Books: 0.25 per day
Audio & video tapes: 0.50 per day

*Weekends are included in the calculation of fines. Replacement Fees are $15.00 plus the cost of replacing the item. Unpaid fines may result in denial of registration, transcripts or other administrative requests.

 

Online Library Catalog
Through the San Diego campus's Online Catalog, users are able to look up books, journals, videos, reference papers and more. In addition, circulation borrowing records including borrowers, checkout and returns are also a part of this system. Click here to search the San Diego campus's Online Library Catalog.

 

Links & Resources
For a list of free health information websites, please visit our Library Links & Resources page.

 

Contact us:

Phone: (800) 729-0941 Ext. 132
Email: library-sd@pacificcollege.edu

 

 
prospective students | current students | alumni | campuses | about our clinic | pacific symposium | news & events | publications
Copyright ©2002-05 Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. All rights reserved.
To contact the webmaster, please email webmaster@pacificcollege.edu