COLLEGE LIBRARY SECTIONS

The CIRCULATION SECTION is located at the third floor of the St. Thomas Building. It is the section in the College Library where General Reading Materials are found. This section contains various sources of information supporting the college degree programs.

An area adjacent to the section -the FACULTY READING AREA is for the exclusive use of the faculty members. The faculty area is for purposes of research, reading and lesson planning.

Also found in this section is the AMERICAN SHELF which is a small-scale compendium of the American Studies core collection and updated information about the United States that includes pamphlets, brochures and other informative materials produced by the different US government agencies, pre-selected and downloaded by the Thomas Jefferson Information Center.

The REFERENCE SECTION is located at the fourth floor of the St. Thomas Building. Books in this section are for room use only. The reference collections include dictionaries, encyclopedias, yearbooks, handbooks, almanacs, biographical dictionaries, directories, atlases and the like.

Also located on the third floor is the FILIPINIANA SECTION. This section contains materials on the following categories: 
· materials about the Philippines 
· materials authored by Filipinos 
· materials published in the Philippines

The PERIODICAL SECTION is housed at the fourth floor. This section provides collection of local and foreign serials and materials published with relative frequency such as magazines, newspapers and professional journals. Clippings and bound volumes of general and professional periodical literature are also available in this section.

The INTERNET/CD-ROM SECTION is housed at the third floor beside the Filipiniana Section. There are 20 units of Internet workstations available for students' use. CD-ROM databases for different areas can also be accessed in this section subject to the library's rules and regulations.

The ARCHIVES SECTION is located at the LIEM DE LAPAZ HALL near the entrance gate of the Colegio. It is the repository of the most relevant records and other manuscripts or printed materials accumulated by the Colegio since its foundation.

THESES SECTION is located at the 3rd floor of the Student Center Building. Collections include theses and feasibility studies of undergraduate students of the Colegio. Theses and feasibility studies are restricted to room use only. 

GRADUATE SCHOOL LIBRARY
The Graduate School Library is located at the fourth floor of the St. Thomas Building. Five (5) areas comprise the library. These are Reference, Filipiniana, Circulation, Theses and Periodicals.

HIGH SCHOOL LIBRARY
The High School Library is located at the fourth floor of the St. Thomas Building. It consists of six (6) areas: Circulation, Reference, Reserved, Filipiniana, Faculty and Periodicals.

ELEMENTARY LIBRARY
The Elementary Library is located at the second floor of the St. Thomas Building. It primarily serves the curricular and research needs of the elementary pupils, faculty members and the school community. The collections consist of Filipiniana, Reference, Faculty, Reserved, Circulation, Easy Books, Fiction and Audio/Video Books. It also provides a Kiddie Learning Area where educational toys and learning aids are located.

Classification System. The library collections are classified and cataloged using the Library of Congress Classification System. Specifically, letters of the alphabet and Arabic numbers are used in classifying books and other library materials.

Library System. The Library is currently using ATHENA, a high performance library automation software. Athena's revolutionary searching capabilities give the students the power they need to perform highly advanced, precise searches without sacrificing the needs of the sophisticated patrons.

Card catalog. The CSJL library system uses a divided dictionary catalog. It means that the catalog is divided into two components: the author/title and the subject catalogs. Each component is arranged alphabetically like a dictionary and follows the ALA filing rules. The subject entries of the subject catalog are all capitalized.

OPAC (online public access catalog). Access to library collections can also be done by using the online catalog. Several units have been installed in the library for purposes of search and retrieval of information. Inquiries can be addressed to any of the library staff.

Current Awareness/ Information Board Display. Announcements, lists of newly acquired books and other library matters are regularly posted in the bulletin boards.

Baggage counter. Library users are requested to deposit their things at the counter upon entering the library. Valuables such as cash, jewelry, cell phones and the like are excluded. Owners are responsible for their safekeeping.

Lost tag numbers must be reported immediately to the librarian-in-charge and payment must be done at the Finance office.

Athena Web Server. This allows patrons to search for materials cataloged in the library collections over the INTRANET. It has the same functionality as patrons using Athena inside the library. It provides searchers easy access through Athena's friendly interface. With Athena Web Server, patrons may view information about their fine balances, items on loan and items on reserve. Everyone has now the convenience of being able to search the library collections remotely.

Library Homepage. The Library has its own homepage designed to provide all the necessary information about the library, its services, staff, collection and other pertinent information to the different library users through the use of the internet. The Library homepage may be visited at www.letran.edu.