Frequently Asked Questions

SIMPLEX: A term used for single-sided printing. The document text will appear on only one side of a printed sheet of paper.

DUPLEX: A term used for double-sided printing. The text will appear on both sides of a sheet of paper when selecting Duplex from a Canon printer’s Options menu.

Printing costs:

• 5 cents per one-sided black-and-white page
• 6 cents for double-sided black-and-white
• 9 cents for a single-sided color page
• 13 cents for a double-sided color page

All students are allotted $30 per year by ITS for printing.

To save money, select "duplex" and “black-and-white” from the “Options” menu on the printer. Duplex is double-sided printing: it prints one page on each side of a single sheet of paper. Most computers default to double-sided, black-and-white printing, but check settings before printing.

Click here to learn more about printing and scanning in McCain Library

Printing from a McCain Library computer is a two-step process:

Step One: Send Your Document to the Printer:

• Login to the computer with your network ID and password
• Open the document you plan to print
• Click “Print” (which may be located under “File” in the document menu)
• Select “Scottie Printing on Firestar” as the printer
• Click “Print”

Step Two: Release Print Job from the Queue

• To release your print job, visit any of the following print stations:
  • Floor 1 (behind the elevator)
  • Ground Floor (in a room behind the spiral stairs)
  • Ground Floor (CDVL hallway, outside of the door into main library space)
• Tap your ASC ID card on the white card reader on top of the Canon printer
• Tap/Select “Secure Print”
• Select the job(s) you want to print
• Select “Options” to verify settings and change as needed (single-sided to double, color to b&w, etc.)
• Select “Print”
• Select “Logout” and then “Logout” again
• A stapler is built into a slot on the front of the machine. Slide your pages until you hear it click

Note: Scottie Firestar stores your print job(s) for 24 hours, so you could print at a Canon elsewhere on campus if that is more convenient than the library.

Click here to learn more about printing and scanning in McCain Library.

From the results page, there are 14 filters that will help users narrow their search results:

McCain Library’s favorite filters are:

• “Source Type” or “Peer Reviewed”—The “Source Type” filter allows users to narrow the results to academic journals, ebooks, and other types of publications. The “Peer Reviewed” filter narrows the results to articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals.
• “Publication Date” -- The “Publication Date” filter allows users to narrow a search to works published in the last 5 - 10 years or to a specific date range. Note that the option to narrow a search by a custom date range is only available in the search filters that appear after a search has been initiated.
• “Language” -- The “Language” filter benefits individuals who can only read in a few languages. It allows the user to select the languages they can read and eliminate any articles in the search results written in other languages.
• “Subject” -- The “Subject” filter identifies the most prominent subject terms associated with items in the search. Browse through the list of terms to identify relevant concepts to narrow the focus of the search.
• “Full text” -- The “Full text” filter will limit the list of articles to those immediately accessible through Discover or one of McCain Library’s other databases. Users, however, are cautioned to use this filter only when they are in a hurry to access the full text of a work. Nearly all the works found in Discover are accessible for free through McCain Library’s Interlibrary Loan service and usually come within three days or less.

Other filters available that McCain Library recommends to advanced users are:

• “Content Provider”
• “Limit by Journal”
• “Geography”

The filters that McCain’s librarians rarely use or recommend are:

• “Available in library collection”
• “Bibliography” “Catalog Only”
• “Georgia Digital Collection Only”
• “Lexile Range”
• “Publisher”

To learn more about these additional filters, set up a research appointment with a librarian.

The library encourages faculty and students to submit recommendations for items to be placed on course materials (reserves). Use the appropriate form listed below to make a request.

• Faculty: McCain Library Course Materials (Reserves) Form
• Students: Purchase Request Form  

Visit our Course Materials (Reserves) website for more information. 

 

An eBook in its entirety cannot be borrowed from another library. You can request specific chapters from eBooks and the chapters will be emailed in PDF format.

For more information, visit the Interlibrary Loan page on McCain Library's website.

The best way to ensure a document prints as single-sided is to select “Simplex” from the “Options” menu in the Canon printer's settings.

Instructions:

• Tap your ASC ID card on the white card reader
• Select “Secure Print”
• Select the job(s) you want to print
• Select “Options”
• Change pull-down menu in the Duplex field to Simplex
• Select “Print”

Click here to learn more about printing and scanning in McCain Library.

To renew an ILL item email the ILL Coordinator at skurth@agnesscott.edu. Depending upon the lending library, it can take a few days to receive a new due date. Renewals are not guaranteed.

For more information, visit the Interlibrary Loan page on McCain Library's website.

McCain’s elevator is in the center of the building and serves all floors. Floor maps are posted at the elevator and online here.

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) allows users to scan and convert print text to machine-readable PDF files. This option is available on all Canon printers in the library and around campus.

Printing to an on-campus printer from a personal computer or device is a two-step process:

Step One: Send Your Document to the Printer:

• Open your Agnes Scott College email account
• Compose email to scottieprinting@agnesscott.edu
• Subject line and body of the email may be left blank
• Attach the needed file(s)
• Click Send

Step Two: Release Print Job from the Queue

• To release your print job, visit any of the following print stations:
  • Floor 1 (behind the elevator)
  • Ground Floor (in a room behind the spiral stairs)
  • Ground Floor (CDVL hallway, outside of the door into main library space)
• Tap your ASC ID card on the white card reader on top of the Canon printer
• Tap/Select “Secure Print”
• Select the job(s) you want to print
• Select “Options” to verify settings and change as needed (single-sided to double, color to b&w, etc.)
• Select “Print”
• Select “Logout” and then “Logout” again
• A stapler is built into a slot on the front of the machine. Slide your pages until you hear it click

Note: Scottie Firestar stores your print job(s) for 24 hours, so you could print at a Canon elsewhere on campus if that is more convenient than the library.

Click here to learn more about printing and scanning in McCain Library.

Email accessservices@agnesscott.edu, making sure to include the title of the book, chapters/page numbers needed, and when you would like to access the book. In most instances, access is given in two hour increments that include the option to renew. Shared access does not include the ability to download, share, or print course reserve material due to copyright law. For more information see controlled digital lending,

Interlibrary loan is a free service where McCain Library requests books or articles for you from other libraries. Physical materials are sent from other libraries to McCain. You will be notified of their arrival, and can pick them up at the Checkout Desk. Electronic materials, including book chapters and articles, will be emailed to your Agnes Scott email account.

 

Media Viewing Rooms may be reserved online.

It all depends on how you created the document. McCain Library recommends that you set up an appointment with a Digital and Visual Literacy Tutor for help. Cline Library at Northern Arizona University provides great instructions for using the booklet feature in Microsoft Word to create a zine. Check out their guide.

Alumnae and other visitors may print from the two Visitor Computers in McCain Library’s lobby. Please visit the Check Out Desk for instructions on how to retrieve and pay for a print out.

Elizabeth Bagley, the Director of Library Services, maintains a list of great sources for finding inexpensive textbooks. Access the handout here.

McCain Library recommends using the Course Materials (Reserves) look-up tool to locate the item and learn when the item is scheduled to be returned. Then return to the Circulation Desk near the time that the item is due. 

• Books are checked out for 2 hours
• DVDs are checked out for 4 hours

To be fair to other users, course materials on reserve are available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Yes, visit our borrowing equipment page to see a complete list of calculators available for checkout from the library. To expedite your search, use the filter at the top of the page to select only calculators. The page defaults to an A-Z list by category of equipment.

Aside from bicycles and biking accessories, the loan time for all equipment is 3 days.