Borrowing Policies
Faculty members, students and staff of the colleges have the right to borrow library materials from the Central Library at Onaizah Colleges, it is necessary to present the University card of the colleges to the librarian so that he can complete the loan procedures.
Books allowed to be loaned, loan duration and user categories
| Category | Number of books | Loan term |
|---|---|---|
| Faculty members | 10 | 90 Day |
| higher studies | 10 | 90 Day |
| Regular students | 5 | 14 Day |
| University staff | 5 | 14 Day |
Sources of information that are not allowed to be lent
- Arabic and foreign references (Encyclopedias, references and dictionaries).
- Arab and foreign periodicals.
Return books
The beneficiary must return the books that were borrowed before the end of the loan period and hand them over to the librarian to avoid fines and penalties for delay.
Internal access service
The Central Library provides its services to researchers and library patrons by enabling them to use various information sources covering all academic disciplines in the colleges. The system used to make Office materials available is based on open shelves to encourage patrons and beneficiaries to read, the order of the content in them is divided according to the Dewey Decimal Classification plan:
| Taxonomy | Science and knowledge |
|---|---|
| 000-099 | General knowledge |
| 100-199 | Philosophy |
| 200-299 | Religions |
| 300-399 | Social Sciences |
| 400-499 | Language Sciences |
| 500-599 | Research sciences |
| 600-699 | Technology and Applied Sciences |
| 700-799 | Fine Arts |
| 800-899 | Language etiquette |
| 900-999 | History, geography and translations |
Reference services
The Central Library provides reference and guidance services to beneficiaries as follows:
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Receiving beneficiaries ' inquiries directly and responding to them.
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Guide library visitors to the available information containers and identify how to use and access them.
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Providing training courses for beneficiaries on how to use the library, the automated system and the common information bases of the colleges.
Information bases
Unaiza community colleges participated in 5 Rules of bibliographic information databases, abstracts and full texts via the Saudi digital library.