Spaces & Services
These are the three offices located in the learning commons.
What are IT, Student Success, and the library?
This is where the books are located.
What is the third floor?
This string of numbers is what you need to access databases from off campus.
What is a barcode?
This librarian is the school archivist, who maintains records and collections from Hood's history.
Who is Mary Atwell?
This is where you can pick up a drink or snack while you study in the library and learning commons.
What is the cafe?
Need to scan a chapter of your friend's textbook? This is where you can find the scanner in the library.
What is the first floor near the computers?
This is how you reserve a study room.
What is click "Study Rooms" on the library homepage, enter your information, then pick up your key at the information desk?
This is what you click to do an "everything" search in the library--articles, books, news, and more.
What is Discover@Hood?
This librarian is the director of the library and once drummed in a rock band.
Who is Toby Peterson?
This is where the DVDs are in the library.
What is the third floor on the spinning racks?
This is how you check out a book from the library.
What is take the book to the information desk?
Your professor says you need to find an article in The Wall Street Journal but you hit a paywall. Click this tab on the library website to access issues of this and other magazines and newspapers without paying for them.
What is the Newspapers: Current database (or Wall Street Journal database) on Databases A-Z?
This librarian is the Access Services librarian, which means you can go to her to ask questions about your library account, using a study room, or accessing interlibrary loan materials.
Who is Kaitlyn May?
This is where athletes check in for study hall.
What is the third floor?
Hood students can access the first floor of the learning commons all night from Sunday-Wednesday. They need this to access the space.
What is an ID card to swipe?
You can check out more than books at the library! Go to the access services suite to borrow Cards Against Humanity, Guess Who, and more of these things.
What are games?
You want to access a research paper but you can't find it in one of Hood's databases. What kind of request can you make to access that article?
What is interlibrary loan?
This librarian has a cat named Robert and can help you with your research papers.
Who is Jessica Hammack?
Did your professor put something on reserve at the library? Go here to borrow course reserves.
What is the information desk/access services suite?
This is the office where you can find librarians who can help you with your research paper.
What is the reference suite on the first floor?
It's midterms and your computer just crashed. You can check out this item from the library to help you take notes during class.
What is an iPad?
It's easy to ask library questions remotely (and anonymously, if you want). These are three ways to get in touch with a librarian when you aren't in the library.
What is email/call/text/chat/fill out the form?
Do YOU want to work in the library and you have work study? You'll need to use this app to fill out your application.
What is Handshake?
Do you, for some reason, have to fax something? Go to this office to do that.
What is IT?