Virtual and Remote Library Services

Virtual & Remote Library Services (look for Live Chat)

Please check our hours website for the library's up-to-date virtual (and in-person) hours.

Remote Services for Students: 

• Live Chat with a Librarian
• Ask-a-Librarian  or Email a Librarian (reference@raritanval.libanswers.com) We will get back to you within 24 hours (48 hours on weekends).
• Options for accessing online textbooks during COVID-19 closures.
• Interlibrary loan services for articles and book chapters (not full books)
• Library databases and RVOneSearch.
• Course & Assignment Guides

For Faculty:

• Integrating Library Resources in Canvas Courses
• Remote Information Literacy Instruction (for online and remote synchronous courses)
• Options for online textbooks during closure

Limited In-Person Services:

• The physical library is open for limited services
• No physical access to textbook reserves. Request scans of reserves here. 
• No access to physical book and media collections. Place a hold on an item for pick up. Learn how to place a hold here.
• No face-to-face information literacy instruction. If you are teaching a course that requires hands-on library materials, please email Megan Dempsey to discuss options.

Useful Pages from the RVCC Website