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Hours - Fall 2009
 (8/24 - 12/18)
Mon - Thu | 8am - 9pm
Fri | 8am - 4pm
Sat | 9am - 1pm
Sun | CLOSED
Closed Holidays
Veteran's Day (11/13)
Thanksgiving (11/26-29)

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How does it work?
$1.00 in fines will be waived for each food item donated between November 18 and December 18, 2009 for library fines. Food donated through Food For Fines cannot be applied to fees for lost or damaged library material.

When and where can donations be made?
Donations will be accepted at the circulation desk of both Palomar College Library locations—San Marcos & Escondido--from November 18, 2009 to December 18, 2009.

Read the full details of the program or call us at 760.744.1150 x2612 for more information.

The Library has obtained a subscription to Credo Reference. This is a full-text online reference collection that includes over three million current entries from hundreds of dictionaries, bilingual dictionaries, thesauri, encyclopedias, quotations and atlases. It covers a wide range of subjects in all disciplines, and even contains a measurement conversion tool. Click here for a complete title list.

Credo may be accessed by clicking the above hyperlink or from the Library’s database web page where you can find more information about this and all our other databases at (Palomar college e-services or network login required off-campus).

Images and Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR) panoramas documenting Buddhist sculpture at Shuilu'an Temple in Lantian, Shaanxi Province, China have been added to the ARTstor database. To view them, login to ARTstor and either (1) browse by collection, and click "Shuilu'an Temple (Northwestern University)" or (2) enter the keyword search: "shuilu'an temple" or shuilu'an qtvr. Students, faculty, and staff may access off-campus with a Palomar eServices login. More information about the collection ...

We are excited to welcome new students and welcome back continuing students. We are looking forward to serving all students, faculty and staff. We have added new resources and will be highlighting them here.  Over the summer, we added two new magazine subscriptions: The Week and Make Magazine.

In addition to the hundreds of textbooks available at the library, the President’s Associates have granted funding to provide a limited amount of book loans to students who are financially unable to purchase a required textbook for their class.  Find out more about textbook loans...

The San Marcos Campus Library and the Escondido Center Library have added hundreds of textbooks to its Reserve section thanks to a grant by the President's Associates. Students may use the textbooks while they study in the Library. Textbooks are listed in the online catalog. Click here to view the catalog. If you do not see yours, please drop by or call us (760-744-1150, ext. 2612) to find out if your textbook is available.
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The Palomar College Library has almost nine thousand eBooks. Browse our eBooks by following this link. Browse eBooks ...

For research help or with any other kind of information question, you can also:

Call us:
760.744.1150 x2612

Email us:
library@palomar.edu

Or, stop by and ask us a question in person:
1140 W Mission Rd
San Marcos CA 92069