Here's what you can access today during the outage:
Articles
Search for your topic in these databases.
- Google Scholar: articles in a variety of disciplines
- arXiv: science, math, and economics
- PubMed: biomedical and life sciences
- SSRN: social sciences
- Academic Search Complete (on-campus access only): variety of disciplines
- IEEE Explore (on-campus access only): computer science and electrical engineering
- JSTOR (on-campus access only): humanities and social sciences
Books & media
Book requesting, checkout status, and ebook access are not available. Use the Catalog to find the locations (building and call number) of print books, which you can check out in person.Textbooks
Yes, you can still borrow textbooks on reserve from Ask Us service desks! Bring the title of your textbook to the Ask Us desk. (Our textbook lookup page is down.)
Technology Lending
Yes, you can still borrow laptops, calculators, chargers, and many other devices from the Ask Us service desks.
Some devices are available by online request only. Once our full website is available again, you can place requests.
Makerspace
Call 919-515-3364 to ask if the Makerspace at the Hill Library is open. Some Makerspace services may be interrupted due to the network outage.
Study rooms
Yes, you can still use study rooms. Our room reservation system may be down, so study rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Not currently available
Due to maintenance or outages, these services may be unavailable:
- Book requesting
- Citation Builder (try ZoteroBib instead)
- Course Reserves
- Course Guides
- Databases (proxied and off-campus access)
- Event listing (some events may be affected by this outage. Call 919-515-3364 to ask us about today's events.)
- My Account
- Room Reservation
- Textbook Search Tool
For updates from the Libraries about the status of our website, check @ncsulibraries on Instagram or Facebook.
Ask Us
We're here for you, and we're happy to help!
Email us at library_askus@ncsu.edu
Call us at 919-515-3364
Visit us in person: our Ask Us service desks are all-in-one help centers.
Hours
Our hours are listed accurately in Google Maps: