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Research Guide for High School Students

Services You Can Use

What you Need to Know

UNDER 17

  • If you are under 17, you unfortunately cannot take materials out of the library. You can browse and use the library's physical collection (books, documents, etc.) within the library.
  • You can access the library's open access articles on the Lakehead Library Website

OVER 17

  • If you are 17 years of age or older you can become a community borrower.  This means you will be able to take out books (maximum 10).
  • To become a community borrower you have to provide the library with valid government-issued ID and proof of address

Want to know more - Community Borrower Policy

To use the computers you will need to request Visitor Computer Access. This can be done at the Library Service Desk which is located just to the left when you enter the Chancellor Paterson Library.

Process 

  1. Ask staff at the desk for visitor computer access
  2. They will have you fill out this form
  3. They will ask for a piece of photo ID and proof of address
  4. They will then give you a piece of paper with the username and password 

Expiry Date: the username and password you receive will last until the Sunday of the week you sign up for it. 
For Example: if you get it on Friday, October 14th it will expire on Sunday, October 16th. If you want to use the computers again on Monday, October 17th  you will need to get a new visitor computer access.

When ON CAMPUS you will have access to all the articles, journals, e-books and databases Lakehead Library has.  Unfortunately, you will not be able to access all of our services when you are OFF CAMPUS so when searching for articles I recommend selecting the open access filter and take a look at the Free Databases under A-Z Databases

 

OPEN ACCESS RESOURCES