William F. Chatlos Library

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The William F. Chatlos Library is home to over 150,000 book, periodical, microform and media volumes. Our mission is to serve in a capacity to support the curriculum and to encourage personal advancement in the students, faculty, and staff of Florida College by building resource collections and forging consortial agreements, by providing an environment conducive to study with appropriate delivery tools, and by disseminating information literacy instruction.
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Sunday2 p.m. – 4 p.m., 8 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Monday8 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Tuesday8 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Wednesday8 a.m. – 5 p.m., 9:30 p.m. – 12 a.m.
Thursday8 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Friday8 a.m. – 12 a.m.
Saturday11 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Borrowing Privileges

Borrowing privileges must be exercised in person. Books, sheet music, records, and CDs may be borrowed for a period of four weeks using your FC student key fob. Prompt return of materials will allow for maximum usage by all borrowers. Materials checked out are subject to recall immediately if needed for reserve or classroom purposes.

Students may borrow up to 15 items at a time.
Periodicals may not be used outside the library.
CDs and records may be checked out for four weeks. Videos and DVDs may be used in the library but cannot be checked out. There is a TV/VCR available for viewing videos and a stereo system for tapes, records and CDs. Headphones may be checked out at the circulation desk for use with the stereo system.

Fines and Surcharges

Fines on overdue items are $.25 per day, per item. Fines on overdue reserve and hourly items are $.10 per hour, per item. The maximum fine per item is $10.00, with the exception of hourly check-outs which have a maximum fine of $25.00. As an incentive for paying fines in a timely manner, the library offers a 50% discount on fines paid at the time of returning item(s). The discount does not apply during the week of final exams. A $1.00 surcharge may apply to each item not returned by the week of final exams.

Renewing Borrowed Items

Items may be renewed once for an additional four weeks if no hold has been placed on the item. Items may be renewed in one of four ways:
  1. The item(s) may be brought to the circulation desk and renewed. (Overdue items can only be renewed in person.)
  2. Renewal requests may be made over the phone by calling the library at 813.988.5131 x210. Please have the items you wish to renew with you when you make the call.
  3. Email your renewal request to library@floridacollege.edu. Please include the barcode number for each item you want to renew.
  4. Through a library account on catalog. For help logging in, contact the library staff.

Reserve Items

All items on reserve are held behind the circulation desk. Please ask library staff for assistance in locating reserve items. Unless otherwise stated, all reserve items may be checked out and used in the library for 2 hours at a time. Overdue items will accrue fines at a rate of 10 cents per hour. Reserve items may not be taken out of the library.

Books

Reserve books may be checked out overnight one-half hour before closing time, but must be returned by the next morning when the library opens.

Periodicals/Articles

Reserve periodicals and copies of articles are kept behind the circulation desk and may only be used in the library.

Faculty

Please submit a Reserve Request Form with all reserve readings, preferably 24 hours prior to the date of reading assignment. This allows the library staff to prepare reserve items in an efficient and timely manner. Faculty members may download a Reserve Request Form.

Reserve Request Form

Inter-library Loan

Inter-library loan is available to faculty, staff and students wishing to borrow books and articles from other libraries. Submit an inter-library loan request form (available in the library) or email Jennifer Kearney.
  • Art & Art History: Resources for exploring artists, works, history and tools for art education.
  • Behavioral Science: Guide to some useful resources for students in behavioral sciences classes.
  • Biblical Studies: An online guide for biblical studies and a range of sub-topics.
  • Business Administration: Guide to library resources for students in business classes, including sports management.
  • Citation Help: This page provides resources to help you properly create citations and bibliographies. Follow the tabs to lists of style manuals, how-to guides for citing specific types of sources, citation generators and management software, and copyright information.
  • Common Reading at Florida College: This LibGuide is a collection of resources to aid both students and faculty in discussion and understanding of the Florida College Common Reading.
  • Communication: LibGuide for students in communication, public speaking and oratory union. Find library resources, tips and tricks for using databases, etc.
  • Elementary Education: Guide to library resources for education majors.
  • English: Guide to library resources for students in English and literature classes.
  • Evaluating Sources and Fighting Fake News: Consult this guide to learn how to distinguish reliable news sources from those providing false news and parody sites.
  • Library Information: Who, what, where, when and how about Chatlos Library.
  • Music: Resources for music students and faculty. Includes links to sheet music, scores, streaming audio, music theory and more.
  • Periodicals: This is a basic guide to serials/periodicals (publications that are published multiple times throughout the year, such as journals, magazines, newspapers and newsletters.
  • Reference Section: An online reference shelf with websites, ebooks, ejournals and online indexes. Many of these resources were referred to as open resources on the library website and those resources have migrated here and are now classified by subject.
  • Science: Resources for study in the physical sciences, focusing mostly on anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, physics, and computer science (especially coding.)
  • Social Sciences: A collection of resources pertinent to topics in social sciences, with emphasis on primary sources and databases.