Pfau Library Services During Campus Closure: Overview

The library building remains closed and library personnel will continue working from home through the 2021 Spring Semester. But many of the library's services are still available.

UPDATE Feb. 18: Request books from CSUSB and from other CSU libraries! Request books from Pfau Library's main collection, DVDs, and equipment from the Library Multimedia Center, as well as books from other CSU libraries for contact-free pickup!  Learn how requesting works. 

The Virtual Library Multimedia Center is now live with resources to help you create the best video presentations for your assignments.

More services:

• Ebooks
• Full text articles
• Streaming video
• Laptop borrowing for students (see Can I check out a laptop?)
• Research help -- chat with us, schedule a Zoom session, and more
• Library workshops -- check our calendar for upcoming sessions
• Interlibrary Loan delivery for articles
• Instructors can still request library instruction; we have synchronous or asynchronous options
• Return your checked-out books in our drive-up or walk-up drop boxes

• Can I check out a laptop? 
• Can I check out a physical (hard-copy) book from the library?
• Can I check out a copy of my textbook?
• Can I request Interlibrary Loans during the closure? What about CSU+?
• What about library books or other items that I have currently checked out? Should I return them?
• Where can I find reliable sources of information about the virus?

• Interlibrary Loan book requesting (however, books owned by other CSU libraries are available for request; find out how requesting works)
• Physical books located in Course Reserves
• Group & individual study rooms 

The library facility is not open. 

Although the library building and its study rooms are not open, CSUSB's Student Affairs Office has information about on-campus Study Spaces Available for Students. More details in the email to students about On-Campus Study Space (PDF) sent in Fall.