Circulation Policy Books circulate to active-duty and retired military personnel and their families and to U.S. Army civilian and contractor employees at Fort Detrick who hold an ID card. Interlibrary loan service is limited. There is no online catalog of the book holdings of the Fort Detrick Post Library. Databases Fort Detrick Post Library has subscriptions to the Washington Post, the Federal Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. The Fort Detrick Post Library collection is similar to the holdings of a small public library.
Patrons can produce a bibliography on a particular area free of charge.
A database can be used to produce references to articles and books on various subjects. A library service in which, upon request, one library lends an item to another library that does not have the item. Patrons usually request books and journal articles through interlibrary loan. Libraries may require patrons to assume any photoduplication costs charged by the lending library. By means of a PC, modem, and communications package, students can dial in to the UNIX or VAX systems at UMUC and use the Internet.