Building Hours Hours for Ramsey Library are geared to the UNCA class schedule so the library may be closed on some of your class nights and weekends. Use of Library Materials You will need a student ID card to check books out and to use materials placed on reserve by your professors. You may keep books for three weeks and renew for additional three-week intervals. Periodicals must be used in the library building. In addition to books, periodicals, printed indexes, media materials, and maps, over 100 databases are available to you.
Most databases contain citations to articles and some even include the article texts.
Specialized databases help you locate statistics, poems, encyclopedia articles, tax research, college catalogs, government documents, and more. You can use these databases either on campus or from home. To connect from home you need an Internet Service Provider and a web browser , such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. You will also need to change the settings on your computer. Express is a document delivery service operated by the libraries of Appalachian State University, UNC-Asheville, and Western Carolina University.