Circulation: Community Patron Information

There is a $35 annual fee to register as a "Friend of the Library" and receive a Murray Library card. This annual fee extends all privileges to your immediate family and is transferable, making additional registrations unnecessary.

Registration fees—payable by cash, check, or credit card—are accepted at the Circulation Desk in the library during regular operation hours. There is a $5 fee for replacement of lost Friends of the Library cards.

A community borrower has 21 days from the due date to return the item before being billed for replacement of the item. These items are subject to a $75 lost item replacement fee. A non-refundable processing fee of $20 is charged to the patron. Both these fees are assessed per item. This process also applies to severely damaged library materials. If a patron finds and returns the lost item in acceptable condition before a replacement copy has been ordered, the Circulation Department will refund the replacement fee only. All fees are subject to adjustment at the discretion of the Circulation Department.

From the library's homepage (www.messiah.edu/murraylibrary), access the library's online catalog and databases. The Library’s online catalog provides entries for the materials in the Library’s collection. It includes the following: books, DVDs, CDs, periodicals, curriculum materials. Access to the catalog is available from PCs in the library, on campus via the campus-wide network, and from off-campus.

The Library also offers a variety of online databases that provide bibliographic and full-text access to journal and magazine articles in a wide range of subjects. Academic Search Ultimate and JSTOR provide full-text articles from thousands of periodicals on a variety of subjects. Many other databases cover different subject areas. A complete list of these databases is available from the Library home page. Due to licensing restrictions, the databases can only be accessed on campus.

Guests and alumni should stop at the Circulation Desk to ask a staff member to assist with login details for Library computers.

Wireless is available in all campus buildings and select outdoor locations. Wireless access is available to Community readers, Friends, alumni, and visitors to the Library. When given a list of networks on your device, choose "Messiah Guest" for general access.

The Library provides access to Primo and its databases through public search stations (PACs). Guests and alumni should stop at the Circulation Desk to ask a staff member to assist with login details. Please note that the PACs do not have printing capability for guests and alumni, but items can be saved to flashdrives or e-mailed to users' home accounts.