Library

The library does not purchase textbooks. Sometimes, instructors may place a copy of a textbook on course reserve in the library. Course reserves enable an item to be widely available to students. Items on course reserve have very short loan periods – sometimes as short as three hours. That enables many students the opportunity to access the item.

Course reserves are available at the library desk. Want to see if your instructor placed a textbook on reserve? You can search the library’s holdings for the book title

Study rooms can be reserved using our online scheduling system.

• Only current Bellevue College students may make study room reservations
• Reservations can be made for two-hour blocks, up to four hours a day
• Capacity varies by space
• Due to an upcoming construction project in the library, rooms can be reserved 14 days in advance until June 12. Following that date, rooms can be reserved only one day in advance. Once construction begins, library study rooms will be unavailable.
• Study rooms are for academic purposes

Users must check-in within 15 minutes of their reservation start time, or the reservation will be automatically cancelled. Users can check-in via QR code at the study room, at a library workstation, or at the library desk.

Students can send a print job to the library’s printer by using the wireless printing instructions.

Library users are allowed to eat and drink in the library, as long as they follow the library’s food policy which is based on the key principles of “leave no trace” and mutual respect.

Making a request to keep an item longer than the original loan period is called renewing. You will be able to renew most books you borrow. You can renew an item through your online library account or by contacting the library’s circulation department.

Some items cannot be renewed or have limits on how many times they can be renewed. The library’s borrowing policies contains the specific renewal details by item type in the loan periods section.