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Anthropology: Getting Research Help

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact the Research Help Desk

The faculty librarians are professors who work in the library. Contact us for help with your research.

  • ​Drop by the Research Help Desk 
  • Call Merced: (209) 384-6083
  • Call Los Baños: (209) 381-6434
  • Text (209) 666-3235
  • Email refdesk@mccd.edu
  • Chat below

Library Building Hours

Winter Break

  • Winter break hours begin on Monday, December 15, 2025
  • Campus is closed Thursday, December 25, 2025-Thursday, January 1, 2026
  • Spring 2026 starts on Monday, January 12, 2026

Downey Center in Merced

  • Monday, December 15, 2025-Wednesday, December 24, 2025
    • Monday-Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM 
  • Closed from Thursday, December 25, 2025 - Thursday, January 1, 2026
  • Friday, January 2, 2026-Friday, January 9, 2026
    • Monday-Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM

Los Baños Campus Library

  • Closed starting Friday, December 12, 2025
  • Reopens on Monday, January 12, 2026

Spring 2026

  • The semester starts on Monday, January 12, 2026

Downey Center in Merced

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 8 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM
  • Weekends: Closed

Los Baños Campus Library

  • Monday-Thursday: 7:30 AM - 6 PM
  • Friday: Closed
  • Weekends: Closed

Research Help Desk Hours

Winter Break

  • Research help not available at either campus starting Monday, December 15. 

Spring 2026

  • Research help at both campuses resumes on Monday, January 12, 2026. 

1st Floor of the Downey Center in Merced

  • Monday-Thursday: 8 AM - 8 PM 
  • Friday: 8 AM - 5 PM

Los Baños Campus Library

  • Monday-Thursday: 9 AM - 6 PM

After Hours

  • Get help after-hours, weekends, holidays, and other non-instructional days through the library chat
  • The chat is staffed by librarians outside of Merced College when MCCD librarians are not available

Requesting Materials from Other Libraries

If there is a book or an article that the library does not own or have access to through the databases, we can ask another library to send us the book or the article through Interlibrary Loan (ILL). Textbooks are excluded from ILL services.