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Getting Research Help: Getting Research Help

Contact Us

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

  • ​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

Research Help Hours

Merced
Monday - Thursday 8 am - 8 pm
Friday 8 am - 5 pm
Los Baños
Monday - Thursday 8 am - 6 p.m.
Friday 8 am - 2 p.m.

Frequently Asked Questions

Requesting Materials from Other Libraries

You'll occasionally find a book or an article that the Merced College 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). We will always try to get it for free, but the lending library might charge to make a copy of the article or to mail the book. Depending on the lending library, charges can range anywhere from $5 - $25. On the ILL PDFs, please mark if you are willing to pay if necessary, and how much.

Textbooks are excluded from ILL services.