Joint-Use Libraries at Cocoa and Palm Bay:
Library Services

• Audio-Visual Materials
• Borrowing Materials
• Computer Applications
• Information Resources
• Interlibrary Loan
• Library Hours
• Library Instruction
• Printing/Copying
• Remote Access
• Reserve Materials
• Scanning
• Starting Points

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• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa: Most videos may be checked out for one week. Videos on reserve can be requested at the Circulation Desk and usually must be viewed in the library.
• BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: The instructional Technology/Media department is located next to the library on the second floor.
• UCF Library-Orlando campus: Media materials and equipment are located on the third floor.

• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa and the BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: You must have a BCC library card to borrow items. To obtain a library card, take your UCF ID to the Circulation Desk. You may borrow up to ten (10) items at a time for a period of three (3) weeks. You may renew items one (1) time. Fines for overdue materials are $0.25 per day per item. For lost items, you will be billed for the cost of replacement plus a $7.50 processing fee. UCF Orlando campus there is no limit on the number of books you can check out. Undergraduates may borrow items for three (3) weeks; graduate students may borrow items for eight (8) weeks. You may renew items if no hold has been placed on them. Fines for overdue materials are $0.25 per day. For lost or damaged items, you will be billed $51.15 per item (or more, if the item costs more). You may renew and return items borrowed from the UCF Library in Orlando, at the BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa, or the BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library. You may also renew materials borrowed from Orlando by calling the circulation desk in Cocoa or using the online form from the library's home page.

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• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa: Public access to a variety of computer software packages, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, and AutoCAD, as well as the Internet and e-mail are provided the InfoLab on the first floor. You must present a library card at the InfoLab Desk (also on the first floor). You may purchase a formatted disk at the Circulation Desk for $1.00.
• BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: Computer labs are available for use in the main BCC building. UCF students can access PCs in these computer labs.
• UCF Library-Orlando campus: One of the Academic Computer Support Public Access labs is located in the library lobby.

When UCF does not own the book, article, or other document needed by UCF students, faculty, or staff, the Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Services Department (ILL) will try to obtain a copy of it from another library—usually within about two (2) weeks. Requests can be made by filling out the UCF Interlibrary Loan (ILL) form available on the Internet. The Interlibrary Loan (ILL) office of the UCF Library serves the entire UCF community, including branch campuses and distance learners. In order to provide prompt attention to all requests received, during periods of peak activity and/or low staffing constraints, the UCF ILL/DDS office reserves the right to limit the number of requests it will process per individual to five requests per day.

UCF Cocoa and Palm Bay patrons should be sure to indicate which library you want the material sent to.  Use the online ILL form to request books from the UCF Orlando campus and for all journal articles.

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• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa: UCF Librarians conduct general and subject-specific library instructions classes. Individual, one-on-one (PERC-UP) sessions and customized bibliographies of Internet sites (Webliographies) can also be requested.
• BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: Library instruction sessions for groups and classes are available by appointment.
• UCF Library-Orlando campus: Online tutorials, the Internet Workshop Series, and Personalized Electronic Research Consultations are among the training programs provided. To arrange for library instruction sessions, contact the coordinator of Bibliographic Instruction at 407-823-5880.

• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa: Print services are available throughout the library. For black and white printing, the first five pages are free; each additional page costs 10 cents. Color printing is 50 cents per page. Black and white photocopies cost 15 cents per page.
• BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: When printing (black and white) from a PC, the first five pages are free; each additional page costs 10 cents. Black and white photocopies cost 15 cents per page.
• UCF Library-Orlando campus: Photocopy machines are located on every floor of the library with change machines located on some floors. Photocopies are 10 cents per page. Copy cards, for use in the library only, can be purchased for easier and more economical copying (7.3 cents per page). Black and white printing (from PCs) cost 10 cents per page and a debit card must be used.

Most proprietary databases that can be accessed from your home or office only require an activated UCF ID card—you simply type in your Library ID number. The UCF library number can be activated by: 1) checking out materials, 2) visiting the circulation desk at the UCF library, 3) calling the Joint-Use Library in Cocoa (321-433-7250), or 4) using the activation request form on the web site at: http://library.ucf.edu/Circ/activation_request_form.htm. Other databases require you to configure your PC as a proxy. All databases can be accessed if you have a Pegasus account. To receive a Pegasus account from UCF. which also provides free Internet access and free e-mail, call 321-636-9985. More information is also available at the UCF Library Distributed Learning web page.

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• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa and the BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: Items on reserve can be requested at the Circulation Desk. Request an item by course name, number, or professor. Loan periods vary and usually depend on the faculty member. If you return a Reserve item late, you will be billed $1.00 per day.
• UCF Library-Orlando campus: Most reserve materials circulate for two (2) hours. Fines for Reserve items are billed at a rate of $0.25 per hour.

• BCC/UCF Joint-Use Library-Cocoa: Self-service scanning to a floppy disk is available in the InfoLab.
• BCC/UCF Palm Bay Library: Scanners are available in the computer labs.