Libraries

Photo credit: Laura McClanathan, UCSC, Cowell '89

The UC Santa Cruz Libraries—McHenry Library and the Science & Engineering Library—are open to the public. Cabrillo students and non-affiliate visitors may come in to browse and use the in-house physical collections, use the study tables and seating areas, view the exhibit spaces, eat at the Library's Global Village Cafe, bring in food & drink, ask questions at the Library Services Desk, and use the public workstations (Mac & Windows) to access most of the Library's extensive online databases and resources and download available full-text PDFs to keep. Please see the links below for more information and policies on specific aspects of the Library's spaces and services.

Updated 9/26/24 Laura McClanathan
Cabrillo Librarian / lamcclan@cabrillo.edu

If you are a student and you find that you need to checkout resources beyond what the Cabrillo Library has to complete a research project, please talk with a Cabrillo Librarian about access to UCSC Library resources. A Cabrillo Librarian can sign a letter approving a short-term borrowing arrangement with UCSC. The following rules apply:

• Student must be a currently enrolled at Cabrillo College.
• The borrowing privileges will have an end date that extends no longer than the end of the current semester.
• The Cabrillo Librarian will give the student a physically signed letter that can be presented at the Library Services Desk at either McHenry Library or the Science & Engineering Library to set up a courtesy borrowing account and physical card.
  • The signed letter can also be scanned and sent to the student to present electronically at the Library Services Desk.
• Borrowers are eligible for: 3-week loans with a limit of a total of 25 items.
• These privileges do not apply to community members who are not currently enrolled Cabrillo students.

Questions? Please ask a Cabrillo Librarian!