Library Services

The College of Graduate and Professional Studies Library, located on the second floor of the South Building of CGPS, promotes a library user instruction program designed to instill information literacy, lifelong learning, and critical thinking skills in the student community. It does this by providing reference service in person and using interactive technologies, course-related library instruction, and Web-based tutorials. The CGPS Library's collection consists of a small circulating book collection, a non-circulating reference collection, journals in many formats, and a reserve desk. Students and faculty have full access to the print and electronic collections that exist at the Simpson Library on UMW's Fredericksburg campus, through document delivery or by visiting the Simpson Library in person. The libraries' shared catalog, VIRTUA, is available on the World Wide Web from the CGPS Library home page. Equipped with computers that are linked to UMW's network, the CGPS Library provides access to a full array of Web-based resources made available by the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA). These databases are proprietary, available only to paid subscribers or qualified users of the services. CGPS students can access these databases from any computer at CGPS, the Fredericksburg campus of UMW, or from home with a password. The CGPS Library also supports an extensive interlibrary loan service. See the CGPS Library home page for detailed descriptions of services offered, current polices, and resource collections.