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Mission
To provide the library users information services in support of instruction, research and curricular offerings and thrusts of St. Scholastica’s College Manila, through updated library resources and services.
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Monday to Friday |
From 7:00 am to 5:00 pm |
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Saturday |
From 8:00 am to 12:00 pm |
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Summer Break |
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Monday to Friday |
8:00 am to 5:00 pm |
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Saturday |
8:00 am to 12:00 pm |
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Web OPAC
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Contact Us
COLLEGE & GRADUATE SCHOOL LIBRARY
St. Scholastica’s College
4th Floor St. Cecilia’s Bldg.
2560 Leon Guinto Street
Malate, Manila
Philippines / P.O. Box 3135
Phone: (632) 8567 – 7686 local 2252
Email: collegelibrary@ssc.edu.ph
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| Ms. Lailani P. Inciong College Library Head |
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| Ms. Leslie A. Bellosillo Periodicals Librarian |
Mr. Arnel B. Moico Reference Librarian |
| Ms. Razel D. Belgica Ms. Edna L. Cabe College Library Assistants |
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Facts and Figures as of Ocober 2017 |
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BACKGROUND |
COLLECTION |
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Date Established: 2011 |
Book Collections: 34,193 titles – 41,978 vols. |
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PERIODICALS |
SUBSCRIPTIONS |
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ONLINE DATABASES: 15 databases EBSCOhost is a powerful online reference system accessible via Internet. It offers a variety of proprietary full text databases and popular databases from leading information providers. It also provides eBooks across a wide range of subject matter. |
PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS NON-PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS |
Description
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General Collection |
Cataloging Section
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Consists of books on all subjects, except those belonging to the special collections, which may be checked out from the library. SSC college students may borrow five (5) books at a time upon presentation of their ID’s. |
Library materials for the different sections processed in the Cataloging Section. |
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Faculty Area |
Periodicals Section |
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This room is for the exclusive use of SSC faculty for study and research. It is also a place where they can browse through books for examination which they may want to recommend for acquisition. |
Periodicals include newspapers, magazines, and professional journals in print, microform, and electronic formats. Bound Periodicals are arranged alphabetically by title on shelves. Current issues of selected periodicals, magazines, and journals of print copies are displayed on the shelves. The back issues of local newspapers are available on microfilm while some selected journals are available on microfiche. Microfiche reader/printer is provided in this section for reading and printing the articles from this collection. Indexes to newspaper, magazine, and journal articles help users identify and locate the articles they need. The library has the following indexes in print and electronic format: 1) the Index to Philippine Periodicals (IPP); 2) the Computerized Index to Philippine Periodicals (CIPPA); 3) RL Newspapers Index; and (4) Index to Philippine Newspapers. The library also subscribes to an online periodical database which is the EbscoHost with thirteen (13) databases that give citation, abstract, and full text of the articles in over 10,200+ selected foreign journals. Other than the periodicals, EBSCO also includes ebooks, theses, and dissertations in full text. Periodicals do not circulate because they are hard to replace. Photocopiers and printers are provided for those who need copies of articles. |
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Filipiniana Collection |
Reference Section |
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This collection consists of books about the Philippines and its people, written or published by Filipinos. Filipiniana titles with arrangement, treatment of information and use similar to that of reference books are not circulated and are kept in the Reference Section. Filipiniana periodical titles are also kept in the Periodicals Section. |
This section contains the library’s collection of reference books such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, directories, bibliographies, maps, atlases, and yearbooks. The reference collection is separated from the rest of the library collection because the reference materials are for ROOM USE only. The information found in reference books are organized for quick and easy use, arranged in an alphabetical or chronological arrangement or accessed through the use of detailed indexes and cross-references. The books /materials are intended to be referred to for pieces of information, not to be read from beginning to end. |
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The Special Collections |
Women’s Studies Collection |
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Four collections make up the Special Collections in the SSC College Library. The collections – Women’s Studies, Environmental Studies, and Peace Studies refer to the advocacies of SSC. The Benedictine Studies collection, on the other hand, strengthens the identity of the school as a Benedictine institution. |
This special collection contains books on Women and Gender studies and other related literature in support of the school’s women empowerment advocacy, the Women’s Studies curricular program, and the research agenda on women. Started in the early ’80s, this expanded to a full collection in 2012. |
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Peace Studies |
Environmental Studies |
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In 2011, SSC collaborated with the Hiroshima Peace Culture Foundation to start this collection on the themes of peace and social justice. Intended initially to assist student’s research, this collection is envisioned to contain research papers and information on global peace and justice initiative. |
In the history of SSC, the advocacies on Care for Mother Earth and environmental stewardship have always been included in its school themes. This collection holds relevant information on ecological studies that would support classroom teaching and learning, and faculty and student research on the topic. |
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Benedictine Studies |
Graduate Library |
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This collection was started to strengthen the school’s identity as a Benedictine institution. This contains books on Benedictine spirituality, on the life of St. Benedict, St. Scholastica, St. Hildegarde and other notable Benedictine saints, and books written by Benedictine authors. *Books in these collections published more than 5 years ago are not disposed but are archived because of their historical and research value. |
This library is for the exclusive use of students registered in the Graduate School. Graduate students may check out up to five books per week, renewable if nobody else requests for the same titles. |
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Computer Room |
Discussion Room |
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This room contains computers for accessing the Internet and online databases for use by administrators, faculty, students and staff of St. Scholastica’s College. A member of the library staff is assigned to this room to assist users and provide instruction in the use of the computers to access the Internet and online databases. |
This room is a venue for students to discuss group research projects so they can develop critical analyses and learn to share ideas. Each group is allowed to use this room for one (1) hour only but may be granted an extension if there are no other requests. Reservations for the use of this room should be made with the library staff at the door control. |
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Recently Acquired Magazines & Journals |
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Academic Search Premier This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,600 journals, including full text for nearly 3,900 peer-reviewed titles. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles. |
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Art & Architecture Complete Provides full-text coverage of 380 periodicals and more than 220 books. In addition, this database offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 780 academic journals, magazines and trade publications, as well as for over 230 books. It also provides selective coverage for 70 additional publications and an Image Collection of over 63,000 images provided by Picture Desk and others. |
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Business Source Premier The industry’s most used business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed titles. This database provides full text back to 1886, and searchable cited references back to 1998. It is superior to the competition in full text coverage in all disciplines of business, including marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete Provides the most robust, quality research solution in areas related to communication and mass media. CMMC incorporates the content of CommSearch (formerly produced by the National Communication Association) and Mass Media Articles Index (formerly produced by Penn State) along with numerous other journals in communication, mass media, and other closely-related fields of study to create a research and reference resource of unprecedented scope and depth encompassing the breadth of the communication discipline. |
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Education Research Complete The definitive online resource for education research. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialties, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. |
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ERIC It provides access to education literature and research. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. |
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Hospitality & Tourism Complete Covers scholarly research and industry news relating to all areas of hospitality and tourism. This collection contains more than 828,000 records, with coverage dating as far back as 1965. There is full text for more than 490 publications, including periodicals, company & country reports, and books. |
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Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology, mental processes, anthropology, and observational & experimental methods. |
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Religion and Philosophy Collection Provides extensive coverage of such topics as world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. |
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eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) This growing subscription package contains a large selection of multidisciplinary eBook titles representing a broad range of academic subject matter, and is a strong complement for any academic collection. The breadth of information available through this package ensures that users will have access to information relevant to their research needs. |
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eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) Search and view the full text of eBooks. |
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MAS Ultra – School Edition Designed specifically for high school libraries, this database contains full text for nearly 500 popular, high school magazines. It also provides more than 360 full text reference books, 85,670 biographies, over 107,000 primary source documents, and an Image Collection of over 510,000 photos, maps & flags, color PDFs and expanded full text backfiles (back to 1975) for key magazines. |
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Primary Search Provides full text for more than 70 popular, magazines for elementary school research. All full text articles included in the database are assigned a reading level indicator (Lexiles), and full text information dates as far back as 1990. |
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Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia This database provides over 25,000 encyclopedic entries covering a variety of subject areas. |
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Regional Business News This database provides comprehensive full text coverage for regional business publications. Regional Business News in corporates coverage of more than 80 regional business publications covering all metropolitan and rural areas within the United States. |
St. Scholastica’s College belongs to four consortia; the South Manila Educational Consortium (SMEC), the Consortium of Women Colleges (CWC) and the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines – National Capital Region, Tertiary Commission (CEAP-NCR). As a member of these consortia, students of St. Scholastica’s College have access to the library collections of the consortium member schools.
• Consortium of Benedictine Colleges in Metro Manila (CBCM)
• South Manila Educational Consortium (SMEC)
• Consortium of Women’s Colleges (CWC)
• CEAP-NCR
Consortium of Benedictine Colleges in Metro Manila (CBCM)
South Manila Educational Consortium (SMEC)
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Member Institution |
Visiting Schedule |
No. of Persons per Day/Visit |
Fee in excess of 2 researchers |
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Adamson University |
Monday |
8:00am |
5 |
P50 |
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De La Salle |
Saturday |
8:00am |
5 |
Undergraduate P50 |
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De La Salle University |
Monday |
8:00am |
5 |
P100 |
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Emilio Aguinaldo College |
Monday |
8:00am |
5 |
P20 |
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Lyceum of the Philippines University |
Wednesday |
5:00pm |
5 |
Free |
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Philippine Christian University |
Monday |
8:30am |
5 |
P50 |
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Philippine Normal University |
Monday |
9:00am |
5 |
P100 |
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Philippine Women’s University |
Wednesday |
8:00am |
5 |
P50 |
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St. Paul University Manila |
Monday |
8:00am |
2 |
P20 |
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St. Scholastica’s College Manila |
Monday |
8:00am |
5 |
P100 |
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Santa Isabel College |
Monday to Friday |
8:00am to 5:00pm |
5 | P100 |
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University of the Philippine Manila |
8:00am |
2 |
Free |
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Consortium of Women’s Colleges (CWC)
CEAP – NCR (Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines)
Policies
The College Library’s Resources and Services are extended to:
• SSC College Students, administrators, faculty members and registered cross enrollees
• Students from participating schools in the South Manila Educational Consortium (SMEC)), the Consortium of Women’s Colleges (CWC), and the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP), the Consortium of Benedictine Colleges in Metro Manila (CBCM)
• Visiting researchers, after registering at the Reference counter and payment of a research fee of P100.00.
Requirements:
• Valid SSC I.D.
• SSC alumni card or I.D (to be registered at the Reference section).
• Non-SSC users with referral letters from their respective librarian.
Guidelines:
• The library practices the open-shelf system, so it is necessary to inspect bags, folders, books, etc., at the entrance and exit areas.
• To maintain order and efficiency, library users are required to fall in line while waiting for their turn at the entrance/exit doors, copying machines, and at the circulation counters.
• The library is a place for study and research. Each library user has a responsibility to maintain a conducive atmosphere for learning.
• Cellular phones may be brought into the reading rooms but these should be put on silent mode. However, conversations over cellular phones are not allowed inside the library. Library users should step out of the library if they need to do this.
• To prevent damage to the collection, eating in the library is not allowed. There are areas outside the library that are designated as eating areas.
Library users should not re-shelve books and periodicals after using them. These should be on the table, carrels, or book trucks designated for this purpose
The Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) contains all the collections of all the unit libraries of St. Scholastica’s College.
Each wing of the College Library has the OPAC workstations which users can use to locate the materials they need.
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The College Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System which assigns call numbers for each book consisting of alphabets and numbers. The materials on the shelves are arranged alphabetically according to their call numbers. Listed below are the 20 primary classes of the LC classification systems and their corresponding letters.
The Library Of Congress Classification System
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General Works |
A |
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Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
B |
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Archeology, Genealogy, Biography |
C |
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History: General and Old World |
D |
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History : Americas |
E-F |
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Geography, Anthropology, Recreation |
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Social Sciences |
H |
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Political Sciences |
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Law |
K |
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Education |
L |
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Music |
M |
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Fine Arts |
N |
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Language and Literature |
P |
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Sciences |
Q |
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Medicine |
R |
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Agriculture |
S |
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Technology |
T |
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Military Science |
U |
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Naval Science |
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Bibliography, Library Science |
Z |
Guidelines in Borrowing Books
• Consult the Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC)to find out if a book is in the library or the book titles about the subject. Note the call number which will indicate the location in the library.
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WS = Women’s Studies Collections |
SHS = Senior High School Collections |
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FIL = Filipiniana Collections |
VF = Vertical File Collections |
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SB = St. Benedict Collections |
ES = Environmental Studies Collections |
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PS = Peace Studies Collections |
R = General Reference Collections |
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MC = Mananzan Collections |
GL = Graduate Library Collections |
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PER = In-House Index to Periodical Articles |
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• Fill out the slip with call number, author, and title of the book.
• Locate the book on the shelves.
• Write your name and your ID number on the orange book card of the book you are borrowing.
• Present this to the library staff on duty at the circulation counter.
Important Reminders in borrowing books
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Overdue Books |
Books not returned on time incur a fine of five pesos (P5.00) per day, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. The borrowing privilege is suspended until the overdue fine is paid in full. |
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Mutilation |
Library users who check out books from the library are requested to examine the books that they are borrowing for missing pages and damages. Borrowers are held responsible for whatever damage or mutilation is found on the books when they are returned. |
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Lost Books |
A lost book may be replaced with the more recent edition of the same title or another title on the same topic, subject to the approval of the librarian. Replacement copiesn using newsprint paper will not be accepted. Overdue fines will continue to be imposed until the book is replaced. A processing fee of P60.00 will be charged for each replacement copy. |
Activities and Seminars attended by College Librarians and Library Support Staff:
Archives of Library Activities
