LibGuides: Library Updates: Library Closure & Services

Recommended Online Resources

Resources for teaching/learning online, Open academic resources, and COVID-19 resources

Simple How-to Instructions

Please continue to ask for our assistance via phone, email, and Microsoft Teams. Library staff are working and on stand-by during the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

How to get online help
The library will be using Microsoft Teams Chat function to communicate with the SUA community. Also, feel free to email us!
How to renew library items
As we continue our Soka lives online, here is how you can renew your library items from your location. Do not stress about managing your library items, we will work with you.

Library Services During Closure

Research assistance and tutorial session
Reference librarians are on stand-by. You can email or chat with them via Microsoft Teams.
Purchase request, Course Reserve request, and Research Instruction request
Please fill out the online forms or simply contact us.
Interlibrary loan
You will continue to receive PDF files of periodical articles or book chapters via email, Teams, or Box. For print books, we will scan/copy the portion you need and deliver them to you.
Borrowing library items
Email us what you would like to borrow, and we will work with you to deliver the information you need.
Returning library items
You may return them by mailing to “Ikeda Library, Soka University of America, 1 University Drive, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656.” If you are unable to mail them back, please contact us; we will find a solution together.
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