Library FAQs

You can check out Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology for use in the Library for 2-hours from the circulation counter, but if the library happens to be closed, you can also access Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology online by following these steps:

• Search for Bergey's through the library's OneSearch feature on the library website or use this permalink.
   
• Open the record for Bergey's by clicking on the title or the link for "Available Online":
  
   
• You will be required to sign in using your myGateway log in information to access the online digital copy
  
   
• Once you are logged in, you will click on the link for "PDF Chapters" to open the digital copy of Bergey's. Currently the digital copy of Bergey's include the table of contents, Group 4, Group 5, Group 17 & Group 18. 
  
   
• There are limited copies available online, so it is important to keep a few things in mind. The check out period to use the digital copy is 2 hours. If you are finished using Bergey's, please go ahead and use the "Return Early" feature in the top-right hand corner. This will allow another student to use Bergey's right away when you are finished. The hourglass icon indicates how much time is remaining in your 2-hour check out period. 
  
   
• If all of our digital copies are currently being used, you can add yourself to the wait list. An email notification will be sent verifying that you have been added to the wait list. A second email notification will arrive when it is your turn to access Bergey's. Once you receive the second email, you have a 10-minute window to access Bergey's before you are added to the bottom of the wait list. Check your email regularly.
  
• Bergey's digital copy is available 24/7 with your myGateway login information. Notifications are sent to the email you have listed in myGateway. You can update that email address through your myGateway account. 
  Feel free to contact the library at: circulation@cypresscollege.edu if you run into any problems.