High school research at UMW

UMW has two libraries, one on the Fredericksburg campus and one on the Stafford campus. High school students are welcome at both libraries.

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If your class visits Simpson Library on a school-sponsored field trip, you may apply for a Guest Patron card and check out books.

• Up to five books at a time may be checked out.
• The loan period is 35 days. Books may be renewed up to three times. To renew a book, call the Simpson Circulation Desk at 540-654-1125, or send an email to umwlibraries@umw.edu. Our staff can renew the book for you, or create a password that lets you login to your online account and renew books yourself.
• Guest patrons may not check out DVDs, microforms, current periodicals, reserve materials, electronic equipment, or reference books.
• Guest patron cards do not grant access to UMW library databases.
• Cards issued to high school students expire at the end of the school year.
• Applicants who are younger than eighteen must provide the name of their school and the name of their teacher, and the teacher must agree to serve as a point of contact.

For complete information about Guest Patron cards, see this page.

If you don't want to get a Guest Patron card, you still have several options for using UMW library books: