Library Orientation: Online & Distance Students

All databases can be accessed off-campus 24/7 by logging in with your MyVWCC username and password. If you have trouble with your login, contact the Help Desk at 540-857-7354 or helpdesk@virginiawestern.edu.

If you live outside the Roanoke Valley area and do not take on-campus classes, you may request that a book be mailed to you. You may then mail the book back (at your own expense) to us at our address to the right. Please be aware that you are responsible for replacement charges should the book become lost in the mail.

Books can be returned to the main campus at any time, day or night, because the library has an outdoor book return box, located in the parking lot behind Duncan Hall (the campus bookstore). An outdoor book drop box is also located on the front steps of Brown.

Please contact the library's Circulation Department at 540-857-6941 or library@virginiawestern.edu for additional information.

The library offers a 24/7 online chat/ instant messaging service to help with research questions. Simply click on "Start Chat" in the box above or on our library homepage to ask a question and get help from wherever you are, any time of day or night.

If you need more in-depth help, librarians are also available to conduct research consultations by appointment. We can even meet online using Zoom videoconferencing. Email us at library@virginiawestern.edu to make an appointment for extra help.