The ICO Library offers a variety of services and is happy to support the needs of
our Alumni.

Library support services available:

• Copies of articles for journals (within copyright laws)
• Loans from the book collection
• Online Library Catalog access at: http://library.ico.edu
• Literature searches of PubMed (MEDLINE), VisionCite, et al.
• Loansome Doc services
• Reference questions answered

Also available is VisionCite, the library’s specialized index of the vision science literature (formerly VAL):

• http://www.visioncite.com
• 230,000 citations from 1984- covering the optometric and ophthalmic literature
• Indexes over 120 titles, including many not available in PubMed
• 12,000 articles added yearly
• 20% discount for ICO Alumni
• 100% discount for Leadership Circle members

For a free trial, contact the LRC Director at gdujsik@ico.edu.

Donations to the Library:

The library staff is glad to accept book and journal donations from alumni. All material donated is evaluated. However, College policy prohibits us to place a value on the items. The library reserves the right to add the material to the collection or offer it to other libraries or the students and faculty.

Contacts:

For Interlibrary Loans: Sandra Engram cshepard@ico.edu

For VisionCite Trials and Donations: Gerald Dujsik gdujsik@ico.edu