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 LIBRARY SERVICE HOURS
MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 A.M. - 9:00 P.M.
SATURDAY 9:00 A.M. - 7:00 P.M.

Trunkline: 8997691 - 96
Sections Extension
Chief Librarian’s Office 2001, 2002
Circulation 2003
Periodicals Room 2004
Information Commons 2005
Technical Services 2006
Law Reference Room 2007
General Reference 2008
 Services

The Ateneo Professional Schools Library (APSL) provides a range of

services to support the research and learning activities of faculty,
students and researchers.

Borrow, Return & Renew

Students can borrow a maximum of five books and five non-print
materials for a period of one week, renewable for another week.
Faculty can borrow a maximum of ten books and ten non-print
materials for two weeks, renewable for another two weeks.

Information Commons Services

1. Access to Online Databases
Available online databases and other electronic resources can
be accessed at the Information Commons Room.
2. Internet Access
Students and faculty members can also use the computer
workstations in the Information Commons Room for internet
access.
3. Encoding and Printing
Workstations in the Information Commons Room are installed
with MS Office and connected to a network printer.
4. DVD Burning and USB Access
Computer workstations are equipped with DVD burners and
USB access for saving files to optical and flash media.
5. Scanning / Fax Services
The Information Commons Room has services for scanning and
faxing of documents with a minimum charge.

Interlibrary Loan
Faculty and students can borrow materials available at the ADMU
Rizal Library, Loyola Heights Campus through interlibrary loan. A
request should be made at the APSL Circulation Counter to facilitate
the transfer of books from the Rizal Library to APS Library.

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IUC (Inter-University Consortium) Card
The Circulation Section issues IUC Card to currently enrolled MBA
students for free access to the following libraries:

1. Asian Institute of Management

Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
892-4011 ext. 1508 / 465-2898 (Fax)
(https://krc.aim.edu)
2. Dela Salle University
Taft Avenue, Manila
524-8835 / 536-0244 (Tele/Fax)
http://www.dlsu.edu.ph/library
3. UP College of Business Administration
Diliman, Quezon City
928-4571 to 75 ext. 6470 / 920-7990 (Fax)
http://www.mainlib.upd.e.du.ph

Plagiarism Detector
A plagiarism checker tool is available at the Periodicals Section. This
plagiarism detection software helps students and faculty to check
and review reports, term papers, Strategic Management papers
and J.D.theses.

Referral Letters
The Circulation Section issues referral letter to currently enrolled
students who wish to visit other university, private, government or
special libraries.

Reference Service & Library Orientation

Librarians conduct library orientation and provide library users
with direction to library resources and facilities, advice on library
collections and services and offer expertise on various kinds of
information from various sources.

Online Reservation and Renewal

View and renew online your books on loan. Renewal is possible only
if the item is not put on hold.

Viewing & Group Discussion Room

The library’s audio-visual materials can be viewed at the Information
Commons Extension Room. This room is equipped with television
set, LCD projector, DVD player, computer station and houses the
mulitmedia collection

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 Resources
Electronic Databases
1. CDAsia Online
Access to the Most Comprehensive Philippine Legal Database
Online –has seven (7) libraries: Laws, Jurisprudence, Department
of Justice, Taxation, Securities and Exchange Commission,
Elections, and Labor. It provides access to the complete
databases of Philippine laws and jurisprudence comprising over
70,000 documents and more.
2. Ebscohost (E-books)
Users can search from selected business e-books using
EBSCOhost online database.
3. Ebscohost Business Source Complete (E-journals)
A comprehensive business periodical database that includes
scholarly journals and business periodicals covering topics
such as management, economics, finance, accounting,
international business and much more. It contains full text
sources ranging from general business periodicals such as
Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Fortune, American Banker,
etc. to academic journals such as Harvard Business Review,
Journal of Management, Academy of Management Review,
Review of Economics & Statistics, etc.
4. Emerald Insight (E-journals)
A leading library of management research. Emerald is a global
publisher providing highest quality, peer-reviewed research.
The eJournal collections feature 185,000 articles from more
than 300 journals, featuring comprehensive coverage of
management and complementary specialist subjects.
5. EMIS University (Financial Reports)
Contains analysis and data for 125 emerging markets from
the most trusted global and local sources. Includes over

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 3 million company reports, sector research and news. Delivers
proprietary and multi-source news, data, research and more
than 1.3M+ private and public company profiles – in an
archived, indexed, searchable and easy to use format.
6. eSCRA
Complete decisions from 1901 to the present are available in
this Supreme Court Reports Annotated Online. This electronic
resource is accessible at the Information Commons Room.
7. Euromonitor International (Industry Reports)
Provides research information to thousands of companies
worldwide. A single online gateway to global market research
and strategic business intelligence on industries, countries
and consumers, market reports, also includes in-depth written
analysis of trends and market dynamics and offer a total global
picture.
8. Gale Virtual Reference Library (E-Books)
With electronic reference books from Gale, researchers can
instantly access ebooks anytime anywhere. These trusted,
authoritative reference works are available 24/7 through the
Gale Virtual Reference Library platform.
9. HeinOnline
Hein’s premier online product with more than 143 million
pages of legal history available in an online, fully-searchable,
image-based format. HeinOnline bridges the gap in legal history
by providing comprehensive coverage from inception of more
than 2,300 law and law-related periodicals.
10. JSTOR (E-journals)
Provides access to more than 12 million academic journal
articles in the humanities & social sciences, books, and primary
sources in 75 disciplines.
11. Lex Libris
Provide access to the following Philippine laws and
jurisprudence:
• Philippine Law Encyclopedia
• Philippine Taxation Encyclopedia
• Jurisprudence
• Securities and Exchange Commission
• Department of Justice
• Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas
12. Lexis Advance
A legal research tool with over 180 million federal and state
court dockets and documents, annotated federal and state
statutes, comprehensive case law with new cases and their
editorial enhancements legal periodicals, journals and law
reviews.
13. Taylor & Francis (E-Books)
This site offers instant access to the world’s premier ebooks

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 on Business, Humanities, Social Sciences, Behavioural Sciences
and other fields — from renowned imprints such as Routledge,
Psychology Press and Focal Press.
14. USSC Library
Comprehensive coverage of United States Supreme Court
Cases from 1870 through January 2004. Also includes leading
decisions dating back to 1793.
15. Westlaw Next
An online legal research service providing quick, easy access
to Westlaw’s vast collection of statutes, case law materials,
public records and other legal resources, as well as current
news articles and business information.

Off-Campus Access of Electronic Resources

1. Visit http://apslibrary.ateneo.edu
2. Go to “Off-Campus”
3. Login (Please inquire at the Information Commons for the
username and password.)
4. Select from the list of Electronic Resources
For inquiries, you may contact:
Email: [email protected]
Tel. No.: 8997691-96 loc. 2005

Print Materials
The library has an excellent reference collection, law and business
books, as well as Philippine jurisprudence. The total collection
consists of thousands of volumes of books and bound journals,
numerous titles of current periodicals, serials and theses. The J.D.
theses are available in the Circulation Section while the Ateneo
Graduate Schools of Business theses and selected Strategic
Management Papers are available in the Periodicals Section.

Non-Print Materials
In addition to print materials, non-print resources are also available
in the Information Commons with titles on entrepreneurship, human
resource management, leadership, management, marketing and
trial practice techniques among others.

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Search Tools
OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)
Search for titles available in the library using OPAC terminals situated
in strategic locations in the library or search through web via the LS2
PAC (WebOPAC) using laptops or tablets.

Indices
In-house and commercial indexes cover law topics that serve as
handy reference tools for researchers.
• Ateneo Law Journal Index
• Case Law Index / SCRA Quick Index
• Compendium of Public Laws
• Index to 1986 Constitutional Commission
• Index to Family Code
• Philippine Annotated Law
• Philippine Digest

Subject Guides / Bibliographies

Subject guides are information resources organised by subjects or
topics. Bibliographies are list of books and other sources that can be
used as reference. Subject guides and bibliographies are tools that
contain information about key reference works and other resources
that are available in the Library.

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 Facilities

Control Desk / Biometric Security Gate

To access the library, students, faculty and staff should register at
the Circulation Section.
The library uses a biometrics system to store and identify users
through fingerprint recognition. Upon entry to the library, everyone
is required to scan their fingerprints.
Student library accounts should be validated every term to maintain
access to library facilities, services and resources.

Customer Service Desk

A librarian is assigned at this desk for general inquiries about the
library resources, services and facilities and quick reference
queries.

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Information Commons Room
This room provides integrated access to electronic information
resources, online databases, multimedia collection and printing
services. It maintains computers for internet access and MS Office
use.
Furthermore, the functions of Information Commons Room include
the following:
• Answer reference questions through consultation or via
email
• Disseminate promotional materials as a current awareness
service to users
• Conduct library instruction on the use of online databases
for both business and law collection
• Prepare bibliographies/ subject guides for Faculty &
students
• Provide in-depth research assistance

Information Commons Extension Room

This room with a 30 seating capacity can also be used for:
• Classroom
• Group study
• Multimedia viewing
• Small group discussion
• Trainings, meetings and workshop

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Circulation Section
Maintains the reserve business and law books, J.D. theses, reading
materials recommended by professors, reviewers and sample law
examinations.
It manages faculty and student’s library accounts records. It also
oversee borrowing, renewing, returning of library materials, and
processing of overdue fines.
Other services offered:
• Biometrics registration
• Facilitate inter-library loan of books with Rizal Library
• Issue referral letters and Inter-University Consortium (IUC)
Cards
• Issue library clearance

Periodicals Room
This room houses current issues of periodical and journal subscriptions
in law and business, business theses, Strategic Management Papers,
Annual Reports and newspapers. Computer terminals are available
for internet, OPAC and Plagiarism Detector.

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 Law Reference Room
This room maintains collection of Philippine legal resources which
are valuable to all law students, professors and legal practitioners.
Other materials includes Supreme Court Decisions, digests, statutes
and search books. Aside from these special materials, foreign legal
books and references are also available here.

Special Collections Room

This room displays rare collections on Civil, Criminal and Commercial
law in Spanish and English and early editions of Official Gazette. Also
kept here are donations from the heirs of former Justice JBL Reyes,
Atty. Jacinto Jimenez International Law Book Collection and some
library publications and collections.

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Faculty Room
This room maintains the Graduate School of Business Faculty
Collection, Supreme Court Reports Annotated (SCRA) and other
law reference materials. There are computer terminals available for
Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) and internet access.

Newspaper Reading Area

This area displays the current and previous issues of local and foreign
newspapers and other professional and popular magazines.

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 Photocopying Area
This area serves the photocopying needs of students, faculty and
visitors. Other photocopying machines are available at the 3rd floor .

Atrium / Indoor Garden

A garden within the library that allow students to study and review,
discuss in small group, use their mobile devices and take a breather.

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 Personnel
The APS Library has in its rank, one full time administrator, five full
time professional librarians, one senior system administrator and
fifteen support staff to effectively and efficiently manage the library
operations. Each staff has duties and responsibilities which they
perform to the best they can and can also be flexible to ensure the
smooth workflow in the Library.

Administrator
Sonia Lourdes L. David
Chief Librarian
[email protected]

Professional Librarians
Paulit Q. De Guzman Carmela A. Bombales
Law Reference Librarian Technical Services Librarian
[email protected] [email protected]
Aisa D. Moraña Almasita L. Mojados
Information Commons Librarian Periodicals Librarian
[email protected] [email protected]

Hilario S. Balderas, Jr.

Reference Librarian
[email protected]

IT Staff
Eric T. Suratos Onofre B. Manapsal, Jr.
Senior Systems Administrator Information Commons

Library Staff
Kristeen Jesusa M. Mariquina Marcel M. Toledo
Circulation Technical Services
Cesar A. Furigay Waldo C. Calubaquib, Jr.
Chief Librarian’s Office Periodicals
Cleto T. Antonio Joey G. Castillo
Technical Services Periodicals
Raul H. Vidal Raymond C. Tano
Law Reference Circulation
Glyn G. Crisostomo Rogelio P. Macarilay
Special Collection Law Reference
Edwin P. Ramos Julio G. Ferrer
Circulation Information Commons
Milton G. Ballesteros Anne Marie G. Membrillo
Circulation Technical Services
Ateneo Professional Schools Library
Basement 1, APS Building
20 Rockwell Drive, Rockwell Center
Makati City
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