FACILITIES AND SERVICES
LOCATION Rosemead is located on the campus of Biola College , Inc . in La Mirada. The City of La Mirada is situated at the edge of Los Angeles County, twenty-two miles southeast of the City of Los Angeles. La Mirada is a suburban residential community with major shopping centers and a large number of commercial and business establishments scattered throughout the area. The campus is bounded on the west by Biola Avenue and on the east by La Mirada Boulevard. It is located midway between the large east-west thorough fares of Rosecrans Avenue and Imperial Highway, and is close to Interstate-5 which connects with southern California's freeway network . The inside back cover of this catalog contains maps that provide directions to the Biola College campus. Upon arrival, inquire at the information desk on the first floor of Metzger Hall for directions to the Rosemead offices . THE CAMPUS Thirty-eight buildings are found on the seventy-five acre campus of Biola College, Inc. The Rosemead administrative and faculty offices are located in the Psychology modular unit which also houses the undergraduate Department of Psychology. Rosemead shares classrooms, library, cafeteria, snack bar, dormitories, gymnasium, infirmary and Prayer Chapel with Biola College and Talbot Theological Seminary together with many other administrative, busi ness, and student services. A separate graduate lounge is available to Rosemead students for study and for community interaction. Also available to Rosemead students on campus are a crushed brick quarter mile track , a soccer field, a baseball diamond, tennis courts, and a short course Olympic swimming pool. A new Administration Building for Biola College, Inc., Metzger Hall, was constructed in 1979. Rosemead's clinical and training facilities have been resituated in the former President ' s Home located at the main entrance to the campus. Long-range planning anticipates construction of a building to per manently house the Rosemead program's administrative, academic and re search functions. LIBRARY The library contains over 175,000 volumes, including bound periodicals, and microforms with their respective readers . Special features of the library include the Rosemead collection in psychology, an excellent collection of bibliographic tools, abstracts, and periodical indexes, and a number of special collections. Periodical subscriptions currently received include 1,076 titles. The principal professional psychology journals are received regularly. The library is housed in the Rose Memorial Library Building. Facilities including book lockers and duplicating equipment are available for graduate students involved in dissertation research. Bibliographic reference services are avail able through DIALOG Computer Services . 26
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