Overview of Library Services and Facilities

Borrower Information for Students

Learning to Use the Library

• Come to a workshop! Watch the library home page for details, dates and times.
  
  
• Check out the How Do I and Information for New Students Guides (as well as these other guides designed to help you find, evaluate and use information sources)
  
  
• Ask Us! Drop by the Research Help Desk, ask a question by phone or email, or chat with a librarian online.  See the Ask a Librarian page for a description of the many ways you can get in touch with us!

Getting Help With Your Research

Need help deciding where to begin your research or finding a particular book or article?  We can help. 

• Ask a Librarian
  
  
• Research Help Desk Hours

Requesting Material from Other Libraries (Interlibrary Loans)
Need a book or article that’s not available at our library?  You can request it using our interlibrary loan service.  

• Interlibrary Loan Request Form
  
  
• Search holdings of other academic libraries and place ILL requests using WorldCat Local

You can also borrow library material from other libraries IN PERSON by obtaining an ASIN card.

Learning to Cite the Sources You’ve Used

The are many ways to cite the information you quote and use in your papers.  Different departments and disciplines use different citation styles.  We can help you figure them out.

• Citation Guides (APA, MLA, Chicago and more)
  
  
• RefWorks (an online tool to help you format your bibliographies)

Getting to Know Your Library Collections

It can take a little while to figure out what’s available at the library (over half a million volumes in print, thousands of ebooks, thousands of journals in print and in digital format, thousands of AV titles…). 

Here’s a quick summary of what you can find and access at the library (in person and online):

• Library Collections
  
  
• New Books Lists (updated monthly)

Let us know how else we can help you: Your Suggestions