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Welcome to the Louis J. Blume Library at St. Mary’s University! Welcome to the library! The importance of the library to your academic career We read for a variety of reasons – for information gathering, – for pleasure, – for challenging our current knowledge-base or ideas Learn life-long information gathering skills Louis J. Blume Library Hours Monday - Thursday 7:45 a.m. - Midnight Friday 7:45 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. - Midnight What’s a Reference Librarian? Reference librarians are professionally trained people who help you locate and learn to use the resources to find the information you need. Reference Librarians are here to help you. All you need to do is ask! Reference Hours Monday - Thursday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.; 6 p.m. - 10 p.m. Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday Noon - 4 p.m. Sunday 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.; 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Second (Main) Floor Reference Sources are Starting Points Dictionaries Encyclopedias Handbooks Directories Atlases Almanacs Second (Main) Floor Library Network Look up books, videos through our library catalog Look for articles in magazines & journals Search the World Wide Web Why use a periodical database? Access refereed, verified information Access discipline-specific information Not all reliable information is freely available on the Web, or easily locatable on the Web Your tuition is paying for these subscription databases – use them! More than 70 subscription databases! Second (Main) Floor Government Publications (United States & Texas) Congressional hearings on controversial issues Statistical information Informative publications Second (Main) Floor Circulation Check out books Get change for photocopiers Pick up requested ILL items Pick up computer print outs Reserves - course material Second (Main) Floor New Books area Art Exhibit Marianist Collection Third Floor Circulating Book Collection Computer Lab Third Floor Learning Assistance Center (LAC) – Multimedia Instructional Center (MIC) Special Collections First Floor (Basement) Periodicals Microfiche & microfilm Reader/Printer Print format periodicals: unbound, bound journals, newspapers, magazines First Floor (Basement) Curriculum Collection Small group study rooms (includes Internet ports) Video viewing rooms Media Viewing Room Learning Resources Center & Digital Media Lab: audio/video, computer graphics, photography/imaging services Come Prepared Bring your Rattler Card a computer diskette or USB drive money or copy card pen/pencil paper Library Services Remote access from your home or office to our electronic subscription databases Library Services TexShare card - borrow books from other libraries Library Services Inter-Library Loan (ILL) - request materials we borrow from other libraries OCLC FirstSearch and CORAL UnionLists - find out which libraries have a periodical you need Reference service - in person, by phone, by e-mail: click on Ask A Question at the library home page: http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib Where to get more information Printed Guides Course-integrated Instruction Where to get more information Reference Librarians (436-3508) or e-mail [email protected] Blume Library Web site http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/ Stop by and visit us often at the Louis J. Blume Library!