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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!