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.

Sunday1 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

reflib@stmarytx.edu Blume Library Web site

http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/

Stop by and visit us often at the

Louis J. Blume Library!