Welcome to the Louis J. Blume Library at St. Mary’s University!

2. Welcome to the Louis J. Blume Library at St. Mary’s University!

3. Welcome to the library!

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Reference Librarians are here to help you. All you need to do is ask!

8. 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.

9. Second (Main) Floor • Reference Sources are • Starting Points • Dictionaries • Encyclopedias • Handbooks • Directories • Atlases • Almanacs

10. Second (Main) Floor • Library Network • Look up books, videos through our library catalog • Look for articles in magazines & journals • Search the World Wide Web

15. 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!

16. More than 70 subscription databases!

21. Second (Main) Floor • Government Publications (United States & Texas) • Congressional hearings on controversial issues • Statistical information • Informative • publications

22. Second (Main) Floor • Circulation • Check out books • Get change for photocopiers • Pick up requested ILL items • Pick up computer print outs • Reserves - course material

23. Second (Main) Floor • New Books area • Art Exhibit • Marianist Collection

24. Third Floor • Circulating Book Collection • Computer Lab

25. Third Floor • Learning Assistance Center (LAC) • Multimedia Instructional Center (MIC) • Special Collections

26. First Floor (Basement) Print format periodicals: unbound, bound journals, newspapers, magazines • Periodicals Microfiche & microfilm Reader/Printer

27. 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

28. Come Prepared • Bring • your Rattler Card • a computer diskette or USB drive • money or copy card • pen/pencil • paper

29. Library Services • Remote access from your home or office to our electronic subscription databases

31. Library Services • TexShare card - borrow books from other libraries

32. Library Services • Inter-Library Loan (ILL) - request materials we borrow from other libraries • OCLC FirstSearch and CORALUnionLists - 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

33. Where to get more information • Printed Guides • Course-integrated Instruction

34. Where to get more information • Reference Librarians (436-3508) or e-mail reflib@stmarytx.edu • Blume Library Web site • http://library.stmarytx.edu/acadlib/

35. Stop by and visit us often at the Louis J. Blume Library!