Support for Faculty and Staff

Class Assignments

USciences students should be able to locate, use, and evaluate information. Let us help you design assignments that will teach them to meet that goal. Contact Leslie Bowman, x8964, l.bowman@usciences.edu.

Reference

Reference services are available from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm Monday through Wednesday, and to 5:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, when school is in regular session. We’ll also give you information by phone at x8967 or by our online Ask-A-Librarian.

Reserve

To request that the Library place a title on Reserve, please complete a Reserve Request form (one per title). To request that the Library purchase a new title or updated edition, please complete a Reserve Request form as well (one per title). You may place your personal materials on Reserve by bringing them to the Circulation Desk between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, weekdays.

If you have books on Reserve from a previous semester, you will receive a list detailing these titles via email. Please indicate whether you would like the Library to retain or remove these from Reserve. Please contact Hilda Cam, Circulation Manager, x8960, h.cam@usciences.edu if you have any questions, etc.

Journals

The library receives about 200 print periodicals which are shelved alphabetically on the second floor, and over 11,000 electronic ones are available on the campus network. See Our Journal List.

Fulltext and Databases

The library is committed to adding electronic resources so that you have a library available on your desktop. Databases include Medline, PsycINFO, ERIC, CINAHL, Project Muse and SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts). There are links to the Fulltext in each of these. Call the Reference Desk for help in using any of these (x8967).

Online Literature Searching

Need to do a literature search? Reference librarians are available to help in identifying resources and formulating effective search strategies. A librarian is available in person from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday through Wednesday, and until 5:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, when school is in regular session. Visit Ask-A-Librarian to see all of the ways you can contact a librarian, or call us at 215 596-8967.

Checking Out Books

Full-time faculty may check out books until the end of the current semester. Part-time faculty may borrow books for one month. You can use E-ZBorrow to request books directly from 50 other academic libraries.

To check out books you’ll need a valid USciences ID card, which you may request from Auxiliary Services, Kline Hall, Room 1 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, x8563. If you wish to borrow Library materials before you receive your ID card, we will create a temporary Library registration for you that will be good for one month. Just bring any photo-ID to the Circulation Desk.

Book Purchases

A good library collection results from the collaboration of the library faculty and faculty in each department. To foster a close relationship, a librarian has been appointed to serve as a liaison to each department. While the departmental liaison is responsible for final selection, your input is essential. Please use the New Book Request form; it will go automatically to your liaison. For the full list of departmental liaisons, please go to our Liaisons page.

Liaisons to Academic Departments

Each academic department or program has a library liaison assigned who is responsible for collection development and research assistance. See this list of Liaisons to Academic Departments.

Photocopies

It has been our policy to offer copycards (good for up to 300 copies per calendar month) to full-time faculty members. Due to changes in university copier control and ID cards, we cannot offer copy cards at this time. Full-time faculty members who need to make copies should inquire at the Circulation Desk

Part-time faculty should consult with the Coordinator of Access Services.

Using Other Libraries

You have borrowing privileges at Drexel University libraries. You may use the University of Pennsylvania libraries but you may not borrow books from them (except through E-ZBorrow) unless you have some special affiliation with Penn or purchase a library card.

In addition you may use and check books out of the libraries at 35 other local college who belong to TCLC with a letter of introduction from us.

For more information on specific libraries, see here or contact the Information Desk, x8967.

Materials from Other libraries

Books and journal articles, not owned by this library may be requested through the library’s homepage.
Use EZ-Borrow to request a book and use ILLiad to obtain a copy of an article. No charge to fulltime faculty.

It is always best to make and monitor requests for materials through your personal ILLiad account. However, if you wish to have requests placed by proxy (i.e. by staff or student workers through a personal or departmental account), please keep in mind the following:

  • Have the article requested only once.
  • To ensure that the article is delivered to the correct person, include faculty member’s name and correct email address in “Notes” field on the ILLiad request form.
  • When RUSH requests are placed by proxy, the faculty member will be contacted by phone to verify that RUSH is necessary, as the library incurs additional expense for this service.

Reimbursement for Photocopies Elsewhere

If you photocopy library materials at another library and if we do not own the materials, we will reimburse you for your costs (fulltime faculty). Pick up a reimbursement form for each article at the Circulation Desk on weekdays between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.

Questions? Call Charles Myers, Library Director, x8791, c.myers@usciences.edu.

 

Page Last updated: 8/16/12

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