Faculty Library Resources

Book Orders

CSS Faculty may use the Library's Online Book Order Form for submitting book order requests paid from their departmental budgets.

Pricing and publication information may be found by using Books in Print.

Contact Julie Walkowiak x6649 if you have questions.

Reserves

You can place either the Library's or your personal articles, books, textbooks, or AV materials on reserve so that all your students can have equal access to them.

Either obtain the Library's copy or bring your own materials and fill out the reserve form at the Library. At the end of the semester or at your request, these items will be taken off reserve and returned to the Library shelves or given back to you.

See Gail Olsen or Karen Ostovich in the Library for more information.

Online Course Reserves
We can create a Library web site for your specific course which contains materials and information including: 
---PURLs, or links to the full-text of specific articles to which we have subscriptions
---Instructions for specific databases
---Specific web sites

Contact Todd White x6473 for more information.

 

 

Interlibrary Loan

All faculty, staff and students area able to Interlibrary Loan (ILL) articles and books our Library does not have from other libraries.

Materials can be requested from other libraries online. Enter your Library barcode number located on the back of your College ID and fill out the form.
To ILL a book
To ILL an article

How to InterLibrary Loan (ILL) a book
How to find the full-text of an article including through ILL

Most articles can be sent electronically to your email, which usually takes 48 hours; those sent in paper format, books, and videos take 5-10 days.

You will be sent a message when these materials arrive, and they can be picked up at the Library.

Contact Barb Werner x6178 if you have questions.

 

Class Presentations

We can come into your classroom to teach your students about using the library, conducting research, using databases, finding articles, materials, information literacy, etc.

Contact Heidi Johnson x6488 to arrange an instructional session.

Faculty wishing library instruction sessions for off-campus or online courses can contact Julie Rustad, (218) 723-6535; Toll Free (800) 447-5444 ext.6535

 

Resources in the Library

---Laptops available for in-library use
---Wireless access to the Internet
---Library Classroom with computer, video and photo editing software, scanner, LCD projector, and DVD/VHS player   
---Board games available for check-out
---Laptop computers, camcorders, and a digital camera available for check-out
---Photocopy machines for making copies of articles
---TVs for viewing VHS tapes and DVDs

 

Test Taking

Closed-book tests will be administered in the group study room ONLY. Students will be placed in the room with approved materials (pen, paper, calculator), only--please be sure to specify on your test instructions.

Limits:
Tests may be administered ONLY by a library staff member (not student workers). Ordinarily this will mean:
Monday and Tuesday, 8:30 am - 7:00 p.m. [tests must end by 7:00].
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 p.m. [tests must end by 4:00].
Saturday and Sunday - No tests administered.

Please do not pre-approve a time for an exam with your student unless you check with the Library first.

Only ONE student at ONE time may take a closed-book exam in the Library. Normally, the student is expected to reserve the group study room by calling the Library in advance (x6140). Students may take tests without a "reservation" only if the room is free. The Library reserves the right to refuse to administer tests to "walk-ins" (students who did follow the guidelines & make a reservation).

The Library also reserves the group study room for NON-test purposes such as video-viewing and group study.

Open-book tests may be taken anywhere in the Library but NOT in any group study room. The Library staff is responsible solely for handing out the test (recording the time if needed) and collecting it afterwards, not for anything else, e.g. determining if the student receives help.

Faculty or secretaries must bring tests to the Library in clearly marked envelopes, ONE envelope PER TEST, with the student's name, course, time limit, instructions, test, and the faculty member's name. Faculty or departmental secretaries must pick up completed tests. Tests should not be handled by campus mail or student workers.