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The Warden Memorial Library

Our Mission

The mission of the Warden Memorial Library is to provide academic support to the students and faculty of the University. This is achieved by providing supporting materials in both print and electronic formats. Ensuring that all end-users can access this material and related library services both on campus and remotely. Providing timely library instruction on campus and remotely through a variety of delivery methods. Fostering a welcoming environment conducive to study

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About

The Warden Memorial Library is located on the ground floor of the Johnston Center. The library holds over 111,000 volumes of books, bound periodicals, and audiovisual materials. As a member of OCLC, the library has access to over 70 million items through interlibrary loan. The library is open seven days a week during the school year, and Monday through Friday during the summer.

Books may be checked out for two weeks. Students may check out audiovisual materials for two days. Periodicals and reference books do not circulate. Multipurpose computer terminals in the library provide access to the computerized card catalog (OPAC), electronic databases, Microsoft Office programs, and the Internet. Most of the library’s databases and its entire e-book collection are available remotely to any student who has Internet access; databases include CINAHL, JSTOR, and Business Source Complete. The library also contains several special collections including the Senator Ross Bass Archives, the Methodist Reference, and Rare Book Collections, the Zimmerman Judaica Collection (incorporating the Glatzer Collection), and additional local history and rare book collections.

The library has a multi-purpose printer/copier/scanner, compact and full-size laminators, two group study rooms, and a listening and viewing room for audiovisual resources. Wireless access is now available for all laptop/tablet users. More information on printers/copiers/scanners can be found below.

The library’s current hours, staff, policies, services, and fine schedules are listed below and in a brochure available at the library. Please pick up a copy of this brochure for more information. 

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Library Hours

Library Hours 

Summer hours

  • Monday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Tuesday 7:30 am – 10:00 pm
  • Wednesday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm
  • Thursday 7:30 am – 10:00 pm
  • Friday 8:00 am – 2:00 pm
  • Saturday & Sunday closed
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Library Feedback

If you have any suggestions, concerns, or like the way something is being done please let us know. We value your feedback!

Contact Richard Madden, (931) 363-9844, ext. 3795, rmadden3@utsouthern.edu

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Library Staff

Mr. Richard Madden
Director of the Warden Memorial Library
931-363-9844 x3795
rmadden3@utsouthern.edu

Ms. Jessica Barber
Assistant Director
931-363-9844 x3797
jbarbe12@utsouthern.edu

Ms. Chris Van Doran
ILL/Acquisitions/Serials
931-363-9844 x3796
cvandora@utsouthern.edu

Ms. Caitlin Augustin
Public Services & Circulation
931-363-9844 x3799
caugust6@utsouthern.edu

Ms. Lisa Aschliman
Night Clerk
931-363-9844 x3794
laschi1@utsouthern.edu

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Student Library Account

If you are a UT Southern student and would like to check your library account, click here.

  • Your user name is your last name, followed by a “.” and your first initial. Use only small letters, no capitals. Example: Mary Jones would be jones.m
  • Your password is your student ID number. Make sure to capitalize the first 2 letters.
  • If you do not know your user name and password, contact the library front desk.

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Library Policies

UT Southern Student Lending Policies
All UT Southern students must present a valid student ID in order to check out items. Students may check out books for two weeks. Reference books and magazines may not be checked out. Audio-visual materials, such as DVDs, may be checked out for two days. Reserve materials loan periods vary from professor to professor and range from two hours to one week in duration. Books may be renewed if not wanted by another borrower.

Borrowers are responsible for all materials signed out in their names
Do not lend your card, or any items checked out on your card, to anyone else. Cards may be used only by the person to whom they are issued. You cannot borrow library materials without presenting your card. We will hold books for up to 24 hours if you forget your card. If your card is lost, please notify us as soon as possible.

Faculty and Staff Lending Policies
Faculty may check out circulating books for a semester. At the end of each semester, you will be sent a list of books checked out to you and will be asked if you want them renewed. Other staff, and faculty or staff spouses, may check out books for two weeks. Faculty library cards are not typically issued. Instead, an individual patron record is maintained. We can create a card if that is your wish.

Faculty may also make arrangements to borrow items, such as reference books or magazines which do not normally circulate; please contact a librarian. Faculty and staff may borrow videos for home use for one week. You are responsible for items signed out in your name, so please be careful about lending these items to students.

Lending Policies for the General Public
Adult residents of Giles and surrounding counties may apply for library cards, which they must present in order to check out library materials. A valid photo ID and a piece of mail with current address must be presented when applying. Cards are valid for one year from the date of issuance and may be renewed upon expiry.

Please note: Children under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian while in the library.

Public users may check out books for two weeks. Reference books, magazines, and items in the Teacher’s Resource Center or Nursing Collection may not be checked out. Audio-visual materials, with the exception of DVDs, may be checked out for two days. Books may be renewed if not wanted by another borrower. Books may be renewed once by phone. All subsequent renewals must be done in person. Public users are limited to a maximum of two items at any one time during the fall and spring academic terms; during the summer the limit shall be five.

Borrowers are responsible for all materials signed out in their names. Do not lend your card, or any items checked out on your card, to anyone else. Cards may be used only by the person to whom they are issued; we may ask for a second ID at any time.

You may not borrow library materials without presenting your card. We will hold books for up to 24 hours if you forget your card. If your card is lost, please notify us as soon as possible.

Fines and Fees
RULES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE (SOUTHERN)

  • CHAPTER 1720-07-02 / LIBRARY FINES / TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • 1720-07-02-.01 / LIBRARY FINES.
  1. There are no fines for overdue items borrowed from the library’s regular book collection or for overdue library equipment, unless those items are subject to recall as provided in Section .01(3) or deemed lost as provided in Section .01(4).
  2. Hourly reserve items are subject to an overdue fine of 25 cents per hour, up to a limit of $10.00 for each item. Daily reserve items are subject to an overdue fine of $1.00 per day, up to a limit of $10.00 for each item.
  3. All items from the library’s regular book collection and all library equipment are subject to recall. When a recall is requested, a new due date is set for ten (10) days from the date of the request. If the recalled item is not returned within that ten-day period, the borrower will be blocked from use of the library and subject to a fine of 50 cents per day up to a maximum of $10.00.
  4. Overdue notices will be sent to the borrower when any regular item, reserve item, or item of library equipment becomes due. If the borrower does not return the item within the time specified in the notice, the item will be deemed lost. A charge for the item’s replacement cost plus a $10.00 processing fee will be sent to the borrower twenty-one (21) days after the first overdue notice.
  5. If fines for overdue items and charges for lost items are not paid as required, the borrower will be blocked from borrowing items from the library until the outstanding obligations are paid.

Authority: T.C.A. § 49-9-209(e).


For students and faculty the only charge applied will be the one assessed by the lending library. Overdue ILL material is charged $1.00 a day per item overdue.

Photocopies, printouts

  • Students will have their printing and photocopying deducted from their print/copy accounts.

Laminating

  • Students: 20¢ per linear inch. 10¢ on small laminator. Faculty/Staff: 40¢/20¢ Public: 50¢/25¢

For information on using the University facilities for meetings, please contact the Development Office at (931) 363-9815 or visit the Facility Rental portion of the Community Involvement website. THEFT OR DESTRUCTION OF LIBRARY PROPERTY IS PUNISHABLE BY FINES, PROSECUTION AND/OR SUSPENSION.

Behavior Policies

  • QUIET: The entire library is a quiet study area. Groups wishing to work together may request a study room.
  • FOOD AND DRINK: Food is not permitted in the library. Closed-container drinks are acceptable.
  • PHONE: There is no telephone service available for use in the library.
  • CELL PHONE: Cell phone use is not allowed in the library. Please turn cell phones off before entering.

Computer Use Policy

  • UT SOUTHERN STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND STAFF ALWAYS HAVE PRIORITY
  • Computer time is free for all UT Southern students, faculty, staff, and public members.
  • Children under 18 must be accompanied by an adult
  • One user per terminal.
  • No chat rooms or MUDD’S.
  • Please refrain from accessing sites other users would find objectionable. NO PORNOGRAPHIC SITES.
  • Printing: Students have the cost of their print jobs deducted from their term print/copy allowance. The library cannot add funds to these accounts; the business office handles this process. Students can email a request or make the request in person at the Business Office located on the second floor of Colonial Hall.
  • NO UNAUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLATION OF FILES OR PROGRAMS.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask the library staff for assistance.

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Audio Visual Materials

DVDs may be used in the library’s Media Room or signed out for two days.

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Faculty Information on Scheduling Library Tours

The library faculty encourages you to schedule library instruction classes, especially when an assignment involves research. We can tailor sessions to your assignment by outlining appropriate search strategy, demonstrating print and online resources, and explaining inter-library loan.

Please contact any of the librarians to schedule your sessions. We ask that you give us two week’s notice. Any further library instruction in subject areas depends on teachers’ requests. We recommend library instruction in major courses during the junior and senior years to familiarize students with the research tools and methods in their subject fields. Requests can be submitted by email by clicking here.

If you plan to hold any of your classes in the library, please call to schedule your class to avoid over-booking. Please leave one island of reference computers available for other library users.

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Photocopier

Students use their computer logins to login to the copier/printer and any copying/printing done is deducted from their term print/copy allowance. Default copying is b/w but for an additional charge color copies can be produced. Public patrons must pay at the circulation desk for any copying done.

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Study Rooms

The library has two study rooms available for small groups or individual use. Sign up on the study room door. Study rooms may be used by anyone when the room is not reserved.

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Word-Processing & Computer Use Policy
Word-Processing 

Microsoft Office 2016 is now installed on all the computers. Please Note: if you use other word processing programs please make sure they will open in Word. Saving as a .rtf (rich text file) will avoid any difficulties. Some test preparation software is also available. Most software needed for UT Southern classes is pre-loaded on these computers.

Computer Use Policy

  • UT SOUTHERN STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF ALWAYS HAVE PRIORITY
  • Computer time is free for all UT Southern students, faculty, staff and public members.
  • Public users not having a library card must pay $2.00 per day. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
  • One user per terminal.
  • No chat rooms or MUDD’S.
  • Please refrain from accessing sites other users would find objectionable. NO PORNOGRAPHIC SITES.
  • Printing: Students have the cost of their print jobs deducted from their term print/copy allowance. The library cannot add funds to these accounts; the business office handles this process. Students can email a request or make the request in person at the Business Office located on the second floor of Colonial Hall. Public printing charges will be as follows: $0.20 per page for text, b/w pictures: $1.00, color pictures: $2.00. They are available for pickup at the Circulation Desk.
  • NO UNAUTHORIZED DOWNLOADING OR INSTALLATION OF FILES OR PROGRAMS.

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Information Resources & Off Campus Database Access
Databases Off-Campus Library Access

Most databases the library currently subscribes to are available remotely by using password information provided upon the request to registered users or by entering a valid UT Southern webmail name (your name@) and ID number when prompted. Books that are checked out can be renewed or material can be reserved via the library catalog or OPAC.

Academic Complete E-book Collection This collection contains 210,000 titles across a variety of subjects. You can read the book online, download a chapter or an entire book.

Your trial is now available and runs from 14-FEB-2023 – 16-MAR-2023. You can access your trial product(s) using this web address: https://trials.proquest.com/access?token=oOgJzWgCHiLXPCYJSSFLMufPU

Academic OneFile The premier source of peer-reviewed full-text scholarly content across the academic disciplines. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive.

American Antiquarian Society The premier research library documenting the life of America’s people from the Colonial Era through the Civil War and Reconstruction. The Thematic Collections for AAS Historical Periodicals includes digitized images of the pages of American magazines and journals only available from the American Antiquarian Society.

American Economic Association (AEA) (On-Campus Access Only) Established in 1885, the AEA is a non-profit, non-partisan, scholarly association dedicated to the discussion and publication of economics research. The Association supports established and prospective economists with a set of career-enhancing programs and services:

BioMed Central BioMed Central is an STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) publisher of 220 open access, online, peer-reviewed journals. The content spans all areas of biology and medicine and includes broad interest titles, such as BMC Biology alongside specialist journals, such as Retrovirology.

BioOne COMPLETE Search more than 200 leading titles in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences.

Bloom’s Literature This resource contains more than 20,000 critical essays from over 500 literary journals and 2,300 scholarly and critical books, including 700 titles published by Bloom’s Literary Criticism and Facts On File. Also included in the database are more than 13,000 biographies, 45,000 character entries, 5,000 synopses of literary works and hundreds of images and videos.

Business Insights: Essentials: Detailed company and industry profiles including SWOT reports, market share reports, and financial reports. Thousands of company histories and industry essays from Gale’s core business collection.

Cambridge Core is the home of academic content from Cambridge University Press. Built with our users in mind our online platform has been designed to help readers and researchers to make fast and easy journeys to a vast range of valuable content. We consulted extensively with almost 10,000 users while developing Cambridge Core to make sure we are providing a platform that meets the needs of our researchers and customers.

C&EN (Archives) Chemical and Engineering Archives provides over 500,000 pages of content- a complete history from 1923 through 2010.

Criminal Justice Database – Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.  

CQ Researcher Founded in 1923 as Editorial Research Reports, CQ Researcher is noted for its in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Each single-themed, 12,000-word report is researched and written by a seasoned journalist. The consistent, reader-friendly organization provides researchers with an introductory overview; background and chronology on the topic; an assessment of the current situation; tables and maps; pro/con statements from representatives of opposing positions; and bibliographies of key sources.

Cancer Information This database offers recent and accurate cancer information from the NCI, the federal government’s principal agency for cancer research. The site contains full-text material in subject directory format with illustrations and sources.

Chronicle of Higher Education (Campus access only) Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe.

CINAHL Complete – (View Tutorial) The Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) database provides authoritative coverage of the literature related to nursing and allied health. Virtually all English-language publications are indexed along with the publications of the American Nurses Association and the National League for Nursing.

Criminal Justice Database Criminal Justice Database is a comprehensive database supporting research on crime, its causes and impacts, legal and social implications, as well as litigation and crime trends. As well as U.S. and international scholarly journals, it includes correctional and law enforcement trade publications, dissertations, crime reports, crime blogs and other material relevant for researchers or those preparing for careers in criminal justice, law enforcement and related fields.  

EBSCO eBook Collection (Downloading e-books) (Adobe Digital Editions) Search and view the full text of eBooks.

Education Full Text Education Full Text brings you comprehensive coverage of an international range of English-language periodicals, monographs, and yearbooks. Full text of articles, with indexing, cover to cover, from hundreds of journals, make this a one-stop source for research. Coverage includes about 79 journals (37 with full text) not covered by ERIC’s CIJE.

ERIC  The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. ERIC provides a public Web site for searching nearly 1.2 million citations going back to 1966 and, with contributor permission, accessing more than 110,000 full-text materials at no charge.

GPO Access GPO Access provides free electronic access to government databases and information including the Federal Register, Congressional Record, Commerce Business Daily, and the US Code.

General Science Collection A collection of over 1,000 peer-reviewed journals, providing researchers with the information needed to stay current on the latest scientific developments.

Journal of Chemical Education The Journal of Chemical Education is the world’s premier chemical education journal. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles and related information as a resource to those in the field of chemical education and to those institutions that serve them.

Journal of American Chemical Society This periodical is devoted to the publication of fundamental research papers and publishes approximately 19,000 pages of Articles, Communications, and Perspectives a year.

Journal of Finance Publishes leading research across all the major fields of financial research. It is the most widely cited academic journal on finance. Each issue of the journal reaches over 8,000 academics, finance professionals, libraries, government and financial institutions around the world.

Journal of Management (JOM) Peer-reviewed and published bi-monthly, is committed to publishing scholarly empirical and theoretical research articles that have a high impact on the management field as a whole. JOM covers domains such as business strategy and policy, entrepreneurship, human resource management, organizational behavior, organizational theory, and research methods.

Journal of Organic Chemistry The Journal of Organic Chemistry (JOC) welcomes original contributions of fundamental research in all branches of the theory and practice of organic chemistry.

JoVE Science JoVE creates the ultimate solutions for advancing research and science education by making and publishing videos of scientific experiments from the top laboratories around the globe.

By allowing scientists, educators, and students to see the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments rather than read them in text articles, JoVE increases STEM research productivity and student learning, saving their institutions time and money.

JoVE Biology JoVE creates the ultimate solutions for advancing research and science education by making and publishing videos of scientific experiments from the top laboratories around the globe.

By allowing scientists, educators, and students to see the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments rather than read them in text articles, JoVE increases STEM research productivity and student learning, saving their institutions time and money.

JoVE Chemistry JoVE creates the ultimate solutions for advancing research and science education by making and publishing videos of scientific experiments from the top laboratories around the globe.

By allowing scientists, educators, and students to see the intricate details of cutting-edge experiments rather than read them in text articles, JoVE increases STEM research productivity and student learning, saving their institutions time and money.

JSTOR JSTOR provides access to the complete archives of a core collection of 117 scholarly journals. These journals have been digitized starting with the very first issues, many of which were published as far back as the 19th century.

Leadership and Management Leadership and Management provides access to authoritative periodical content covering topics as diverse as 21st-century skills, learning disorders, standardized testing, homeschooling, and more. Updated daily, Leadership and Management are useful for researchers or any educator interested in professional development.

Library of Congress

Marketing Theory Provides a fully peer-reviewed specialized academic medium and main reference for the development and dissemination of alternative and critical perspectives on marketing theory.

MathSciNet is an electronic publication offering access to a carefully maintained and easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts, and bibliographic information for much of the mathematical sciences literature. Over 100,000 new items are added each year, most of them classified according to the Mathematics Subject Classification.

Milestone Documents in American History Provides access to 134 full-text primary source documents with expert analysis and commentary. This site also provides access to the following: Milestone Documents of American Leaders and the Fifties, Sixties, and Seventies in America databases.

Nexis Uni Features more than 15,000 news, business, and legal sources, including U.S. Supreme Court decisions dating back to 1790.

NCJRS The National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstract Database contains summaries of more than 160,000 criminal justice publications, including Federal, State, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. A companion site allows you to search for full-text publications. 

Nursing & Allied Health Premium Nursing & Allied Health Premium™ is a user-friendly, multiformat database for nursing research, clinical skills development, and curriculum support. Whether it’s facilitating student assignment research, serving relevant literature for class discussion or clinical case studies, or providing instructional multimedia content to help students connect theory to practice, Nursing & Allied Health Premium delivers a diverse mix of scholarly literature, clinical training videos, reference materials, and evidence-based resources. 

Online Library of Liberty The Library is where electronic versions of classic books about individual liberty are stored. These texts go back some 4,000 years and cover the disciplines of economics, history, law, literature, philosophy, political theory, religion, war, and peace. They are in a variety of formats – facsimile PDFs so scholars can view the original text, HTML for ease of searching and attractive layout, and text-based PDF EBooks for personal use. The Library also contains bibliographic information about the books as well as other “metadata” about the authors and editors.

Opposing Viewpoints In Context Opposing Viewpoints In Context is the premier online resource covering today’s hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration, to marijuana. This cross-curricular research tool supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Its informed, differing views present each side of an issue and help students develop information literacy, critical thinking skills, and the confidence to draw their own valid conclusions.

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present, and past.

Oxford Music Online With over 60,000 articles written by over 6,000 music scholars, Grove Music Online (GMO) is the authoritative resource for music research with an ongoing mission to chart the diverse history and cultures of music and musicians from around the globe.

PrepSTEP PrepSTEP is a unique collection of academic and career-related resources that offers skill-building in reading, writing, math, science, basic computing, and workforce skills, as well as preparation for high-stakes exams like college admissions and placement and occupational licensing. It features hundreds of easy-to-use interactive tutorials, practice tests, and eBooks that students can access anytime, anywhere, online, from any device with an Internet browser.

ProQuest One Business ProQuest One Business is a new solution designed to support the unique teaching and learning needs of business faculty and students. Developed in collaboration with faculty, students and business librarians, ProQuest One Business delivers a mix of practical and theoretical content in an interface that helps students build the research skills they’ll need for success in their courses and careers. 

PsycARTICLES – (View Tutorial) The APA Full-Text Article Database (PsycARTICLES) contains the full text of articles from APA journals and selected EPF (Educational Publishing Foundation) journals, most from 1988 to the present.

PubMed- (View Tutorial) PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 11 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960s and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. PubMed also provides access to molecular biology databases. These databases include nucleotide sequences, protein sequences, macromolecular structures, and whole genomes.

Religion & Philosophy Database Articles from more than 250 magazines and Journals on religion, philosophy, archaeology, and anthropology, and covers the impact of religion on culture. Many articles are full-text. 

Salem Literature Provides critical insights on literary themes, authors and select works while providing critical surveys of various genres and literary forms.

Salem Science

SocINDEX with Full Text Offers comprehensive coverage of sociology, encompassing all sub-disciplines and closely related areas of study. These include abortion, criminology & criminal justice, demography, ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, rural & urban sociology, social development, social psychology, social structure, social work, socio-cultural anthropology, sociological history, sociological research, sociological theory, substance abuse & other addictions, violence, and many others.

SPORTDiscus with Full Text This database is the premier source of literature for sports and sports medicine journals, providing full-text content from many well-known and respected sources.  It is an essential tool for health professionals, researchers, and students, providing extensive coverage in the areas of fitness, health, and sport studies.

SpringerOpen SpringerOpen is Springer’s new range of fully open access journals, which cover all disciplines within the science, technology, and medicine (STM) fields, giving authors in all areas of science the opportunity to publish open access.

TEL/Infotrac The Tennessee Electronic Library is a collection of 14 Infotrac Databases available to all libraries within the state of Tennessee. The collection includes: Business & Company ASAP, Student Edition, National Newspaper Index, Health Reference Center Academic, Expanded Academic ASAP, General Reference Center Gold, Kid’s Edition, Junior Edition, Infotrac OneFile, Health & Wellness Resource Center, Contemporary Literary Criticism – Select, and “What do I read next?”. Education students may access a K-12 interface.

Tennessee Historical Dictionary

tesol QUARTERLY A journal for teachers of English to speakers of other languages and of standard English as a second dialect. PLEASE NOTE: off-campus users must contact their instructor or the library to enable remote access.

Time Magazine Time reveals what today’s headlines mean to you and your family — from politics to science, to human achievement, arts, business, and society. All back issues are available with the exception of the last calendar year. This is NOT a peer-reviewed magazine.

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eBooks Collection

This is login.htm from the docs subdirectory. Review http://www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/ezproxy/url/admin/ for information on how to create an administrative user account and www.oclc.org/us/en/support/documentation/ezproxy/usr/ for information on user authentication options.

CLICK HERE to login.

Evaluating Websites

It is essential for every good researcher to check sources for accuracy and reliability before publishing or submitting a research paper or project. Many guidelines have been written about evaluating websites. All have the following criteria in common:

Accuracy

  • Can you find this information in other places?
  • Is the information reliable and free of errors?

Authority

  • Who is the author or creator?
  • Is the author associated with a reputable organization or university?
  • Can the author be contacted from the website?
  • Is there a list of sources used or recommended by the author?
  • Is the URL domain non-commercial?

Content

  • Is the information presented without bias?
  • Is the information covered well?
  • Is the information relevant to your topic?

Currency

  • Does the page include the date it was created?
  • Has the information been updated?

Accessibility

  • Is the page easy to search?
  • Does the page download quickly?
  • Is the information well-organized?

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Inter-Library Loan

The Warden Memorial Library is a full lender on OCLC. Our symbol is TNG. We also accept ILL requests by mail using the ALA form, and by phone with a follow-up written version for our records.

ILL services are available free to faculty, staff, and spouses, except for any fees charged by the lending library. For university-related items, faculty and staff may charge fees to their departmental accounts. Please contact the Inter-library Loan Manager.

Interlibrary Loan Request Form Fillable PDF Download – Complete and return to Chris VanDoran cvandora@utsouthern.edu

For information contact:

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Library Catalogs

OPAC This is our electronic book catalog (Online Public Access Catalog). When searching for books be aware of the various prefixes that can be found in front of the book numbers; these tell where the book can be found in the library. For instance: REF means the reference section, J means children’s literature section and CURR means Teacher’s Resource Center. Books with no prefixes can be found in the general collection area.

CURRENT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE ONLINE These current print subscriptions are all accessible in electronic format while on campus. 

WORLDCAT is the largest collection of books in the world. Using this allows you to search the Warden Memorial Library collection as well as thousands of OCLC member libraries. If our library does not contain a specific title, WORLDCAT will tell you the nearest library that holds it.

Electronic Journals This catalog contains a listing of journals accessible through the library’s database subscriptions as well as some free web journals.

Print Journals This catalog provides a listing of all print subscriptions held in the library. In some instances, portions of certain serials are now available through database access.

WORLDCAT is the largest collection of books in the world. Using this allows you to search the Warden Memorial Library collection as well as thousands of OCLC member libraries. If our library does not contain a specific title, WORLDCAT will tell you the nearest library that holds it.

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New Additions to the Collection

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Research Assistance

Before starting your research, do the following

  • Gather your UT Southern I.D. card and set up your library record.
  • Make sure you are entered into our EZproxy system for off-campus database access.
  • Do not hesitate to ask the library staff for assistance.

Need ideas for a research topic?

  • Go to the reference section and find a subject-specific encyclopedia to browse.
  • Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature R 810.3 O 98
  • Reader’s Guide to American History R 973 R 286p
  • CQ Researcher or Opposing Viewpoints In Context are good sources for pro-con papers.
  • Check your class textbook.
  • Consult class notes.

Web Tutorials

Ready to begin?

  • Check the library catalog, the OPAC, to see what titles the library has available.
  • Check our eBook Collection.
  • Check the print journals and electronic journals lists on the library website to see if the library has access to the journal articles you are interested in.
  • Make sure you know the journal you choose is one that your professor will find acceptable (Peer Reviewed vs. Popular)
  • Look for a database that may help in your search. The library has several subject-specific (Bloom’s Literature) and some comprehensive ones (SocINDEX).
  • If you have enough time you may also make use of ILL (Inter-Library Loan) to obtain books and journal articles that are either checked out or not available in the library.
  • For a helpful brochure you can print and fold, click here.

For information contact:

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Reserves

Faculty may request that the library put a variety of items, such as library books, personal books, or audiovisual material on reserve for specific classes. Faculty can set the loan periods which generally run from 2-hour in-house use to one week. Faculty may also place selected items on electronic reserve. Materials should be e-mailed in Word, HTML, or plain text formats. E-reserves may include: syllabi, lecture notes, assignments, and web links. Articles or books available through select databases may also be added to your e-reserve page. Contact the Reserve Clerk about placing or removing reserves.

Students requesting reserve materials should go to the Reference desk and ask for materials by the professor’s name and title. Selected materials are available through the electronic reserve.

To view course reserves, please click here.

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Special Collections
Marine Biology Collection

ARTSTOR
Case study: Diving underwater with JSTOR Forum
We invited Stanton Belford, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology at The University of Tennessee Southern, to tell us about his three Marine Biology collections in JSTOR Forum (formerly Shared Shelf): Red Sea, Trinidad, and Key Largo. (read more)

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Nursing Resources

Nursing Print Journals

Selected Nursing Web Sites

Online Tools and Calculators

Tests and Measurements Resources

Drug Information

PDA and Mobile Computing Resources

Patient Education Resources (For Clinicians and Patients)

Patient Safety

Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

Nursing Research and Theory

Grants, Scholarships and Funding

Nursing Informatics

Transcultural Nursing

Professional Organizations and Government Resources

Certifications, CNE, Job Seeking

Writing and Style Guides

Hospitals and Accreditation

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Praxis Resources

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Yearbook Archives

Click Here to view information regarding the Yearbook Archives.

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