Faculty Resources
Library Services wants to enhance the work you do to foster learning and student success. We are eager to learn how we can help make your teaching as well as your research easier and more effective. Please don't hesitate to share your suggestions about this page and about our services in general.
Library orientation & research skills sessions for your students
We welcome your classes to the libraries for lessons and tours by specialists who tailor instruction to your needs. Libraries at most campuses have state-of-the-art classrooms for a hands-on multimedia learning experience. We can also conduct online sessions for distance education courses.
Form to schedule a session at Pecan Library
Calendar How to view Pecan Library's orientation schedule online
Course Reserves
Each library has a Reserves desk where you can leave books, articles, and other items that you want to make widely available to students in particular classes. Reserve items are checked out for two-hour periods and cannot be removed from the library.
Placing an item on reserve under your name is a simple matter of bringing it to a library and filling out a short form. If you have questions about the process, contact your library or the Pecan Reserves desk at 872-2143.
We can also help you make online readings—such as books and articles from our databases, or pages on the open Web—available to your students through authenticated proxy server access and links in our online catalog. Call our Systems/Distance Education librarian at 872-6420 for details.
Look up course reserves in the library's online catalog
Print-ready PDF handouts for students
Scholarly journals versus magazines - what's the difference?
Accessing materials
Teaching resources
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center) on the free Web, or the richer version through a licensed library database available on campus as well as off campus. (All STC faculty are entitled to database access. If you lack an off-campus login for the proxy server, call 872-2582 or 872-2598.)
Federal Resources for Educational Excellence ~ or subscribe to FREE's convenient RSS feed
Suggestions for assessing a website's educational value (PDF)
Current awareness
Job-related links