New face in the library!

The ever-expanding TC Library welcomes its 5th library guru, Anna Drennen. Anna is our new Interlibrary Loan Assistant. Swing by the library in the mornings and say hi. Or, order 40 books through ILL, to keep Anna on her toes! (Rather, please don't.)

Library Tip: Printing in the Library

Library Tip #1: Printing in the Library
Wondering how to jazz up your printing in the library, and save trees? Read on!

1. You can print on both sides of the paper by selecting File --> Print, and then selecting the Properties tab on the print screen. Click the box that says "Print on both sides."2. Wonder why your pdf won't print? Print pdfs is tricky; you have you use the buttons on the pdf screen. The buttons actually appear in the web browser window, so take a look around. The buttons also vary in appearance, but the "printer" icon is generally similar to the one picture below.
3. You instructor may occasionally place PowerPoint slides in Blackboard. These can be tricky to print, and even trickier to explain in a blog. Thus, if you have problems printing a PowerPoint presentation out of Blackboard, please ask the librarian at the reference desk for assistance. You can print multiple slides per page, as well, so be sure to request that printing feature as well.

Student Email Accounts

Students please take note: all online library correspondence is sent to your Saint Mary's University email account--not to your personal email account (hotmail, yahoo, earthlink, comcast etc.). This has been effective since early November 2007, in accordance with SMU's new policy of handling email accounts. Library correspondence includes (but is not limited to): 1. notification of when articles are available for your viewing online 2. notification of when books or print copies of articles ordered from other libraries arrive to our library 3. overdue notices 4. notification of when items on hold become available.

Database Access - Update

Access to databases from on campus has been restored. Until further notice, however, you will need your Saint Mary's username/password to log into databases.

Database access on campus

Access to databases from on campus is not working. From computers on campus, you are unable to access databases such as EBSCO and ProQuest. You should be able to access the databases from off campus. We will keep you posted about this issue.

Holiday Hours

The library will be closed some days during the end of December and hours will be shortened on the days the library is open. Please plan ahead if you need to use library resources. To view the library hours, go to the library's web page at http://www2.smumn.edu/deptpages/tclibrary/about/hours.php

Thanksgiving Hours

The library will be open regular hours (9:00 a.m.-9:00 p.m.) Monday, November 19, and Tuesday, November 20. We will close at noon on Wednesday, November 21 and will resume regular hours on Monday, November 26.