The College of Saint Mary Library is a comprehensive source of information that provides research materials and reference assistance to support and to enhance all educational activities. These materials include books, online and print journals, and media.  There are private study rooms.  One of the private study rooms is designated for graduate students.

Plus, RefWorks is provided to manage your research and writing. Services are available in person and on line.  The direct line to the Library and its staff is: 402.399.2471.    

  

Library Web-pages 

Off Campus Users - Resources If you are not on campus, use this link.  It moves you to all the Resources that you would access if you were on campus.  This action requires the use of your CSM user id and password.  

On Campus Use - Resources  Links to databases, online resources, local library catalogs, and research tools.  

Online Catalog- This page is a direct link to the OPAC - On-line Public Access Catalog. There are ten colleges and universities that create, contribute, and share the catalog/data records.  The ten are known as NICLC - NE Independent Colleges Library Consortium.  One may search only CSM, or all in the Consortium catalog.  The choice is one of the preference fields on the search screen. 

Services  

Inter Library Loan (ILL) - This page contains online forms for requesting books or journal articles from other libraries, if CSM does not have these items available in our Library.  Use the Interlibrary Loan Book Request form to request books or the Interlibrary Loan Article Request form to request journal articles.   

Reference 

Ask A Librarian- Ask one of the reference librarians a question with this online form.  They will respond to your question within 48 hours.  

Orientation- An online tutorial on how to use the CSM Library Catalog.  

TILT- This is a link to an interactive tutorial on how to formulate search strategies, and utilize those strategies in an online database.  This tutorial was created by the University of Texas Library.  Enter the tutorial as a guest user.  

 

Hours - The hours of operation for the Library this semester. 

Meet the Staff- Brief biographies and contact information for the Library staff.  

Policies- This is a document detailing the Library policies on circulation procedures, fines, closed reserves, and other library services.  

   

Library Survey 

We want to know what you think.  Please take a few minutes and complete these surveys so we can make your Library a better place.  

  

CSM Library Facilities and Services Survey  

  

CSM Library Online Services Survey