Library Information for Faculty

Library Services

• Acquisitions: Book Purchase Request Form  | Media Purchase Request Form
• ARC - Academic Research Collaborative (Worcester Consortium)
• Circulation
• Interlibrary Loan
• Remote Access to Online Resources 
• Why Use the WSU Library Instead of the Internet? (PDF)

Research Support

• Databases by Subject
• E-Books
• E-Journal Locator
• Full Text Options 
• Copyright and Fair Use - from Stanford University Libraries

• Copyright and Protected Digital Content - Worcester State University policy on software and digital content rights

Teaching and Classroom Support

• Course Reserves 
• Evaluating internet resources - 5 criteria
• Information Literacy (Library Instruction)
• Subject Research Guides
• Tutorials - helpful PDF brochures for WSU Library resources, YouTube instructional videos, interactive tutorials on focusing a research topic...more
• Virtual Reference Sources - full text, online general and subject specialized encyclopedias, dictionaries, biographical resources, maps, etc.