Library Services For Faculty & Staff
Services
Library Reserves
If you would like something placed on reserve, fill out this reserves form and bring it to the circulation desk.
Retired Faculty/staff ID card
Faculty and staff retirees are eligible for a Retired Faculty/staff ID card, which can be obtained at the Warhawk ID Services office.
Retired Faculty/Staff access privileges:
- Loan period is 28 days (may be shortened because of ID privilege expiration date)
- Maximum of 20 items may be checked out
- Maximum of 5 renewals per item
- May place holds; may not place recalls
- Overdue charges:
- $.10/day with a maximum of $50/item for general collection item
- $.20/day for recalled item
- One overdue item results in blocked privileges
- Recalled item not returned results in blocked privileges
- May not use Interlibrary Loan services
- May not check out Reserve items or study room keys
Your Graduate Assistants
GAs can check out materials for their faculty. To enable this, the GA will need to
visit the library circulation desk with the faculty member's ULM ID card and a letter
with the faculty member's signature which identifies the GA who is authorized to check
out materials. The letter will be kept on file at circulation. This procedure will
need to be repeated if/when the professor changes GAs. GAs may also pick up Interlibrary
Loan materials, and can be added as "authorized users" on the professor's ILL account.
To learn more about ILL, visit the ILL page.
Acquiring New Materials
Library Allocations, if available, will be sent to department heads by The Dean of
the Library. A list of past expenditures can be found in our Annual Report (.PDF).
ULM faculty, staff, and students are welcome to request the purchase of books and
other media for the Library's collection. Contact us and we will assess requested
items' suitability in view of our Collection Policy (PDF), which explains what we do and do not acquire.
If there is something in the collection you feel should be removed, contact us and
fill out the Censorship Form at the end of the Collection Policy (PDF).
Subject Librarians
These are your contacts, or liaisons, at the Library, and you may ask them for help
finding information, acquiring materials, helping your students, and more. Who is
your liaison? You can find out here.听
Library Instructional Programming
If your students need assistance in navigating the Library website, learning how to
use Libguides, or being introduced to a new citation style, to learn more about library instructional programming. Classroom instruction is dependent
upon Subject Librarian availability.
Course Integrated Instruction
Coming soon!
Resources
In addition to print books, which we still have and are mostly housed on the third
and fourth floors, the Library can provide access to a variety of resources.
Library Catalog
You can use the gray Library Catalog search box on our home page to see what books,
journals, and other resources we have.
EBSCO Discovery
You can use the blue EBSCO Discovery search box on the home page to search (most of)
our electronic resources including the databases, electronic journals, and electronic
books. You can also use EBSCO Discovery search boxes found in a !
A-Z Database List
You can also see an A-Z list of databases by viewing or discover recommended databases for different topics by viewing and selecting a guide that best fits your research. Both of these options are found
in the green "See All Resources" box on the library home page.
LibGuides (Library Research Guides)
are subject specific guides meant to help you with your research process. While each
guide may be a little different, you can expect to find information about finding
resources, using databases, citing sources, and more!
Research Guides & Tutorials
In addition to helping you find a , the Research Guides & Tutorials page also contains several helpful tutorials - such as how to use APA or MLA formatting
or how to avoid plagiarism.
Affordable Learning Louisiana
Learning Louisiana, an initiative by LOUIS, the Louisiana Library Network, helps students
save money by promoting the use of open and low-cost educational resources. Through
partnerships with faculty and libraries statewide, LOUIS supports affordable course
materials that enhance student success.
Click here to learn more about Affordable Learning Louisiana and implementing OER (Open Educational
Resource) or OA (Open Access) materials into your course design.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding Library services or resources, please call (318)
342-1071, email reference@ulm.edu, or use the form.
Please remember that ULM is a tobacco/smoke-free campus - vaping is not permitted
in any of the buildings, including the Library.
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