Hilton C. Buley Library Online Tour

First Floor
Floor Plan
Circulation/Reserve Desk
Circulation and Reserve Desk
At the Circulation and Reserve Desk :
  • Check out books. The Hoot Loot Card (SCSU ID) serves as your library card.
  • Pick up and return materials on Reserve.
  • Pick up and return books obtained through Interlibrary Loan.
  • Pay fines.

Currebt issues of journals and magazines are shelved in alphabetical order in the Tiffany Room area. Bound journals can be retrieved from the old student center by filling out a paging slip at the Circulation Desk. Microfilm and microfiche readers and printers are available in the area near the New Books display.

A collection of current newspapers is found on the shelves in the computer printer alcove. A few of these titles are displayed daily on a rack near the IT Collection.

SCSU Stacks A-N
Buley Library Book Stacks
The Book Stacks, or Circulating Collection, begins on the First Floor with LC call numbers A through N, and continues on the Second Floor with LC call numbers P through Z.
Computer Work Stations
Research Computers

 

Research Computers can be used for searching the library's online databases, the Internet, and CONSULS, the CSU online catalog. CONSULS provides access to holdings at SCSU, as well as CCSU, ECSU, WCSU, and the State Library.

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Reference Desk
Reference Desk
At the Reference Desk, librarians will help with:
  • Using CONSULS to search for and locate books and other materials.
  • Finding resources for a paper or class assignment.
  • Formulating search strategies.

Also, Subject specialist librarians will meet with students by appointment to discuss class assignments and useful reference resources.

Reference Collection
Reference Collection
The Reference Collection includes books such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs, and statistical sources; Electronic Resources; Maps and Atlases; and print Periodical Indexes and Abstracts.
Interlibrary Loan Department
Interlibrary Loan - Room 104
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) services are available for SCSU students, faculty, and staff. The purpose of ILL is to borrow books not found in the Connecticut State Library System, and journal articles not found within the Buley Library collections. ILL request forms are found both online on the Buley Library home page, and at the Circulation Desk.

Technical Services is where books and other materials are processed before being shelved in the library collection.

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