Update on the Theses, Oversize, And Juvenile Collections

JUVENILE & OVERSIZE COLLECTIONS INFORMATION

Availability: Most of the Juvenile and Oversize collections, both fiction and non-fiction, will circulate for 28 days with the option to renew.

Location: These books are currently housed in the old Student Center and are in closed stacks. Library patrons should fill out paging slips for their book requests, and the material will be brought back to the Circulation Desk at Buley Library.

Retrieval and Catalog Information:

Fill out paging slips at the Circulation or Reference Desks and submit these requests to either desk. Library patrons can pickup books at the Circulation Desk. The books will be kept at Circulation for 10 working days and will be returned to the Student Center after 10 days.

The following is an example of the Consuls catalog record. All Juvenile and Oversize books will say "Available" in the status field. The note field will indicate that the book is "OSC CLOSED STACKS" and you should request at the Circulation Desk.

AUTHOR	Greco, 1541?-1614
TITLE	El Greco / [text by] David Davies
PUBLISHER	Oxford : Phaidon ; New York : Dutton, 1976

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS	NOTE
SCSU Oversize Stacks	ND813.T4D3	AVAILABLE	OSC CLOSED STACKS; Request at Circ Desk
ECSU Oversize	ND813.T4 D3	AVAILABLE

Intralibrary Loans from the other CSU Libraries (Central, Eastern & Western): Some of the Oversize and Juvenile collections may still be unavailable. Library patrons will be informed if books weren’t found. If another CSU library (Central, Eastern, or Western) has the books you can request directly from Consuls. Books are normally received at Circulation from 3-5 working days.

Interlibrary Loans: Books and journal articles that are not found in any of the CSU libraries can be requested through Interlibrary Loans. Please remember that receipt of book or journal requests may take from 1 day up to 3 weeks. You can fill out a print ILL form from the Circulation Desk.

BOOKS - An online form is available at:

http://www.library.southernct.edu/illbookform.html

JOURNAL ARTICLES - An on-line form is available at:

http://www.library.southernct.edu/illjournalform.html

THESIS AND HONORS COLLECTIONS INFORMATION

Availability: Most theses, from 1996 to the current year, have been returned to Buley Library. Check the Consuls Catalog to see if the status field indicates "Available." These theses can be checked out for 28 days, with the option to renew. Below is an example of a thesis that can be checked out. Note that the status field says, "Available."

AUTHOR	Curran, Annmarie
TITLE	A descriptive study of perceived occupational stressors and burnout among registered nurses : a thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Public Health / by Annmarie Curran
PUBLISHER	2005

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS	NOTE
SCSU Thesis Ground Floor	2005 5184	AVAILABLE

Location: Any available Honors and Masters’ theses are now shelved on the second floor of Buley Library. Go to end of the “Z” classification section, again the wall, for accessing this material.

Information: Any pre-1996 print theses will be listed as "In Repair" in Consuls and will not be available. Below is an example of a print thesis that isn’t available.

AUTHOR	Jung, Betty C
TITLE	Does enhancing the self-efficacy of participants in smoking cessation programs reduce relapse? : a thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies... / by Betty C. Jung
PUBLISHER	1993

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS	NOTE
SCSU Thesis Ground Floor	1993 3778	IN REPAIR

Alternate Resources:

Digital Source: Buley Library now subscribes to Digital Dissertations, a database that contains over 2 million entries and more than 600,000 full-text files. For additional information go to: http://0proquest.umi.com.csulib.ctstateu.edu/pqdweb?RQT=302&cfc=1

Microfilm: We have Southern Ct. State University masters’ theses available on microfilm from 1955 to 1983. Our microfilm collection is housed in the old Student Center and will need to be requested. For thesis requests fill out the forms kept at the Circulation or Reference Desks.

Interlibrary Loans: Interlibrary Loans will try to find a Southern Connecticut State University dissertation not available in print or online. Please remember that receipt of a dissertation request may take from up to 3 weeks. Many libraries will not lend dissertations or theses.

You can fill out a print ILL form from the Circulation Desk.

BOOKS - An online form is available at:

http://www.library.southernct.edu/illbookform.html

BOOKS NOT AVAILABLE AT BULEY LIBRARY

All books that were stored in the Art Gallery on the ground floor of Buley are still not available. The books that have the location status of "SCSU CLOSED STACKS" as listed below may be found from another CSU library. If you can’t find in the CSU library system, you can use Interlibrary Loans to request the books.

AUTHOR	Drucker, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005
TITLE	Managing the non-profit organization : practices and principles / Peter F. Drucker
PUBLISHER	New York, N.Y. : HarperBusiness, 1992, c1990

LOCATION	CALL NO.	STATUS	NOTE
SCSU Closed Stacks	HD62.6 .D78 1992	AVAILABLE	Request at Circ Desk

Intralibrary Loans from the other CSU Libraries (Central, Eastern & Western): Books from the "Closed Stacks" are still unavailable. Another CSU library (Central, Eastern, or Western) may have a copy of the book that you need. You can request directly from the Consuls catalog. Books are normally received at Circulation from 3-5 working days.

Interlibrary Loans: Interlibrary Loans will try to locate books through our online lending consortium. Please remember that receipt of books may take from 4 days up to 3 weeks. You can fill out a print ILL form from the Circulation Desk.

BOOKS - An online form is available at:

http://www.library.southernct.edu/illbookform.html