• Hours
• Class assignments
• Reference
• Reserve
• Angel
• Journals
• Fulltext and databases
• Online literature searching
• Checking out books
• Book purchases
• Learning Resource Center
• Photocopies
• Using other libraries
• Materials from other libraries
• Reimbursement for photocopies elsewhere

Class assignments

USP students should be able to locate, use, and evaluate information. Let us help you design assignments that will teach them to meet that goal. Contact Leslie Bowman, x8964, l.bowman@usip.edu.

Reference

Reference services are available from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm Monday through Wednesday, and to 5:00 pm on Thursday and Friday, when school is in regular session. We’ll also give you information by phone at x8967 or by our online Ask-A-Librarian.

Reserve

To request that the Library place a title on Reserve, please complete a Reserve Request form (one per title). To request that the Library purchase a new title or updated edition, please complete a Reserve Request form as well (one per title). You may place your personal materials on Reserve by bringing them to the Circulation Desk between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, weekdays.

If you have books on Reserve from a previous semester, you will receive a list detailing these titles via email. Please indicate whether you would like the Library to retain or remove these from Reserve. Please contact Hilda Cam, Circulation Manager, x8960, h.cam@usip.edu if you have any questions, etc.

Angel

Angel, USP's course management system, allows you to easily set up your syllabus readings, quizzes, and communication. For more information, check out the Library's ANGEL webpage. You can also send a request to set up a course.

Journals

The library receives about 400 print periodicals which are shelved alphabetically on the second floor, and over 11,000 electronic ones are available on the campus network. See our journal list.

Fulltext and databases

The library is committed to adding electronic resources so that you have a library available on your desktop. Databases include Medline, PsycINFO, ERIC, CINAHL, Project Muse and SciFinder Scholar (Chemical Abstracts). There are links to the Fulltext in each of these. Call the Reference Desk for help in using any of these (x8967).

Online literature searching

Need to do a literature search? The library has access to over 500 online databases. Searches are done at no charge for full-time faculty. To use the online search service, call the Reference Desk, x8967, or come in. For questions about online services, contact Sylvia Tarzanin, Coordinator of Reference and Online services, x8731, s.tarzan@usip.edu.

Checking out books

Full-time faculty may check out books until the end of the current semester. Part-time faculty may borrow books for one month. You can use EZ-Borrow to request books directly from 50 other academic libraries.

To check out books you’ll need a valid USP ID card, which you may request from Auxiliary Services, Kline Hall, Room 1 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm, x8563. If you wish to borrow Library materials before you receive your ID card, we will create a temporary Library registration for you that will be good for one month. Just bring any photo-ID to the Circulation Desk.

Book purchases

A good library collection results from the collaboration of the library faculty and faculty in each department. To foster a close relationship, a librarian has been appointed to serve as a liaison to each department. While the departmental liaison is responsible for final selection, your input is essential. Please use the New Book Request form; it will go automatically to your liaison.

• Bioinformatics & Computer Science – Eva Agbada (8962), e.agbada@usip.edu
• Biological Sciences – Leslie Bowman (8964), l.bowman@usip.edu
• Chemistry – Leslie Bowman (8964), l.bowman@usip.edu
• Health Policy – Gina Kaiser, (8963), g.kaiser@usip.edu
• Humanities – Gina Kaiser, (8963), g.kaiser@usip.edu
• Math, Physics & Statistics – Eva Agbada, (8962), e.agbada@usip.edu
• Medical Technology – Gina Kaiser, (8963), g.kaiser@usip.edu
• Occupational Therapy – Jacquie Smith, (8994), j.smith@usip.edu
• Pharmaceutical Sciences – Leslie Bowman, (8964), l.bowman@usip.edu
• Pharmacy Administration – Jeanette McVeigh, (1197), j.mcveig@usip.edu
• Pharmacy Practice – Gina Kaiser, (8963), g.kaiser@usip.edu
• Physicians Assistant – Gina Kaiser, (8963), g.kaiser@usip.edu
• Physical Therapy – Cynthia McClellan, (8961), c.mcclel@usip.edu
• Social Sciences – Jeanette McVeigh, (1197), j.mcveig@usip.edu
• Teacher Education – Jacquie Smith, (8994), j.smith@usip.edu
  
  
  

Learning Resource Center

The library’s Learning Resource Center (LRC) supports classroom media use, provides training in its use, and purchases or rents videotapes and other media. Media production tools and a student computer lab are located in the LRC. See the LRC’s page for more information.

Photocopies

As a courtesy, full-time faculty members may receive upon request copycards good for up to 300 copies per calendar month. Only Library materials should be copied with these cards (class-related photocopying should be done through the campus duplicating office).

Copycards may be obtained at the Circulation Desk. Part-time faculty should consult with the Coordinator of Access Services.

Using other libraries

You have borrowing privileges at Drexel University libraries. You may use the University of Pennsylvania libraries but you may not borrow books from them (except through EZ-Borrow) unless you have some special affiliation with Penn or purchase a library card.

In addition you may use and check books out of the libraries at 35 other local college who belong to TCLC with a letter of introduction from us.

For more information on specific libraries, see here or contact the Information Desk, x8967.

Materials from other libraries

Books and journal articles, not owned by this library may be requested through the library’s homepage. Use EZ-Borrow to request a book and use ILLiad to obtain a copy of an article. No charge to fulltime faculty.

It is always best to make and monitor requests for materials through your personal ILLiad account. However, if you wish to have requests placed by proxy (i.e. by staff or student workers through a personal or departmental account), please keep in mind the following:

Reimbursement for photocopies elsewhere

If you photocopy library materials at another library and if we do not own the materials, we will reimburse you for your costs (fulltime faculty). Pick up a reimbursement form for each article at the Circulation Desk on weekdays between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.

Questions? Call Charles Myers, Library Director, x8967, c.myers@usp.edu.