Things to Know About Your Library

General Information

Our website address is www.tnstate.edu, then click Library on the menu bar
Main Campus hours of operation: Monday - Thursday 7:30 a.m.-11:45 p.m.; Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Saturday 9:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; and Sunday 2:00 p.m.-11:45 p.m.; Special Collections--8:00 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Friday
Phone Numbers: Circulation--963-5064; Reference--963-5201; Special Collections--963-5219; Technical Support--963-5489
Avon N. Williams Campus Library hours of operation: Monday-Thursday 9:00 a.m. 10:00 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.; and Sunday 12：00-8：30pm.
Avon N. Williams Campus Library Contact: Mitchell Chamberlain mchamberlain@tnstate.edu 963-7190
Main Campus Media Center hours of operation: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Williams Campus Media Center: Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; and Saturday 8:00 a.m.-12:00 noon
Media Centers Contact: Mrs. Karen Gupton, Coordinator 963-5743 or Williams Campus Media Center at 963-7323/7198/7199
Acquire all I.D. Cards in McCord Hall, Room 20 and have activated for photocopying machines. Copies are 10 cents
Graduate students can check-out up to 20 books at one time for a loan period of 3 weeks. Overdue fines are 10 cents per day with a 5-day grace period
Students can renew books by phone twice. For assistance, please call 963-5064
The library is open 24 hours during midterm & final exams
Library Orientations are provided for your convenience online via PowerPoint presentations and Library Information Literacy websites
Circulating books with call numbers A-K are located on the First Floor. Call numbers L-Z, Oversized and Childrens Books are located on the Third Floor. The Reference Department is located on the Second Floor.

Locating Resources, Electronic Databases and Other Support Services

You can locate electronic full-text journal articles on our website by clicking on the link Electronic Resources
You can access books via our Library Catalog link
You can access eBooks via netLibrary, Safari, Books24x7, Early English Books Online, Black Drama, Credo, etc.
You can simultaneously search 14-area university online catalogs via the ATHENA link
You can access all of our research databases remotely or off-campus at your convenience by clicking on Electronic Resources link
Students must establish a login to remotely access our databases via instructions given on the Remote Access link
The Library subscribes to over 120 electronic databases covering all subject disciplines. For a complete list of journals please click on Electronic Resources link

Interlibrary Loans and document delivery can be quickly requested via our website or contact Mrs. Barbara VanHooser at bvanhooser@tnstate.edu or 963-5206; Mr. Mitchell Chamberlain mchamberlain@tnstate.edu or 965-7188, Williams Campus
Dissertation Abstracts International now includes 24 pages of digitized text and is available online
Dissertations written at TSU are available via the Dissertation@tsu link Electronic Resources/Databases by Title
Library Orientations/Bibliographic Instruction can be arranged by contacting Mr. Fletcher Moon fmoon@tnstate.edu or 963-5205
Your professors are encouraged to use our Electronic Reserves system to provide students access to important class materials 24x7

Technical Support

For general problems logging on to campus computers please, contact the CIT Help Desk at 963-7777 or go to Humanities
For problems involving remote logons to library resources, please contact Mrs. Colette Bradley, cbradley@tnstate.edu /963-5489
For problems accessing Electronic Reserves, please contact Ms. Annette Pilcher apilcher@tnstate.edu /963-5242 or Dr. Murle Kenerson/963-5203.

For other information you may contact Dean of Libraries and Media Centers, Dr. Murle Kenerson, Assistant Director, mkenerson@tnstate.edu; or Ms. Glenda Alvin, Assistant Director, galvin@tnstate.edu.

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