Friday, 3/19/2010
The Texas State Technical College Waco Library offers students more than 61,000
books and over 350 periodical titles, including general interest magazines,
technical and professional journals, and newspapers. Also available are private
study rooms, drafting tables, TTY, a photocopier, microfiche readers and a
reader/printer, and more than 2,000 videos and 900 DVDs.
The Library is located on the mall, across from the Student Services Center and between the Electronics Center and the Technical Studies Center.
Confidentiality of Student Library Records:
TSTC Library policy, in accordance with the Texas Public Information Act (Texas Government Code 552.124),
protects the confidentiality of library users' circulation records and other records linking
personally identifiable information to specific library materials or services.
The TSTC Waco library also houses a computer laboratory that provides software
programs and applications for student use. The lab has 24 computers with
Internet access and popular software.
The Library is a member of
TexShare, a statewide consortium of libraries, which was founded to
share and conserve library materials. TexShare allows TSTC students to
check materials from other
TexShare member libraries, with a TexShare card that may be obtained at the
Circulation Desk in the Library.
The TSTC Waco Library currently subscribes to four online databases: Campus
Research/WestLaw, EBSCOhost, FirstSearch, and ProQuest. Three of the databases
to which the TSTC Waco Library subscribes -- Campus Research/WestLaw, EBSCOhost,
and ProQuest -- provide off-campus as well as on-campus access to TSTC Waco
students and employees. Due to subscription restrictions, the FirstSearch
database may only be used on campus.
Campus Research/WestLaw is actually two databases: Campus Research is a news
database and WestLaw is a law database. However, both databases are accessed
through a common portal.
Gift Policy:
For anyone who is interested in donating items to the Library, please read our
gift policy.
You may be interested in looking at our tutorial,
Searchpath, on how to use online databases (finding articles) or to take a
virtual tour of our library.
Students should always adhere to the specific requirements of their instructors
regarding allowable sources for research papers. Some sources from the Internet,
such as Wikipedia entries, may not be allowed. Library staff can assist
students in finding full-text articles, in print or on-line, from scholarly
journals when those are required.
For students wanting to know the latest campus happenings, we have the latest
news and information for you. We hope you will visit the Library next time
you are on campus.
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