WELCOME

NOTICE:

As of February, 2007, this library site is NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. If you are linking to us, please CHANGE your link to the new USCB Library page at:

http://library.uscb.edu

The URL for

Bare Bones Web Searching Tutorial

remains the same.

ONLINE CATALOGS

• USC All Libraries Catalog
   
• USC Beaufort North & South Catalogs combined
   
• USC Beaufort North Catalog alone
   
• USC Beaufort South Catalog alone
   
• SCarlit; USC School of Medicine Library Catalog
   
• S.C. State Library WebLION Catalog
   
• SCiWay's SC Public & Academic Library Catalogs
   
• KUDZU: Southeastern Research Library Catalogs
   
• Lib-Web-Cats, Worldwide Library Directory
   
• LibDex: Library Catalogs Worldwide
   
• WorldCat (OCLC)

eBOOKS

• NetLibrary "eBooks"
  Browse content online. Read the full-texts from campus computers. Create an account to read the full-texts from home.

JOURNAL DATABASES

• Databases by Alphabetical Listing
   
• Databases by Subject
  

SEARCH ENGINES

• Search Engines / Subject Directories

INFORMATION COMMONS

The USCB Libraries have active user education programs covering Information Literacy, Technology Literacy, and Instructional Support. 

Check out our Information Commons page at:

• Information Commons

INTERLIBRARY LOAN

The USCB Library offers Interlibrary Loan services to students, faculty and staff on both North and South campuses and from remote locations.

• Interlibrary Loan Form
  

REMOTE ACCESS

The USCB Libraries offer remote access from home to most all of the Library databases. Select the first link below. Students enrolled in Columbia courses also have access to Thomas Cooper Library databases by following the second link below.

• Remote access from home to USCB and DISCUS databases
  For all USCB students, faculty & staff.

• Listing of Thomas Cooper Library databases
  For those USCB students enrolled in Columbia-based courses
   

REQUEST BOOKS

The USCB Library encourages faculty, students, staff and county patrons to offer titles and subjects as additions to the library collections. Please use the appropriate form below:

• Faculty e-requests
  For faculty wishing to place book orders electronically.
   
• Faculty, Student, Staff, & Patron Requests
  For faculty, students, staff and library patrons wishing to suggest authors, works in particular subject categories, or book and/or periodical titles, as appropriate additions to the library collection.s

LIBRARY INFORMATION & GUIDES

• Library Hours
   
• Library Mission
   
• Library Policies
   
• Library Reference Guides
  • Citing Sources
  • Writing Tips & Evaluating Web Pages
  • Copyright
  • Defining Scholarly Journals
  • Plagiarism
     
• Library Staff
   
• Making Gifts to the Library
   
• Reserving a Faculty Carrel
   
• Evaluating the Library
  Due to heavy spam attacks on this evaluation page, we have had to shut it down for now. Sorry!
  

DATABASE FREE TRIALS

• Book Index with Reviews
  Free access until spring 2007

• Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective; Nov. 1860-April 1865
  Free access until Feb. 28, 2007. Click "Search" tab; then check box for "Civil War".

• 19th Century U.S. Newspapers Digital Archive
  Free access until Feb. 18, 2007

• AnthroSource
  Free access for 60 days, or until April 1, 2007

WEB SITES

• Web Sites by Subject Area
  Web sites in all academic subject areas selected by USCB professors and librarians.
   
• Ready Reference Sites
  Encyclopedias, dictionaries, fact books, Zip Codes, weather, etc.
   
• USC Sites / South Carolina Sites
  South Carolina local, regional & state sites and USC campuses, offices, & information.
   
• Academic Reference Sites
  Reference sites specifically related to academia.
   

LIBRARY FORMS

This form is interactive, and may be filled out online and submitted electronically.

Faculty Carrel Request Form: Use this form to request a faculty carrel at South Campus library.

The following forms are in Microsoft Word format. They can be filled out in Word or printed and completed by hand. Completed forms can be turned in by hand or via email.

Reserve form: Use this form to put Library materials on reserve.

Materials form: Use this form when leaving materials, such as tests for students, with Library staff.

Gifts form: Use this form when donating materials to the Library.

Student Copyright Permission form: Use this form when putting student papers on reserve.