Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Rd N
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
Telephone: 1-800-231-5291 (JAX1) or (256) 782-5757
FAX: (256) 782-5872

This page is for you if...

• You are a student enrolled in a JSU distance education course.
• You teach a JSU distance education course.

Welcome Message from the Dean of Library Services.

• Services available from this site.
• Services that will require a visit to JSU's main campus.
• Special services for JSU graduate students and faculty.

Services available from this site:

• Search the Houston Cole Library's web site.

  • To access the "At Your Doorstep" newsletter, specifically for distance education students and faculty.
  • To see if the library owns a particular book.
  • To see if the library owns a particular journal, magazine, or newspaper.
  • To find journal, magazine, or newspaper articles:
    • Set up your browser for off-campus access to electronic resources available only to JSU users.
    • Choose a database to search from a subject or alphabetical listing.
    • See a list of databases licensed by the library containing full text articles.
    • See Serials Solutions, which cross-indexes full-text journal databases, to determine if a journal is available in one of the library's full-text databases.
  • To see a list of library materials you have checked out, due dates, and fines.
    • You must select the Patron Information option in our catalog.
  • To see a list of materials an instructor has put on reserve.
    • You must select the Course Reserve option in our catalog.
  • To see a list of essential reference sources and encyclopedias and dictionaries available from the library's homepage.

• Document Delivery.

  • Are you eligible for document delivery?
  • Fill out a document delivery request form.

• Library Instruction for JSU Distance Education
  
  • Library faculty are available (in person, via telecommunications, etc.) to provide instruction to JSU students at off-campus sites. Faculty may request instruction sessions by completing the Library Instruction Session Request Form or by contacting John-Bauer Graham, Dean of Library Services at (256) 782-5255.
  • Patrons may practice their library skills using an interactive library tutorial.

• Subject Specific Information Pages.

  • Electronic Resources for Distance Learning Nursing Students

• Ask a Librarian.

  • Submit an e-mail reference question.
  • Find librarian Subject Specialists who know about specific subject areas.
  • Call the Library's Circulation Desk at (256) 782-5758 or email at circ@jsu.edu.

• Find out about Houston Cole Library's Services and Collections.

  • Find out more about the library.
  • Get directions to the library.
  • See our Distance Education Services Policy.
  • See our floor directory.
  • See our hours and calendar.
  • See our Houston Cole Library Tutorial.
  • See our Houston Cole Library Virtual Tour. (Coming Soon!)
  • See our Library Instruction Session Request Form.
  • See our policies.
  • Find contact information using our Library Personnel Directory (all Library personnel).

• Search other library catalogs.

  • Yahoo! Academic Library Directory
  • Other Library Catalogs

• Search the JSU site.

Services that will require a visit to the main campus.

• Using reference books and printed indexes to periodicals.
• Watching video recordings.
• Using microforms.
• Listening to audio recordings.

Special services for JSU graduate students and faculty.

• Interlibrary Loan
• Library Instruction Session Request Form
• Reserves

If you did not find the information you need, please contact Yingqi Tang at the following.

Yingqi Tang
Distance Education/Electronic Resources Manager
Houston Cole Library
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Rd N
Jacksonville, AL 36265-1602
Telephone: 1-800-231-5291 (JAX1) or (256) 782-5757
FAX: (256) 782-5872
Email: tang@jsu.edu