Graduate Library Resources

Graduate and undergraduate students will need to access, evaluate and use a wide variety of resources in order to become confident and skilled users of information resources and services. Please feel free to contact the librarians at the TOS Education Library (919-546-8406) and the Divinity School Library (919) 716-5518, or email thelibrary@shawu.edu to schedule an orientation of the library’s services.

INFORMATION

Online catalog
Library webpage
Computer labs
Wireless access
Links to full text articles and databases
EBSCO A-Z Searching
Use NC LIVE databases
Use distance learning services

COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

View new items
Request books using book order request form (online)
View collection development policies

RESEARCH ASSISTANCE

Ask-A-Librarian or Ask NC Knows on the library’s website
Library Tutorials
Drop in reference assistance
APA Manual of Style, 6th edition
Citation Support
Partnering Libraries
Use World Cat to identify dissertations and theses and find out which libraries own them
Shaw graduate students may inquire at the main campus library to see if a dissertation can be borrowed from another library on interlibrary loan

For technical assistance please call the main campus library at 919-546-8587.