LGBTQ Pride Month

June is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Pride Month. 

You can celebrate by reading one of "The 25 Best LGBT Novels of All Time" according to the Advocate magazine. 

1. Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
2. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
3. The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith
4. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
5. Maurice by E.M Forster
6. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
7. The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
8. Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
9. Zami by Audre Lorde
10. A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
11. The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
12. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
13. City of Night by John Rechy
14. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
15. Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin
16. A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
17. Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall
18. Fun Home by Allison Bechdel 
19. Death in Venice by Thomas Mann
20. Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo Okparanta
21. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
22. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
23. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
24. Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters
25. Faggots by Larry Kramer

A hyperlinked title above means that the book is in our collection, click on the link to find its location. 
You can request to borrow items not in our collection through our interlibrary loan service. 

Interlibrary Loans

The library's software for processing interlibrary loan requests changed over the summer.  Here are the steps you go through to request a book or other physical item be sent to you from either another Tarleton library, or from a library somewhere in the world that might have the item:


1.  On the library's home page (https://www.tarleton.edu/library/), click “Services” in the right-hand column to open the menu, then click "Interlibrary Loan.”

2.  READ everything on the Interlibrary Loan page (https://www.tarleton.edu/library/services/ill.html), then click "Login to Interlibrary loan" (in center of screen). 

3. Login using your NTNET user name & password.

4. Then click the "Create Request" button.

5. This example is a request for the loan of a book or other physical item, and not an article from a periodical such as an academic journal or a newspaper, so click the "Loan" button.

6. Then use the drop-down menu to select the correct Pickup Location.

7.  All the fields with an asterisk * (also highlighted in yellow below) on the page should be filled out.  Some of the fields, such as your first and last name, and the service type, should already be complete.  You can add information for the other fields, if you have it.  For the "Needed Before" date, you should probably put the date the assignment is due.  Keep in mind, though, that most loans of physical items will take at least a week to arrive, even if they are coming from another Tarleton campus, so plan accordingly.

 

8.  Finally, click "Submit Request" at the bottom of the screen (as in the photo just above).


For an article from a periodical, you'll still need to provide/check your first and last name, your NTNET number, and the Needed Before date.  Under About my item, the required fields are Journal Title and Date, Page Numbers, and Title of Article.  The Service Type should be COPY.  Articles can often be sent as a PDF and so often they will arrive quickly, but again, you need to plan for delays.

If you have any questions, please ask a librarian or contact the Interlibrary Loan staff at ill@tarleton.edu, or 254-968-9660.

Meet Our Staff: Alejandra Moncada

Alejandra Moncada
Interlibrary Loan Specialist
254-968-9660
amoncada@tarleton.edu
Dick Smith Library – Main Floor – 109G


I graduated from Tarleton State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. While I was in school, I worked at the library's circulation desk until December 2016. I took a little break from working, and on September 5th I became the Interlibrary Loan Specialist.  It is my job to process borrowing and lending through ILLIAD for faculty, staff, and students, as well as other institutions. In other words, I request books, articles, and audiovisual materials from other libraries that have them. We do the same and different libraries borrow our materials. Most of the articles are exchanged electronically. The cool part of my job is that I have to package the books and send them by mail.

I grew up in México in a city named San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. I go back and forth every summer or Christmas break to visit my family.  Other than that, I spent most of my time exercising, watching Netflix, or reading. I began to get a passion for books while I was earning my degree, since most of my classes required me to read from different literature movements from Spain, Latin America, and the Caribbean. I like literature because I can learn about history events, fashion and many things that happened around the time the book was published.  Not only that, I like to analyze the writing style of the authors because they have unique ways of telling stories. Others express their political views by using different personifications to pass the censors.  On the other hand, learning about history is another hobby of mine. My favorite topics included World War I, World War 2, the Holocaust, and anything involving dictators.

I am so happy to be here. I look forward to learning more about the library!

Off-Campus and Distance Learning Services

Are you a distance learner? Do you attend classes in Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, Weatherford, or some other Tarleton associated campus?

If so, you should become familiar with the library's off-campus and distance learning services.

Check out our distance services website to learn more:
http://www.tarleton.edu/library/distance.html 

You may also contact our Access Services Librarian, Kym Schow, who is in charge of the library's distance services.

Kym Schow
schow@tarleton.edu
(254)968-9871

If you have other questions, you may contact the Reference Desk, (254)968-9249 or reference@tarleton.edu. As long as the library is open, there will be someone at the desk to assist you.

It's the Summer of Zombies

If you're not taking classes this summer or if you're looking for something to give you a break from your summer school work, why not read a book and/or watch a movie based on a book?

Here are a couple of fun summer reading ideas (or their movie versions for movie-watchers) to fight off summer zombie-mode:

*You can get access to all these books through the Dick Smith Library.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Prequel Audio Book: PS3608 .O29 P75 2010B (located on lower level)
Deluxe heirloom ed.(1st ed): PS3607 .R348 P75 2009 (located in the stacks)
Movie version: "In development" according to IMBD. 

The Blood King
Book: PS3613 .A77865 B56 2009 (located in the stacks)
No movie version available. 

World War Z
Book: Request through InterLibrary Loan
Movie: In theaters now; check here for Cinemark 6 movie times.

Warm Bodies
Book: Request through InterLibrary Loan
Movie: In stores now; check here for Amazon listing.

If you need assistance, please call (254)968-9249 or email reference@tarleton.edu for more information.

Dick Smith Library Can Help You Get What You Need

In addition to the useful library resources and services described in yesterday's post, the library strives to help you get what you need when you need it:

• Online library catalog so you can locate items (print and electronic) in our collections.
• Databases so you can locate articles, films, reports, books, and more.
• Use your NTNET login to access databases when off-campus.
• Use Discovery@Tarleton to search 85% of the library's databases with one click.
• Choose specific databases from our A-Z database list.
• Choose recommended databases from our topical Subject Research Guides.
• Mobile apps and resources so you can get what you need while on the go.
• Off-campus and distance services so Tarleton students, faculty, and staff at satellite campuses and/or in online classes can take full advantages of our resources.
• Interlibrary loan services so you can obtain items not in the library's collections
• TexShare card program so you can get borrowing privileges at libraries across the state.

Remember, we're here to help you and glad to do so.  Just give a call (254-968-9249), send an email (reference@tarleton.edu), or stop by (hours).  You can also check in with the library through various social media venues (linked from the library's homepage).

Dick Smith Library staff wishes you an excellent Spring 2013 semester.

Ask a Librarian???

Need Help, like yesterday? You can call the reference desk during library hours at (254) 968-9249 or send an email via web form.


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• Can't find the article you need in the databases?
• Frustrated with citations?
• Lose a book and not sure what fines you'll have?
• Not certain where to begin with your research?
• Need help resetting your NTNET password?
• Want to make a suggestion or request an item?

"Ask A Librarian" is the key to your success with any of these issues and more. Our Librarians will get you started in the right direction and help clear up any uncertainties. Feel free to email, call, come in person, or use the "Ask A Librarian" web form, it's that easy and convenient.